CONTRACEPTION (BIRTH CONTROL) Its theory, history and practice. A Manual for the medical and legal professions. With an Introduction by Prof. Sir William Bayliss, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. and Introductory notes by Sir James Barr, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P. Dr C Rolleston, Dr. Jane Hawthorne & Obscurus. London, John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Limited.

STOPES, Marie Carmichael.

Published by 1924., 1924

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8vo, pp. xxiii, [i] blank, 418, [2]; with four photographic plates; lightly browned throughout due to paper quality, with some occasional light foxing and soiling in places, some toning to endpapers; in the original green publisher's cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, head and tail of spine a little bumped, extremities and corners lightly rubbed, some light sunning to boards; overall a very good copy. Third impression, published the year after the first. At its publication Contraception was "widely held to be the most comprehensive volume on the subject ever published" (Exploring Women in Science Through the Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Duke University Libraries website). For the first edition see Eaton and Warnick 376; Garrison-Morton 1641.2; Heirs 2316.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CONTRACEPTION (BIRTH CONTROL) Its theory, history and practice. A Manual for the medical and legal professions. With an Introduction by Prof. Sir William Bayliss, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. and Introductory notes by Sir James Barr, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P. Dr C Rolleston, Dr. Jane Hawthorne & Obscurus. London, John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Limited.
• Publisher: 1924.
• Publication Date: 1924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition