Published by California Native Plant Society, 1981
Seller: Les Livres des Limbes, Chisseaux, France
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Typed manuscript, 28 pages, illustrated cardstock wraps, single staple at head. Minimal wear, almost new. Journal.
Published by E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc., New York, 1928
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. First Edition (so stated). New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc., 1928. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket (dusty/lightly finger soiled). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT a library discard. A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. The printed dedication in this book is to Margaret Sanger. First printing with "First Edition" so stated on the copyright page. Contains 11 essays "on the subject of Birth Control, considered ethically, socially, medically, and economically" by the editor and by Sir James Barr, Aleck W. Bourne, F. A. E. Crew, Montague Eder, Charles E. Goddard, Jane Lorimer Hawthorne, Aletta Jacobs, Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, M. Hamblin Smith, and Hannah M. Stone. Bound in the original pale green cloth, stamped in black on the spine. Complete with dust jacket. This book is from the library of, and bears the ink signature of Dr. Arthur Frank Payne (1876-1939) of Newton, New Jersey. Dr. Payne earned the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago and that of Master of Arts at Columbia University. In 1917 he served as executive secretary of the Military Training Commission in New York. In 1918 he was director of the United States War Department surveys. He pursued advanced studies at Harvard where he was made a Doctor of Education. He went on to teach at Columbia, the College of the City of New York, the University of Minnesota, the University of California, and Harvard. Dr. Payne edited several educational and psychological texts for McGraw-Hill and was associate editor of VOCATIONAL EDUCATION MAGAZINE. A gifted lecturer, Dr. Payne spoke regularly on psychology at Carnegie Hall in New York. For many years Dr. Payne was actively involved with the National Education Association, serving as its treasurer and as president of its department of vocational guidance. According to his biography in THE STORY OF NEW JERSEY by William S. Myers, Dr. Payne's "contribution toward solving some of the colossal psychological problems rising in consequence of modern industrial changes was a truly notable one, of value to countless individuals.". First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. x, 216pp.