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You are bidding on an amazing antique hardcover book! It covers so many topics that were considered taboo and secretive in the Victorian age! You are bidding on a hardcover book titled Highways and Byways To Health - Byways: Being a Guide To Physical Vigor and Purity in the Sexual Relations, With a Complete Description of the Reproductive Organs of Both Man and Woman, the Physiology of Generation, the Laws of Procreation, Penalties of Over-Indulgence, Etc., with chapters on Love, Courtship and Marriage, Choosing a Partner, the Wedding, the Honeymoon, Conception, Pregnancy, Growth of a New Life, Confinement, Childbirth, Rearing Children, with the Treatment of Infantile Complaints, Diseases Peculiar to Each Sex, Venereal Diseases, Etc. By Chas. A. Hoff. Book has many illustrations. Published by Planet Book Houses, 1889. This is the scarce and collectible First Edition. The book came from a series of books about health, but this title is complete in this one volume. This is an extremely rare book! This is a great opportunity to learn the thoughts and morals of the people regarding sexuality, marriage, etc. during the 1880's. Book is quarter-bound in red leather with leather tips. Spine has gold lettering. The covers are firmly attached with no cracking or splitting of hinges. The corners of covers are worn through. All pages clean and tightly bound. Has decorative endpages. No writing in book and no signs of previous ownership. The book is in near-very good condition. Very rare and collectible! Check your collection; you probably don't have this super rare book. Would make a super addition to a collection. Great gift idea! (Inventory: 58F) Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter