Sex in History by Tannahill, Reay - 1984

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

Penguin Books, Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Penguin Books, Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1980. Book. Good. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6.25 x 9.5"; 480pp; blue cloth with gilt; dustwrapper, bumped to edges; good clean copy; illustrated;.

London, U.K.: Hamish Hamilton, 1980. Unread. Unclipped.. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.

Hamish Hamilton, London, first edition, 1980. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. 480 pp,. From the blurb: "This long, cool, consistently entertaining look at sexual attitudes, customs and practices in all the world's major civilizations (past and present) is less a successor to Reay Tannahill's Food in History (1973) than its other half. This time, drawing on art, architecture, literature and theology, as well as a whole alphabet of scientific disciplines, the author places the second of humanity's great imperatives - the sex drive - in its widest historical perspective. The range of information contained in this book is immense - from prehistoric polygamy to Greek dildoes, Egyptian contraceptives, Taoist sex manuals, Turkish eunuchs, Panamanian sodomites, Victorian methods of 'reconstructing' virgins, and the sex-role revolution of the 1970s. Much of the material appears here for the first time in a general work. Until recently, European erotica was kept in locked rooms, Chinese texts… Read More

Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1980-04-28. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.9970 in x 23.7819 in x 16.1877 in.

Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1980-04-28. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.9970 in x 23.7819 in x 16.1877 in.

Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1980-04-28. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.9970 in x 23.7819 in x 16.1877 in. A clean, tight copy. Light wear to the edges. Black and white images throughout. Clothbound in red. In a very good dust jacket.