Kinsey, Alfred C.

Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1948



8vo (9 x 6 in.; 230 x 150 mm). Publisher's red cloth with gilt on black spine title in printed orange dust-jacket; some minor rubbing to jacket with a few short closed edge tears, a chip from upper left of rear panel, creasing and minor loss along top edge.

8vo (9 x 6 in.; 230 x 150 mm). Publisher's red cloth with gilt on black spine title in printed orange dust-jacket; some minor rubbing to jacket with a few short closed edge tears, a chip from upper left of rear panel, creasing and minor loss along top edge.
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First edition, inscribed by Kinsey to D.I. Goldstein on the front endpaper and scarce thus. A pioneering sociological study and landmark on modern sexuality.