Venus Castina: Famous Female Impersonators Celestial & Human by C.J. Bulliet [FACSIMILE EDITION HARDCOVER] 1956 • Bonanza

VENUS CASTINA: Famous Female Impersonators Celestial & Human by C.J. BULLIET & illustrated by ALEXANDER KING

FACSIMILE EDITION HARDCOVER [1956] BONANZA BOOKS

Facsimile of the 1928 first edition.

Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.

Dust jacket shows some wear and tear; a few torn / chipped edges.   Otherwise, clean and in tact.   Now housed in a new archival jacket protector.

Book itself is excellent; looks and reads as new. 

First published in 1928 in a limited edition of 960 numbered copies priced at $15.00. This is an exact reprint.

The subject of female impersonation provides material for the historian, the psychologist, and the innocent bystander who loves a good joke. Mr.

Bulliet has taken full advantage of the opportunities his subject affords, but he has happily disguised his voluminous erudition beneath a superb wit and narrative talent.

His roster of famous gentlemen who have donned female attire stretches from ancient Greece to the present day, and includes degenerate emperors and noted warriors, gentle priests and renowned men of letters, heroes and statesmen, and even a few gods and demigods. It is an exceedingly clever book on a stimulating and amusing subject. It is fully illustrated with fantastic and satirical drawings by Alexander King.