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Sperry, Lyman B.
Confidential Talks with Young Men.
Publisher: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, Edinburgh & London;
Date of Publication: 1904
Stock Code: 7500
Sixth Edition. Octavo, pp. [6], 5-179, [1], [10] catalogue. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, and decorative floral gilt border to upper board. Spine lightly sunned and rubbed, with minor wear head of spine and corners. Free endpapers toned; a little scattered light foxing otherwise contents clean. No annotation or inscriptions. A Very Good copy. Delicately phrased guide to male sexuality by an American doctor, who also wrote an equivalent volume aimed at young women. Chapters include “The Age of Puberty”, “Venereal Diseases” and “Sex Precocity and Self-Abuse”; the prefatory note begins: “This is an eminently healthy book”. £35.00