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New York: E.P. Dutton & Company. Good in Very Good+ dj. (c.1924). First Edition. Hardcover. [a good sound copy with only modest shelfwear -- but NOT that there is considerable pencil underlining throughout text; it would be erasable, but only with a lot of effort]. "A sane and valuable contribution to our knowledge in a difficult yet vitally important field -- that of sex-education for girls and young woman." As stated in the Preface, the objective of the author's research, carried out under the auspices of the Department of Psychology at Columbia University, was "to discover the actual state of sexual knowledge of young women of more than average education." To this end 160 girls between the ages of 17 and 23 were surveyed, via an extensive questionnaire (almost 900 questions). PLEASE NOTE that there is extensive pencil underlining throughout the text, and additional pencil notes on the rear endpapers. .

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Firts edition (no statement as is correct). hardcover in maroon cloth titled in gilt. ix+ 302 pp. with index. A tight, very good copy, ownership signature front free endpaper, spine lettering dulled, front cover gilt a bit dulled. Very scarce. From the review in The American Journal of Sociology: "Not every author sahres Dr. Davenport's ability of willingness to set down accurately the steps occuring in an observation of social phenomena...". Davenport made her investigations under the auspices of the Columbia university Department of Psychology, the research aimed at discovering the actual state of sexual knowledge of young women of more than average education, in their late adolescence. One of her stated aims was to counter with more detailed study the "...more insistent claims of psychoanalysis to an authentic sex psychology---the acceptance of which would mean the firm establishment of mysticism for many years to come , in this… Read More