Birth Control
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Life On the Line
by Faye Wattleton
Faye Wattleton consults with American business and political leaders and with heads of state, ambassadors, and cabinet ministers around the world on family planning issues. She holds fifteen honorary degrees, is a member of the National Women's Hall of Fame (1993), and has won numerous awards, including the Jefferson Award for the Greatest Public Service Performed by a Private Citizen (1992) and the Margaret Sanger Woman of Valor Award (1996). She makes her home in Manhattan.
Intended Consequences
by Donald T Critchlow
After World War II, U.S. policy experts--convinced that unchecked population growth threatened global disaster--successfully lobbied bipartisan policy-makers in Washington to initiate federally-funded family planning. In Intended Consequences, Donald T. Critchlow deftly chronicles how thegovernment's involvement in contraception and abortion evolved into one of the most bitter, partisan controversies in American political history. The growth of the feminist movement in the late 1960s fundamentally...
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Birth Control Books & Ephemera
Original Photo Archive of Sherri Chessen's Pivotal Role in Legalizing Abortion
by Abortion, Contraception
Archive of 18 original silver gelatin press photos of Sherri Chessen, television host turned the center of a national debate on abortion in early 1960s. Photos range 7" x 9" to 10" x 8" inches. Sometimes known in the media as Mrs. Robert Finkbine, the case surrounding Sherri Chessen's abortion was a pivotal moment in the history of abortion rights. In 1961, Chessen's husband returned from a trip to Europe with over-the-counter sedatives, which he gave to her in the earliest stages of her fifth...
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£550.46
The Fundamental papers on the creation of the Contraception Pill - Gregory Pincus Archive of 36 Rare Bound Offprints Documenting his Research on Reproduction and Contraception and TLS (1937-1949)
by Pincus, Gregory
[Contraception] Gregory Pincus. Father of The Oral Contraceptive Pill. Bound collection of 36 rare offprints of Pincus's scientific publications on fertility research and in vitro fertilization. 367 pages in total. 10.5 x 7.5 in. Dark red textured cloth boards. "Gregory Pincus Vol. 2 (1937-1949)" gilt on front cover. "Gregory Pincus Vol. 2" gilt on spine. Most offprints bound with original paper wrappers. Comes with 1 Typed Letter Signed by Pincus on Clark University letterhead, dated November 6, 1939....
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£3,642.75
The Hormones in Human Reproduction" by a Pioneer of Contraception and the Discoverer of Progesteron Signed Book
by Corner, George
CORNER, George W. The Hormones in Human Reproduction. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1942. Signed on title page "George W. Corner. Autographed during a happy visit to Wells College, November 1, 1945." Octavo, publisher's original orange cloth with black label on spine. 265 pages. 24 illustrated plates and 32 in-text figures. A concise and a comprehensive exposition of the subject, given by one of the foremost contributors to knowledge in this field. Corner was an American physician, embryologist...
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£194.28
Collection of 10 Exceptional and Extremely Rare Offprints by Gregory Pincus, Documenting his Research Leading up to the Creation of the Birth Control Pill
by Pincus, Gregory
Pincus, Gregory. 10 offprints, 1926-1939. Collection of 10 rare offprints documenting Gregory Pincus' groundbreaking fertility research leading up to the creation of the first birth control pill. All of the offprints are extremely rare. At the time this is being written, the earliest three have 0 returns on OCLC; the later 7 publications each return only 1 listing on OCLC, within university special collections. Offprints come from the libraries of genetic researchers, including Sewell Wright and Robert...
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£2,833.25
Gregory Pincus Archive of 31 Rare Bound Offprints Documenting his Development of the First Oral Contraceptive Pill (1950-1959)
by Pincus, Gregory
Gregory Pincus. Father of The Oral Contraceptive Pill. Bound collection of 31 rare offprints of Pincus's scientific publications on fertility research and the first oral contraceptive. 328 pages in total. 10.5 x 7.5 in. Dark red textured cloth boards. "Gregory Pincus Vol. 3 (1950-1959)" gilt on front cover. "Gregory Pincus Vol. 3" gilt on spine. Most offprints bound with original paper wrappers. Offprints from the most important time in Pincus's career when he was working to develop the oral...
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£4,452.25
CONTRACEPTION; (birth control). Its theory, history and practice, a manual for the medical and legal professions. With an introduction by Prof. Sir William Bayliss and introductory notes by Sir James Barr, MD ... and Dr. C. Rolleston, Dr. Jane Hawthorne & Obscurus
by STOPES, Marie Carmichael (1880-1958)
London: John Bale, Sons & Danielson, 1923. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 417 + 4 plates. Bound in fern green cloth with remnants of the dj laid in, end paper browned o/w a near fine copy. Eaton and Warnick 376. Scarce. With her second husband, Humphrey Verdon Roe, she founded the first birth control clinic in Britain. Stopes edited the newsletter Birth Control News which gave explicit practical advice. Her sex manual Married Love was controversial and influential: it brought the subject of birth control into...
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£400.70
Family Limitation
by Margaret Sanger
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£4.85
Original Photo Pro-Birth Control Protest during Pope's Easter Message, 1967
by [Birth Control Pill], [Catholic]
[The Pill] [Vatican] Original press Photo on Protest for birth control access during the Pope's Easter message at the Vatican, 1967. Protestors with large signs stand in the crowded square. Original silver gelatin print photograph. 7 x 9 in. The Pill had met FDA approval in 1960, and by 1967 many Catholics (including one of the Pill's cofounders, Dr. John Rock) defended its use and believed that the Vatican would eventually accept oral contraceptives as safe and moral type of birth control. Original...
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£97.14
Signed and Inscribed Book by Djerassi, Father of the Contraception Pill
by Djerassi , Carl
Carl Djerassi. The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas' Horse: The Remarkable Autobiography of the Award-Winning Scientist who Synthesized the Birth Control Pill. Basic Books: 1992. First edition boldly signed and inscribed "For Lee Evans, with compliments, Carl Djerassi, 5/6/92" on front free endpaper. In original dust jacket. Measuring 6.25 in x 9.25 inches, 319 pages with 25 black and white photographs. Called "the father of the pill" and known for the social consciousness he brought to chemistry,...
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£101.19
Birth control politics in the United States, 1916-1945
by McCann, Carole R
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1994. Hardcover. xi, 242p., hardcover in dust jacket, 6.25x9.25 inches, very good.
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£14.57
The Abortionist by Dr. X Anonymous Abortion Doctor Shares His Account of Performing the Illegal Procedure in 1962
by Abortion, Medical Activism
The Abortionist. Dr. X as told to Lucy Freeman. First edition. Doubleday and Company: New York, 1962. Measures 6 x 8.5 inches. 216 pages. Original blue dust jacket with the title, shocking for its time, repeated in bold script from top to bottom. Gray cloth boards. Published 11 years before the passage of Roe v Wade which would legalize abortion until overturned in 2022, this book tells the story of desperate women seeking safe abortions. Its narrator, Dr. X, does not identify himself for fear of...
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£149.76
Life on the Line
by WATTLETON, Faye
New York: Ballantine Books, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 489pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Fine with errata slips laid in in a fine dust jacket with very slight toning.
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£16.19
Life on the Line
by Faye Wattleton
Random House Publishing Group, 1998. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.65
The Politics of Contraception
by Djerassi, Carl
New York: W.W. Norton & Company. 1980. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 274 pages. A global perspective on fertility control by a scientist who pioneered the development of the Pill. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£15.87
Birth Control Pill Inventors: Pincus, Djerassi, and Chang
by Contraception, Gregory Pincus
[Contraception and Family Planning] Photo Archive of 4 original photographs of the researchers involved with the invention of the oral contraceptive pill. Sizes range from 6" x 4" to 8.5" x 11." Three are original silver gelatin black and white press photographs while one is a signed color photograph. The black-and-white photographs are dated between 1932 and 1974. The 1932 press photo is of Gregory Pincus holding an immobile rabbit, taken during his time at Harvard, where he first made national...
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£206.42
The Fundamental papers on the creation of the Contraception Pill - Gregory Pincus Archive Documenting his Research on Reproduction and Contraception (1926-1936)
by Pincus, Gregory
[Science] [Contraception] Gregory Pincus. Father of The Oral Contraceptive Pill. Bound collection of 29 rare offprints of Pincus's scientific publications on fertility research and in vitro fertilization. 10.5 x 7.5 in. Dark red textured cloth boards. "Gregory Pincus Vol. 1 (1926-1936)" gilt on front cover. "Gregory Pincus Vol. 1" gilt on spine. Most offprints bound with original paper wrappers. 6 articles are contemporary photocopies. Written at the beginning of his career, these papers demonstrate...
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£3,885.60
Fertility and Sterility in Marriage: Their Voluntary Promotion and Limitation
by Van de Velde, Th. H
London: Heinemann. 1934. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Gilt titles to spine xvii, 448 pages. Famous Dutch gynaecologist and physician's work on marital problems - this being the third and final volume. Translated by F.W. Stella Browne. First published in 1931. As well as the physiological aspects also deals with the societal, ethical and religious issues. An early work on the area and includes...
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£13.23
The Social Responsibility of Gynecology & Obstetrics
by Allan Barnes , Gynecology & Obstetrics
Barnes, Allan (Editor). The Social Responsibility of Gynecology & Obstetrics. Book Signed. The John Hopkins Press [Baltimore] 1965. Proceeding the Conference held May 7, 1965 at the John Hopkins Hospital, written for the minister, the social worker, the physician and the citizen. Considers topics of population explosion, eugenics, problems of detection of cancer, divorce, abortion, pregnant teens etc. Signed. Dust jacket has light edge wear and rubs.
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£101.19
Life on the Line
by Wattleton, Faye
Ballantine, 1996. 1st. Hardcover. A VERY FINE crisp copy in a VERY FINE bright dj. Black History.
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£8.10
Intended Consequences: Birth Control, Abortion, And The Federal Government In Modern America
by Critchlow, Donald T
New York: Oxford Univ. Press. Hardcover. 1999. 1st Edition. 8vo 307pp . Fine in Fine Dust Jacket.
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£38.08
