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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Softcover. Condition: Good. 164 pages. Light creasing and wear, pages toned; a solid book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0750933135. ISBN/EAN: 9780750933131. Inventory No: 231714.

Condition: Very Good. 1778407292. 5/10/2026 10:01:32 AM.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In a dusty corner at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Norway lie the remains of Julia Pastrana, half hidden in a black plastic sack, all but forgotten. Yet in the middle of the nineteenth century, this 'ape woman' was renowned, visited by scientists of international repute, and drawing the populace of three continents to the freakshows in which she starred. Just 4ft 6in tall, she was covered in hair, with a protruding jaw; but she also spoke several languages, married, had a child, made money. This is the compelling and strange story of how a woman born in the backwoods of Mexico came to be one of the most infamous women in Europe and America and how, nearly 150 years after she first set foot upon the stage, Julia is still being shown to others. The exhibition goes on.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2". x, 180pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In a dusty corner of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Norway lie the remains of Julia Pastrana, half hidden in a black plastic sack, all but forgotten. Yet in the middle of the 19th century, this "ape woman" was renowned, visited by scientists of international repute, and drawing the populace of three continents to the freakshows in which she starred. Just 4ft 6in tall, she was covered in hair, with a protruding jaw; but she also spoke several languages, married, had a child, made money. This is the strange story of how a woman born in the backwoods of Mexico came to be one of the most infamous women in Europe and America and how, so many years after she first set foot upon the stage, Julia is still being shown to others. The exhibition goes on.(Publisher).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 164 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Mint. First Edition. In a dusty corner of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Norway lie the remains of Julia Pastrana, half hidden in a black plastic sack, all but forgotten. Yet in the middle of the 19th century, this "ape woman" was renowned, visited by scientists of international repute, and drawing the populace of three continents to the freakshows in which she starred. Just 4ft 6in tall, she was covered in hair, with a protruding jaw; but she also spoke several languages, married, had a child, made money. This is the strange story of how a woman born in the backwoods of Mexico came to be one of the most infamous women in Europe and America and how, so many years after she first set foot upon the stage, Julia is still being shown to others. The exhibition goes on. This copy is in MINT condition in a MINT unclipped dustwrapper.