Havelock Ellis: A Biography, Grosskurth Phyllis. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1980. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 492pp., illustrated, bibliography, index. Quarter black cloth over brown boards; gilt titles. Contents are in fine, unmarked condition with a small red mark to outer lower edge; unclipped jacket has moderate shelf wear.

The first full-scale biography of the complex figure whose pioneering studies of sexuality heralded the beginning of the modern attitude toward sexuality.

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Bookseller: Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA) (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4873
Title: Havelock Ellis: A Biography
Author: Grosskurth, Phyllis
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0394501500
ISBN 13: 9780394501505
Publisher: Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
This edition first published: 1980
Bookseller catalogs: MEMOIR AND BIO;

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