Harry Benjamin Intro (3 results)

First U.K. Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in brown dust jacket; ix,[1],495pp. Light wear to jacket extremities; Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First published in the United States a year earlier.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NY: Paul S. Ericksson, 1967. xvii, 332pp; [8]pp b&w plates at center. White marbled paper over boards; gray quarter cloth; dust jacket. Near fine, with light toning to edges of textblock. Unclipped jacket with a 1" closed tear at base of rear panel, a few pinpricks of loss at spine ends. Signed and inscribed by Jorgensen to half-title verso. First edition of this autobiography by American actress, singer, and activist Christine Jorgensen (1926-1989). Jorgensen's gender affirming surgeries of the 1950s were widely covered in the media, making her one of the most high-profle transgender people of her generation?a celebrity status she capitalized on both as a performer and in her role as an advocate for trans rights. A nice copy of an important and epochal work, with introduction by Harry Benjamin. Inscribed by Author(s).

HARD BACK GRAY/WHITE. Condition: VERY GOOD. JACKET: GOOD DJ. some spotting along page foredges, few pages of black/white photos, dustjacket has about a 2" tear on back cover near spine, mylar covered unclipped dustjacket DATE PUBLISHED: 1967 EDITION: 332.