A Problem in Greek Ethics. Being an Inquiry Into the Phenomenon of SEXUAL INVERSION Addressed Especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists
by Symonds, John Addington
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Anonymous (Privately Printed), 1901. Addington (1840-1893) was a poet, literary critic, and historian of the Renaissance, but this short treatise on homosexuality is a famed precursor to the work of Kinsey, Masters, and Johnson. First published privately in 1883. Also "privately printed" with no published listed, this edition is LIMITED to 100 copies. This is a Very Good copy, which is un-numbered, suggesting that more than 100 were printed. Dark green cloth binding. Clean text; 73 pages. Some scuffing, and some chips to the spine. No dustwrapper; in an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Privately Printed.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002201
- Title
- A Problem in Greek Ethics. Being an Inquiry Into the Phenomenon of SEXUAL INVERSION Addressed Especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists
- Author
- Symonds, John Addington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Anonymous (Privately Printed)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Bookseller catalogs
- Erotica;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
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Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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