Dr E B Lowry (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book is in Fine condition, boards show no signs of wear, cover illustration bright and clean, corners nice and sharp. Internally nice and clean throughout. Uncommon dust jacket shows wear and slight chipping to corners, small (<1") tears at top front hinge and middle rear bottom edge, other smaller (<1/2") tears to edges. A very nice book in a still complete dust jacket. A very good, solid copy. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never ex-library unless explicitly described as such.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Early printing. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Fair dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several large chips and tears to both the front and rear covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. Good plus orange cloth octavo hardcover in a good dj with moderate edge wear. Mark free later printing. 8vo. 216pp. Illustrations index. Nf science.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. VG/G, 1st edn, womens' concerns openly explained in the era of suffragettes, discusses infections from public towels, inherited syphilis, women in business, congestion from tight clothing, race suicide, sanitary pads, contagious kisses.

8vo. 221 ppp., plus 3 pp. publisher's ads. Text illustrations & diagrams. Blue publisher's cloth, green lettering & decoration on front cover & spine (minor soiling, spotting, slightly cocked, minor sunning to spine), still G copy. Revised edition of this uncommon work on sex education, and medical instruction for women, issued during the Progressive Era in order to provide the latest concise, and necessary information to young women, who typically received little education, or medical information, on their sexual organs, bodies, and potential dangers. Lowry (1878-1945) was a leader in health reform, and served as Acting Chief for the Bureau of Hospitals for the Dept. of Health in World War I, and in this work details the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases, incest, masturbation, rape, abortion, inter-racial pregnancies, and more.