signed first edition
1948 · Philadelphia and London
by Kinsey, Alfred C.; Wardell B. Pomeroy; Clyde E. Martin; Paul H. Gebhard
Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1948. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. 1948, 1953. Two volumes, both first edition, first printing, both volumes signed by Alfred C. Kinsey and inscribed to George Brasler, with the second volume being additionally inscribed to his wife. Bound in publisher's original maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering blocked in dark blue. Very Good, with light mottling to cloth on the first volume and scratch to the front cover of the second. In spine-toned and lightly worn dust jackets; Human Male shows nicks to the front spine joint, unpriced front flap with price penciled on; Human Female has an old tape reinforcement made to the crown of the spine from the blindside, and a smal scrape to the rear spine joint. The two groundbreaking works on human sexual behavior which would become known as The Kinsey Reports.
(Inventory #: 140942013)