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Condition: VERY GOOD. First US printing. A detailed look at the trial of Marie Stopes, who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in the British empire. When Dr. Sutherland accused her of taking advantage of the ignorance of the poor, she sued him for libel and defamation. Although she ultimately lost the third and final decision in the House of Lords, she succeeded in bringing the topic of birth control into the open. Includes the transcripts of the trials. Frontispiece portrait. 392 pp. Very good in a good only dust jacket (edgewear to the dj).

Hardover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First. From Wikipedia: Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (15 October 1880 2 October 1958) was a British author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights. She made significant contributions to plant palaeontology and coal classification, and was the first female academic on the faculty of the University of Manchester. With her second husband, Humphrey Verdon Roe, Stopes founded the first birth control clinic in Britain, which bore her name for much of its 100-year history. Stopes edited the newsletter Birth Control News, which gave explicit practical advice. Her sex manual Married Love (1918) was controversial and influential, and brought the subject of birth control into wide public discourse. Stopes publicly opposed abortion, arguing that the prevention of conception was all that was needed, though her actions in private were at odds with her public pronouncements. This copy is good in red cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Ex-library, with typical library stamps and labels, but the book itself appears little use and has been well protected by its dust jacket, which itself is in a protective plastic cover. . FO22.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 392 pages : portrait (colour) ; 23 cm. Notes; Transcript from the shorthand notes of William Rogers of the libel case of M.C.C. Stopes vs H.G. Sutherland and Harding & More Limited in the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division. Subjects; Sutherland, Halliday 1882-1960 ; Trials, litigation, etc. Stopes, Marie Carmichael 1880-1958 ; Trials, litigation, etc. Stopes [married name Roe], Marie Charlotte Carmichael 1880-1958 sexologist and advocate of birth control. Stopes, Marie. Stopes, Marie Carmichael 1880-1958. Sutherland, Halliday 1882-1960. Harding & More Limited ; Trials, litigation, etc. Harding & More Ltd. Trials, litigation, etc. Trials (Libel) Great Britain. Family planning services History. Medicine History ; Biography. History of Medicine ; Biography. Contraception history. Birth control History. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: DUST JACKET. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 392 pages : portrait (colour) ; 23 cm. Notes; Transcript from the shorthand notes of William Rogers of the libel case of M.C.C. Stopes vs H.G. Sutherland and Harding & More Limited in the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division. Subjects; Sutherland, Halliday 1882-1960 ; Trials, litigation, etc. Stopes, Marie Carmichael 1880-1958 ; Trials, litigation, etc. Stopes [married name Roe], Marie Charlotte Carmichael 1880-1958 sexologist and advocate of birth control. Stopes, Marie. Stopes, Marie Carmichael 1880-1958. Sutherland, Halliday 1882-1960. Harding & More Limited ; Trials, litigation, etc. Harding & More Ltd. Trials, litigation, etc. Trials (Libel) Great Britain. Family planning services History. Medicine History ; Biography. History of Medicine ; Biography. Contraception history. Birth control History. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The book is bright and firm , the dj (clipped) is sound with some markings and foxing to the verso Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Pp. 392, coloured frontispiece portrait; demy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, free endpapers slightly offset, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Femina, London, 1967. First edition. *'The sensational libel action brought by Dr. Marie Stopes against Dr. Halliday Sutherland in 1923 not only created legal history, but highlighted her work as the pioneer of birth control' [wrapper blurb].