Skip to content

Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity Softcover - 2015

by Beachy, Robert

  • Used
  • Paperback

Description

Vintage Books, New York, 2015. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. Introduction by author, acknowledgements, notes, sources and bibliography and index. Between pages 106 and 107 there are 22 pages of black-and-white photography or reproductions of illustrations. Photographic paperback binding with white and black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Black and white photograph of the author to the free front end page. Quoting from the rear panel blurb " ... In the half-century before the Nazis rose to power, early became the undisputed gay capital of the world. Activists and medical professionals made a city of firsts – the first gay journal, the first homosexual rights organisation, the first Institute for Sexual Science, the first sex reassignment surgeries – exploring and educating themselves and the rest of the world about new ways of understanding the human condition." Minor rubbing of the book edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [9], X - XIX, [2], 4 - 305, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Gay & Lesbian; Germany; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0307473139. ISBN/EAN: 9780307473134. Inventory No: 0289998. . 9780307473134
Used - Very Good Condition
NZ$22.19
NZ$19.95 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 5 to 18 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (Victoria, Australia)

Details

  • Title Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity
  • Author Beachy, Robert
  • Illustrator Photographic
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good Condition
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage Books, New York
  • Date 2015
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0289998
  • ISBN 9780307473134 / 0307473139
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8 in (20.07 x 12.95 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Chronological Period: Modern
    • Cultural Region: Germany
    • Sex & Gender: Gay
    • Sex & Gender: Lesbian
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.766

About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 Victoria, Australia

Biblio member since 2005
Seller rating: This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )

On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

Terms of Sale:

transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.

We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047

Browse books from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Categories

Media reviews

Citations

  • New York Times Book Review, 01/17/2016, Page 24

About the author

Robert Beachy was trained as a German historian at the University of Chicago, where he received his PhD in 1998. He is presently associate professor of history at the Underwood International College of Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea.