Preface Guttmacher Alan (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Thus. Type: Book 521 pp., midnight blue cloth bdg. with gold-stamped titling in red box on spine. Illustrated throughout with in text b/w diagrams, facsimiles, figures and tables. Renowned classic history of contraception that gathers relevant material on virtually every known culture and presented in an exhaustive manner, a survey of contraceptive usages of societies from 1850 B.C. to 1935 A.D. at which point new methods of population control began to emerge. The introduction does provide an account of major developments since. (light shelf wear, paper slightly yellowed at edges, small inscription on inner front board, very clean and tight copy)DJ(chipped along edges and corners, spine and edges slightly yellowed & soiled)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request. Photo scan available. Shipments to USA, USPS via Canada Post Express; FREE OF CUSTOMS OR DUTY CHARGE.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: VERY GOOD. First Edition Thus with the lengthy preface by Alan Guttmacher, President of Planned Parenthood and himself a scholar of the history and uses of contraception and 'a distinguished gynecologist and spokesman for population and birth control.' liii, 521pp. Sewn binding in Navy cloth, gilt spine lettering blocked in red. Offsetting to endpaper gutters, a bit thumed, front hinge starting but still holding strong, sound and square otherwise with no markings; DJ tips worn with some loss around the tips, wrapped in mylar.