Becklard m d eugene (2 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 3rd Edition. SMALL HARDCOVER.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Eugene Becklard, M. D. Physiological Mysteries and Revelations in Love, Courtship and Marriage; An Infallible Guide-Book for Married and Single Persons, in Matters of the Utmost Importance to the Human Race. NY: Holland & Glover, 1844, 256 pp. overall. *** A very scarce American sex manual with practical medical advice on what to do and not do regarding sexual activities, marriage, and procreation. Translated from the third Paris edition, with the revision and additions of the sixth Paris edition, by Philip M. Howard. The last part of this book is a separate work titled Onanism and Its Cure. An Infallible Text Book for the Cure of All Diseases in the Male or Female Produced by Over Indulgence, Onanism, or Masturbation. Translated from the French of Henriot, Tissot, Deslandes, and Becklard, by James Guierson, dated 1845. The title page calls for sixteen (16) engraved plates with this edition having fourteen (14). There is no evidence of any plates having been removed. This book is in my inventory and the images are of this particular item. *** Bound in dark blue or green cloth boards and spine with blind stamp decoration on covers, faded gilt decoration and lettering on the spine. Moderate soil, wear on edges, corners, and at spine ends. Approximately 1 inch separation of cloth at bottom of front joint. All page edges gilt, now much faded. Contents complete in good binding, generally clean with browning of end papers, scattered foxing throughout. VG. *** 4.5 inches tall by 3 inches.…