Our Bodies, Ourselves: A Book by and for Women Unknown - 1973

pb. Good+. All pages and cover are intact. Possible minor highlighting and marginalia. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon and Schuster, 1973. First Paperback . Soft cover. VG-/G+. Revolutionary, groundbreaking work arising from the second-wave feminist women's movement of the 1970s, representing women's efforts to take their health, bodies, & choices about their sexuality & reproduction into their own hand. Orig. published in hardcover in 1971, this is the First Paperback Edition (11th printing) from 1973, NOT the later reprint/revision. Large softcover 4to in 276 pages in decorative wrappers, illustrated throughout with explicit photos & drawings. Condition is VG-/Good+: completely clean inside with light spotting/soil to outside page edges & both covers. Binding strong & straight, all pages intact & unmarked, though heavily tanned, commensurate with paper quality. Modest edgewear& creasing to both covers. A vintage piece of 20th-century women's history from the brave women at the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, an inspiration to… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Simon & Schuster, 1973T. paperback. Acceptable. 1.5228 in x 27.1574 in x 21.5736 in. NOT an ex-library book. Well read with some wear but still very useable.

Boston: Boston Women's Health Book Collective, 1973. Softcover. VG-/None. The First printing (of many) of the First Edition of one of the most important books to come out of second-wave feminism, the present copy belonged to the late great Jill Johnston (1929-2010), cultural, literary and dance critic, memoirist, radical lesbian feminist and champion of the avant-garde, and the book bears her distinctive stamp on the title page in blue ink on the which reads "Write first. then live." J.J. Condition indicates robust use of the tome so is less than stellar, with creases, rubbing & minor soiling to the covers, base of spine a bit worn away & text block darkened, but on the whole firm binding, no loose pages or other flaws. Scarce one of a kind historical gem.