first edition Hardcover
1933 · New York
by Bloch, Dr. Iwan
New York: Falstaff Press Inc., 1933. From the Institute for Sex Research (The Kinsey Insttitute) Library, with their small book plate bottom corner half title page, library catalog numbers in pencil copyright page, "Duplicate" stamp rear pastedown, and sticker residue near base of spine. Number 629 of a Limited Edition of 3,000 copies. Bound in decorative brown cloth with gilt rules and gilt titles at spine. Page 5 has a small added triangle of paper near top corner, a small binding error. Otherwise, book is clean , tight, and square. According to Sigmund Freud, Bloch's studies were instrumental in the development of the anthropological approach to the theory of sexuality. Before Bloch, homosexuality was analyzed using a pathological approach. SCARCE in collectible condition, and with the added significance of having come from the Kinsey Institute !. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Limited Edition. (Inventory #: 004111)