HOLMES, RACHEL (SCOTT RUSSELL); ELEANOR HOLMES (TRANSLATORS).

Autobiography of Hector Berlioz, ... comprising his travels in Italy, Germany, Russia, and England (2 Vols).

London: Macmillan, 1884. 8vo. xvi, 336; viii, 411[1]pp. Original brown cloth gilt, uncut. Cloth lightly soiled and rubbed.

-- John Turton

Book number: 20213

Keywords: HOLMES Hector Berlioz Autobiography travels Italy Germany Russia England MUSIC

HOLMES, RACHEL

Feminised in Bondage

Manchester, TMC Publishing. 1996, First Edition. Pamphlet, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Enforced transvestism novel. Fine.

-- Delectus Books

Book number: 013867

Catalogue: Erotica, Sexology, Curiosa

Keywords: Erotica Sexology Transvestism Transsexual Crossdressing Gender Transvestite Female Domination S&M Masochism Sexuality Sexual Behaviour Drag

HOLMES, RACHEL

The Hottentot Venus: The Life and Death of Saartjie Baartman Born 1789 - Buried 2002.

London, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007. 1st Edition Hardcover, 8vo., fine condition in fine dustjacket, colour and black & white illus., notes, index, 240pp. Saartjie was 21 when she was kidnapped from her native South Africa and sent to Britain. After her death, two centuries later Nelson Mandela launched a campaign to have her remains returned to South Africa.

-- Out of Print Books

Book number: 1313

Keywords: Biography History Baartman Saartjie Hottentot Africa African Venus

HOLMES, RACHEL

Hottentot Venus, the. The Life and Death of Saartjie Baartman

SA, Ball. 2007, First Edition South Africa. Wraps, 239 pp, many illustrations in colour, Index. Fine copy appears unread. Please ask for full description/scans. Fine Illust. Wraps.

-- SA Book Connection

Book number: ZHW105

Catalogue: Hillcrest Stock

HOLMES, RACHEL,

Scanty Particulars: The Life of Dr. James Barry.

Penguin Books Ltd, 2003. Paperback, Very Good/. Nice clean bright tight book - no faults.

-- O'Donoghue Books

Book number: 527272

Keywords: Auto/Biography 0140290851

HOLMES, RACHEL

Scanty Particulars : The Life of Dr James Barry

Viking. 2002. (ISBN: 0670890995). hardcover. Used, DJ a little rubbed and worn but with no chips or tears. Green cloth boards lightly bumped at top of spine, otherwise fine, and contents clean, tight and bright. Good/Good.

-- PsychoBabel Books

Book number: 146174

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Medicine, Military_history Surgeons_biography 0670890995

HOLMES, RACHEL

Scanty Particulars: The Life of Dr James Barry

Viking, 2002. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. The strange life and astonishing secret of Victorian adventurer and pioneering surgeon James Barry. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Medicine & Health; 19th century; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0670890995. ISBN/EAN: 9780670890996. Inventory No: 21509.

-- Mr Pickwicks Fine Old Books

Book number: 21509

Catalogue: Medicine & Health

Keywords: Medicine & Health; 19th century; Biography & Autobiography. Biography & Autobiography

HOLMES, RACHEL

Scanty Particulars: The Strange Life of James Barry

0. (ISBN: 0670890995). Hardcover. xiii + 338pp. Green boards, gilt. London, Viking (2002) first edition in dustjacket. b&w plates. Bibliography, is indexed. Is tightly-bound, pages clean, no inscriptions. A waterstain to reverse, else dustjacket good. Good.

-- Ajanta Books

Book number: 000070

Keywords: 0670890995

HOLMES, RACHEL.

Scanty Particulars ; the Life of Dr. James Barry.

London, Penguin, 2002, First edition, second printing (a solo "2" present under year of publication). Octavo in dark, color illus DJ; 352 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670890995. Fine in an About Fine, gently shelf-rubbed DJ. A very nice copy., A fascintating biography. This handsome UK edition uncommon in the US. || Surgeons -- Great Britain -- Biography. Medicine -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Identity (Psychology) -- Great Britain. Barry, James, 1795-1865. Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.

-- Calvello Books

Book number: 14736

Catalogue: Art, Art History, Art Criticism, Sculpture

Keywords: Biography, Autobiography England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Great Britain 0670890995

HOLMES, RACHEL

Scanty Particulars: The Life of Dr James Barry

Fine condition. Viking, 2002. First edition-first printing. Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small nicks and scratches on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos. The book is new with a small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book, small ink mark on the outer edges of the pages. 343pp including List of illustrations, select bibliography, index. Price un-clipped. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 9780670890996

-- Alpha 2 Omega Books

Book number: 5206

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs : Historical

Keywords: 9780670890996

HOLMES, RACHEL.

Scanty Particulars

Viking, 2002. Hardcover. ISBN: Biography. Hardback with dustjacket - 2002 - condition - used books, secondhand boo ks, for sale, out of print books, hard to find books, second-hand books, c ollege books, student books, nonfiction, first editions, exlibrary books s old, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. Isbn 0-670-89099-5, 0670890995..

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Book number: 0000022506

HOLMES, RACHEL:

SCANTY PARTICULARS. The Scandalous Life and Astonishing Secret of Queen Victoria's Most Eminent Military Doctor.

New York, Random House, (2002). Boards, remainder dot on lower edge else fine in d/w, illust., pp. xii, 361. ISBN 0-375-50556-3.
¶ James Barry, one of the leading and most controversial innovators of nineteenth-century medicine.

-- Serendipity Books

Book number: 66522

Keywords: Britain British history medicine James Barry biography royalty Queen Victoria

HOLMES, RACHEL.

Scanty Particulars. The Scandalous Life and Astonishing Secret of Queen Victoria’S Most Eminent Military Doctor.

Random House, New York 2002 1st edition with d/w. xii + 361pp with illustrations, notes and bibliography. ISBN 0375505563

-- Hay Cinema Bookshop

Book number: 118059

Catalogue: History

Keywords: British History: Victorian 1837-1901

HOLMES, RACHEL

Scanty Particulars;... Queen Victoria's Most Eminent Military Doctor

New York, Random House. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0375505563). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. British Isles, (14)361pp. Notes. Biblio. Index. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.

-- Artis Books

Book number: 62229

Catalogue: Medicine & Health

Keywords: British Isles 0375505563

HOLMES, RACHEL

Scanty particulars: the life of Dr James Barry.

Viking, 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book which is signed by the author (without dedication) on the title page, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

-- Aucott & Thomas

Book number: 36552

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Signed books First Edition Hermaphrodite Surgeons Medical history Sexuality

HOLMES, RACHEL

Scanty Particulars the Scandalous Life and Astonishing Secret of Queen Victoria's Most Eminent Military Doctor

NY: Random House, c. 2002. First US Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0375505563. Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Very minor bottom edge soil. Contents are almost like new. Two taped tears on bottom of DJ's spine, else very minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; 9-3/8" Tall, 361pp. Blue boards, black spine, bright gold lettering. BIOGRAPHY. "In the 1820s, Dr. James Barry burst into the English establishment from nowhere...In his career, he collided with some of the leading figures of the age, and his exploits were regarded with fascination by Mark Twain and Charles Dickens...Wherever he went, he sparked gossip, made enemies, and inspired relentless curiosity about his identity - curiosity that erupted into international scandal upon Barry's death, when his maidservent discovered the truth about this brilliant but mysterious icon of the Victorian age. " Select Bibliography. Index. Notes. Frontispiece portrait.. VG-/G+ .

-- Velma Clinton Books

Book number: 34626

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0375505563

HOLMES, RACHEL

Scanty Particulars; the Strange Life and Astonishing Secret of Victorian Adventurer and Pioneering Surgeon, James Barry

London, Penguin/Viking, 2002, First Edition (2nd issue). Cloth with dust jacket, 8vo. 338pp. Plates , Fine/Fine.

-- Scorpio Books

Book number: 002112

Catalogue: History

HOLMES, RACHEL.

Scanty Particulars: The Scandalous Life and Astonishing Secret of Dr. James Barry, Queen Victoria's Most Eminent Military Doctor.

Random House, 2002. Hardcover. Very good condition in dust jacket. B/W illus. 361pp. ISBN 0375505563.

-- The Book Firm

Book number: 72049

Keywords: medical medicine history intersexual doctor 19th nineteenth century english colonial tropical

HOLMES, RACHEL

Scanty Particulars, The scandalous life and astonishing secret of queen Victoria's most eminent military doctor (James Barry)

Random House, 2002, hardcover met stofomslag. .

-- Boekhandel Louis Tinner

Book number: 104728993

Catalogue: biografie

HOLMES, RACHEL SCOTT RUSSELL; BARRY, JAMES

Scanty Particulars: The Scandalous Life and Astonishing Secret of Queen Victoria's Most Eminent Military Doctor

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A. Random House Inc. 2003. (ISBN: 0375505563). Hard Cover, 8vo. pp. 361, "An explosive story of colonial life, nineteenth-century science, and the mysteries of sexuality, Rachel Holmes' 'Scanty Particulars' transcends the genre of biography. Through prodigious research and vivid storytelling, Holmes brings to life one of the most enigmatic figures of his time. Barry was a flamboyant bon vivant: fashionably dressed, flirtatious, and always accompanied by a poodle. Wherever he went, he sparked gossip, made enemies, and inspired relentless curiousity about his identity - curiousity that erupted into international scandal upon Barry's death, when his maidservant discovered the truth about this brilliant buy mysterious icon of the Victorian age.". As New/As New.

-- The Edmonton Book Store

Book number: 112343

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Surgeons Biography Great Britain Medicine 0375505563

HOLMES, RACHEL.

Scanty particulars. The life of Dr. James Barry.

London, Viking, 2002. Paperback. 338pp. Index. [English text; uncorrected proof copy]

-- Antiquariaat Streppel

Book number: 4823

Catalogue: Voeding/Gezondheid

Keywords: voeding/gezondheid medisch biografie engels/english ISBN 9780670890996

HOLMES, RACHEL

Teenage Transformation

Manchester, TMC Publishing. 1996, First Edition. Pamphlet, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Transvestite novel. Fine.

-- Delectus Books

Book number: 013882

Catalogue: Erotica, Sexology, Curiosa

Keywords: Erotica Sexology Transvestism Transsexual Crossdressing Gender Transvestite Female Domination S&M Masochism Sexuality Sexual Behaviour Drag