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My life : autobiography of Havelock Ellis
by Ellis, Havelock (1859-1939)
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New York: Heir of Hippocrates library, division of Gryphon Editions, 1993. Fine Facsimile Reprint. Hardback. Fine copy in the original elaborately gilt-tooled leather, over gilt-tooled cloth-backed boards, with raised bands. All edges gilt. The classic Gryphon Editions design. An exceptional example; corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Still in the publisher's bubble wrap and cardboard packaging.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 647 pages; Physical desc.: xii, 647 p., [8] leaves of plates (inc. front.) : ill., ports. ; 22 cm. Subject: Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939 --Physicians --Great Britain --Biography. Notes: ""This special edition has been privately printed for the members of the Hiers of Hippocrates Library""; originally published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1939. ""The life of the pioneer in the free discussion of sex. Ellis was the author of Psychopathia Sexualis and Sexual Inversion. Needless to say, he was a controversial figure in his time."" --Publisher's website.
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- Title
- My life : autobiography of Havelock Ellis
- Author
- Ellis, Havelock (1859-1939)
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- Hardback
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- Used
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- Fine Facsimile Reprint
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- Hardcover
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- New York: Heir of Hippocrates library, division of Gryphon Editions
- Date Published
- 1993
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