Bound Brook, N. J. Asa K. Butts, 1886. A later American printing of this landmark work on contraception, but with an interesting imprint. (See below.). 8vo, original printed wrappers, 47, [1] pages. Frontis portrait of Besant. Besant had revolutionized the publication of contraceptive information in England after her republication of..... More

New York: Published by G. Vale, [1858]. Stated tenth edition. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt lettering, 88, [1] pages. Frontis, illus. The Atwater catalog notes that this edition adds a note from Owen’s associate Gilbert Vale, who published this edition, “in which he discusses conception and its prevention,” including douching..... More

Amsterdam: W. Versluys, [1894]. First edition. Original printed blue-green wrappers, 7.75 x 5.25 inches, 62 pages. Anonymous socialist utopian fiction from the Dutch physician Rutgers (1850-1924), who became the great advocate of contraception, and of social and sexual reform in the Netherlands, sometime secretary of the Nieuw-Malthusiaansche Bond. Though evidently..... More