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Sex and Sex Worship (Phallic Worship) a Scientific Treatise on Sex
by Wall, O. A
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
St. Louis: C.V. Mosby Co., 1920. Second Printing of First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 2 preliminary leaves, vii-xv, 608 pages. 372 illustrations. 26 cm. Quarto, Hardcover. Publisher's original blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering and decorations to spine and upper cover. Book Condition: quite worn, tears along spine, cloth showing thru to boards at corners, frazzled spine ends, hinge starting. An important work if you subscribe to the world view that everything can be explained pretty much by the phenomena of Phallic Worship, or, a cigar is never just a cigar.
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- Bookseller
- DuBois Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005533
- Title
- Sex and Sex Worship (Phallic Worship) a Scientific Treatise on Sex
- Author
- Wall, O. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing of First Edition
- Publisher
- C.V. Mosby Co.
- Place of Publication
- St. Louis
- Date Published
- 1920
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About the Seller
DuBois Rare Books
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New York, New York
About DuBois Rare Books
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