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My Fight for Birth Control (In Dustjacket)
by Margaret Sanger
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1931. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. The 1931 1st edition of this reminiscence of Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), renowned American birth control activist. In its uncommon original dustjacket. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping along the flap-folds and the tips, and 1 1/2" of loss at both the spine crown and the front panel's lower left edge. Still though, very presentable. Octavo, also includes a laid-in booklet, a 1933 "Statement on Birth Control -- From a Special Committee of the Womens Problems Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends"
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21257
- Title
- My Fight for Birth Control (In Dustjacket)
- Author
- Margaret Sanger
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- rare women's studies, rare women's rights, rare Margaret Sanger, rare political autobiographies
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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