Multiple Human Births - Twins, Triplets, Quadruplets, Quintuplets (first printing in rare DJ)

Newman, Horatio Hackett

Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York, 1940

About this Item

Doubleday, Doran & Co. New York. 1940. 214 pages. First Edition stated; first printing. Original super-rare DJ with $2.50 price intact on flap. Book is about fine. Binding and hinges are strong. Panels are clean. Sharp corners. Deep green topstain. DJ shows minimal rubbing at edges and corners. A Selection of the Science Book Club circular hype sticker adhered to front of DJ. Noted geneticist and zoologist, Horatio Hackett Newman is credited with pioneering University of Chicago as the preeminent research institutions in the field of zoology and genetics. Newman is also recognized for his groundbreaking research on multiple births in humans and other animal species. Time Magazine reported there are at least 2,000,000 people in the United States who are twins, triplets or quadruplets; and the man who gets asked most about them most is Geneticist Horatio Hackett Newman of the University of Chicago. Interestingly, Newman as an outspoken defender of evolution, traveled to Dayton, Tennessee to testify as an expert witness at the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925. While he was not permitted to testify in the trial, his remarks were entered into the court's record. As for this copy of Multiple Human Births. it comes from the personal collection of noted doctor, professor and psychoanalyst Dr. Henry Guze; founder of The American Academy of Psychotherapists and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and co-founder/President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex. Dr. Guze's signature and ownership stamp is on the front free endpaper. An exceptional copy of Newman's groundbreaking book and genetics classic, in its original scarce DJ. Fine/Near Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Multiple Human Births - Twins, Triplets, Quadruplets, Quintuplets (first printing in rare DJ)
• Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York
• Publication Date: 1940
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science
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