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"Some Historical Instances of Female Impersonation." Translated from the French by Robert B. Douglas. Illustrations. Chapters on various historical figues from the 17th, 18th, and early 20th centuries give evidence that such human behaviors are more common than some would have us believe. The introduction pleads for acceptance, as this excerpt shows: "Human suffering exists eternally. If there is an inexorable desire to be a man or a woman, and to wish it with all one's hear and soul, ought we to shrug our shoulders contemptuously because the wish appears to us cowardly or childish?"  Very good condition in brilliant dark blue cloth with gold letters, top of pages tinted red. No jacket. First edition. Brentano's Publishers. New York. 1926. Hb. USED. $65.00