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Title: Marquesan Sexual Behaviour
Publisher: Constable
Publication Date: 1966
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Book Type: Hardback
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. "Review Copy" rubber stamp on front endpaper. Previous owner's signature. 5mm tears and chips to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; xviii, 251, [3 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 17 illustration on 4 plate leaves. Blue boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 137mm. "This book is an anthropological and historical study of sexual practices in a remote, and therefore minimally westernized, Polynesian area." - from dust-jacket blurb. Contents: Introduction; The Marquesas; Reproduction; Infancy and Childhood; Puberty and Adolescence; Marriage and Adulthood; Sex and Art; Religion; The Marquesas and Polynesia; The Probable Causes of Change; Appendix I. Venereal Disease; Appendix II. Medication for Arresting Premature Labor; Appendix III. Medication for Menstrual Problems; Appendix IV. Vaginal Medication for Infants; Appendix V. Factors Affecting the Marquesan Population; Bibliography; Index. Seller Inventory # 23666
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. London, Constable and Company, 1966. Octavo, xviii, 251 pages plus 17 plates. Papered boards; front cover very slightly bowed; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper slightly creased, rubbed and torn with very slight loss. Seller Inventory # 141609
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Hard. Condition: Good. Pages clean and bright. Binding firm. Occasional light spotting throughout. Spotting to endpapers. Tanning and spotting to edges. Slightly cocked. Light shelf wear. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 83820
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Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo xviii + 251pp., b/w pls., appends., bibliog., index, Anthropological & historical study. Seller Inventory # 136484
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Seller: Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books, CYGNET, TAS, Australia
1st Ed. XVIII, 251 PP with tables, plus 8 pages with 17 b/w illustrations (3 engravings & 14 photos). Cloth cover, device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Very good. 21.8 x 15. Infancy & childhood, puberty & adolescence, marriage & adulthood, sex & art,. Seller Inventory # 56122
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.58. Seller Inventory # GB0000CN5WVI3N00
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