Wives: An Investigation

M. Evans & Company Publishers Inc, New York, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Acknowledgements, A Statement by Roderick Thorp and An Afterword by Ralph Manning Crowley, M.D. Dark red coloured cloth covered boards with metallic copper coloured titles to the back strip. Blue coloured tint to the top text edge. Photographic dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. In this book the authors interviewed 40 wives, from all socio-economic strata, and from ages from 24 to 52 to actually find out what happens in marriages. And, quoting from Ralph Manning Crowley from the rear panel "... husbands and lovers will learn as much about themselves from the wive's tales as they will about wives ... None of the stories remotely resembles the myths of romantic love or living happily ever after ... What this book provides is a picture of what happens when immature men and women attempt to live up to this sentimental ideal. Yet many of the women are heroic in their efforts to learn, grow and prevail over their problems with a little help from the outside world." Rubbing of the book edges with age toning of the text block edges and pages. Some spotting to the top text edge. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with fading of the back strip and light something of the rear panel. Age toning of the folder over panels with a little browning and foxing to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 356, [4] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Self Help & Motivation; United States; 1960s; Women & Feminism. Inventory No: 0286573. .