Marquesan Sexual Behavior (4 items)

Constable and Company, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1966. First British edition. 251 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographs. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing.

Harcourt, Brace and World, 1966. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Harcourt, Brace and World, 1966. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf and edgewear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Even the pestles are phallic! Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Brown cloth over boards, still sharp black illustration to front cover, copper lettering to spine. Paper dust wrapper, printed, present, but price-clipped, worn and chipped, sunned at spine. Previous owner's penned inscription at first free endpaper. Faded black-and-white photograph of the author at rear panel, illustrated well with 17 black-and-white photographs. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xviii, 251, [3 blank leaves] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Constable and Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1966). First Edition. Hardcover. "Review Copy" rubber stamp on front endpaper. Previous owner's signature. 5mm tears and chips to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; xviii, 251, [3 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 17 illustration on 4 plate leaves. Blue boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 137mm. "This book is an anthropological and historical study of sexual practices in a remote, and therefore minimally westernized, Polynesian area." - from dust-jacket blurb. Contents: Introduction; The Marquesas; Reproduction; Infancy and Childhood; Puberty and Adolescence; Marriage and Adulthood; Sex and Art; Religion; The Marquesas and Polynesia; The Probable Causes of Change; Appendix I. Venereal Disease; Appendix II. Medication for Arresting Premature Labor; Appendix III. Medication for Menstrual Problems; Appendix IV. Vaginal Medication for… Read more