1953 edition - 49th printing. New, enlarged and completely revised. Hardcover with dust jacket. Gently read - no writing. Pages starting to yellow slightly. Dust jacket has lots of wear - especially on edges - scuffing,chipping an d some tiny tears. Buy with confidence because every order ships with delivery confirmation tracking number. Fast shipping from our non-smoking home. 2010AMA246 Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: This is a frank guidebook to sex and marriage written in simple language. It is presented in the form of an interview between a physician and a young couple about to be married. The questions are direct and vital; the answers are brief and pointed. There is none of the usual hedging, none of the sly charlatanism one comes to expect in volumes of this sort. Based largely upon the authors? experiences with marital problems in connection with their birth control activities in New York City and elsewhere, the book attempts to meet the urgent need for more adequate knowledge concerning human sex and reproduction. The biology of marriage, the mechanism of reproduction, methods of preventing conception, sexual disharmonies ? these and many other problems are discussed at length. There are numerous diagrams of the human body, which serve further to elucidate the contents. There is an Index. The authors? husband and wife were responsible for opening the first marriage Consultation Center in New York in 1930.