Time by John Rock (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition soft cover book. 194 age-toned, but clean and unmarked pages including index.

Paperback. V-2081 near fine paperback,

Condition: Very Good. 1963. Hardcover. Clean copy in quarter cloth over card boards and with gilt title to spine. Covers showing some light shelf wear. Previous owner's name to ffep. Lacking dust wrapper but remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 66 pages. Luis Cernuda "The Nihjtingale On The Rock" (poem) / Idris Parry "Belvedere Hercules" / Dick Davis "Lilac Time" / Donald Davie "Exacting Poetry" / Jeremy Hooker "Frances Bellerby In Place" / Jeffery Wainwright "Shelley's Political Poetry" / Douglas Oliver "John Riley" / Neil Powell "What Like Is - The Novels Of Martin Amais" / Michael Edwards "The Dialectic Of Translation". (U.P.).

Condition: Very Good. 1963. Hardcover. Clean copy in quarter cloth over card boards and with gilt title to spine. Covers showing some light shelf wear. Previous owner's name to ffep. Lacking dust wrapper but remains a very good copy. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tightly bound; Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing to end pages; 1 small tear to dj on top of front cover;

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd printing. 203pp. Octavo in boards over cloth spine. Boards crisp and unworn; interior clean, tight, and bright. Very slight edgewear to price-clipped jacket. "Perhaps the high point of the book comes when [the author] shows how an energetic program of research in human reproduction could result in the perfecting of the rhythm method-- an achievement that might well resolve the entire birth control controvery." -from the jacket.

hardcover. first edition. 8vo 204pp + Index. stated first edition. from front flap: "As a dedicated Roman Catholic, as a leading gynecologist notable in the field of human reproduction, and as a major contributor to the development of the oral contraceptive pill, John Rock is uniquely qualified to speak on this highly charged subject. After defining the forces obstructing agreement, and explaining how they can be redirected, he offers a creative synthesis of the three vital aspects of the problem: doctrinal, political, and medical. Clearing the air of the stereotypes held on all sides, he shows that Catholics and non-Catholics are much closer than many suppose in accepting the principles of family planning." #02022. Book VG+: mild shelf wear, offset to endpapers, text clean, binding tight. DJ VG: rubbing and age toning, NOT clipped small corner wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st edition, 2nd printing. 1st edition, 2nd printing, May 1963. A Very Good book in a Good dust jacket. INSCRIBED by author inside front cover. 8vo., 203 pp., bound in publishers red and grey cloth with blue dust jacket, $3.95. Jacket has some overall fading and soiling with chipping along edges, tips and spine. Text appears unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. A SCARCE signature in an important book. John Charles Rock was an American obstetrician and gynecologist. He is best known for the major role he played in the development of the first birth control pill.