Aphrodisiacs, from Legend to Prescription de Walton, Alan Hull - 1958

Westport, Connecticut: Associated Booksellers, 1958. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a Book Club edition. Not price clipped (7.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated with 12 plates. Both book and Dust Jacket are First Editions. From the Jacket: "This book tells the strange fascinating story of the use and misuse of aphrodisiacs through centuries of human history... The volume is divided into three major sections. Part I is a history of love potions through the ages. The second section is devoted to the Cookery of love... describes the effects upon sexual vigor of many foods, beverages, tonics, glandular extracts and ointments... In his third major section, the author shows how pharmaceutical preparations affect virility, and takes up such allied topics as nutrition, vitamin intake, and hormone injections... Here, too, he tells the story of testosterone." Introduction by Hermann Goodman, M.D. Bibliography. Index. Original… Leer más

CT: ASSOCIATED BOOKSELLERS, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Dustwrapper IS RUBBED. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Westport 1958 1st edition, 3rd printing. Associated Booksellers. Introduction by Harman Goodman, MD. 8vo., 267pp., illus., index. "A Study of Aphrodisiacs throughout the ages, with sections on suitable food, glandular extracts, hormone stimulation and rejuvenation." VG in VG DJ. Hardcover. .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Hardback. New.

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