Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1952. Hardcover. 8vo., 842 pp. Original maroon cloth, with gilt letters on spine, in blue bands. Original yellow dust jacket, printed in black. In very nice condition. Kinsey was considered the first major figure in American Sexology. Both volumes illustrated with numerous charts, tables and diagrams. First are now uncommon. The first printing was priced at $8 [on is the bottom of the rear dust jacket flap] and 250,000 copies were issued. According to an article in Life magazine [August 24, 1953], the "Long-awaited study shows they [women] are not very interested in sex." Interviews with 5,940 women were conducted. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Item #5062404
Price: $250.00