Raynor Darrell (2 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First THUS. First American paperback edition. Large spots of wear to front wrap, leaning and creased spine. Fair. A rare transvestite memoir under a pen name by the sci-fi author and publisher.

First British Edition. First British edition, first printing. 159, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's printed wraps. About Very Good with moderate wear to wraps, faint foxing to textblock edges and occasionally margins throughout, and toning to contents. Donald A. Wollheim's memoir of his involvement with the cross-dressing community. Written under the pseudonym of Darrell G. Raynor, the author chronicles his time at Casa Susanna, a Catskills weekend retreat for cross-dressing men and transgender women in the early 1960's. Wollheim -- a Futurian member and publishing giant who founded DAW Books -- became a regular at Casa Susanna, where he used the names Donna and Doris. Wollheim had previously published articles (under the name D. Rhodes) in Turnabout and Transvestia, two of the first widely-distributed magazines of the cross-dressing community. A groundbreaking personal account that details the intimate social and domestic lives of Wollheim's fellow transvestites. Sebastien Lifshitz directed the 2022 documentary film Casa Susanna about the history and guests of the inn.