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Published by Jones Brothers and Co, 1879
Seller: FOLCHATT, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Leather on.
Published by A.J. Spriggs & Co.,, Cambridge, O:, 1879
Seller: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books, ABAA, Florham Park, NJ, U.S.A.
8vo, original cloth, gilt title on front cover, illustrated, 515 pp. Joints cracked, binding worn, some darkening and aging to contents; otherwise about very good. A 19th century view of the sexes. This is partially medically based analysis, but it also goes into temperament issues too. Meant to be a manual for the sexes on how to live and act.
Published by Standard Pub, Melb, Aust.
Seller: Page After Page, Box Hill, VIC, Australia
1879-Australian edition, h/c, decorated, 20.5x14, 515pp, boards, black, gold, tan embossed, worn covers, particularly on corners where boards are peeking through the tan cloth, top and bottom of spine worn, original decorated end papers, front fly leaf top edge torn off, some browning, pages have tanned with age, tastefully illustrated, still reasonably tight but will eventually require restitching (like most antiquated books), worn but fascinating. The forward states- dedicated to the Sons and Daughters of Australia. As the author states 'discussion is attended with peculiar difficulties'. Subjects include disorders of menstruation, secret bad habits, suckling, reproduction, masturbation; its cure, evils of excess upon the body and mind, 14 chapters of concerns illustrated by Chevasse, a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, England.