An Autobiography by Sanger, Margaret - 1938

Dover. Good. 1971. Soft Cover. (L525) .

NY: Norton, 1938. First Edition. 8vo, 504 pp. Enfpaper stained, a good copy in chipped and some worn dj. The life story of the radical social theorist and birth control advocate.

London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First English edition. Publisher's archive copy, so stamped on the title page, slight bump on top of the front board, else fine in bright, near fine dustwrapper, initialed in pencil on the front panel, and with a couple of tiny tears. Autobiography of the birth control pioneer. Extremely uncommon edition, especially in jacket, much more so than the admittedly scarce true first American edition.

W. W. Norton & Co., 1938. inscribed by Margaret Sanger at the front free endpaper; 504 pp., frontis., original navy blue cloth (hardcover), bottom corners worn, top corner of the rear cover chipped, else very good in a tattered dust jacket; first printing. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1938). First Edition. Hardcover. Very light rubbing to spine. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece photograph of Sanger. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. In her job as a nurse for maternity cases for mostly poor mothers in New York, Sanger often observed women resorting to self-induced abortions. Mrs. Sanger nursed one mother, close to death after a self-inflicted abortion, back to health, and heard the woman plead with a doctor for protection against another pregnancy. "Tell Jake to sleep on the roof," the physician said. The mother died six months later during a second abortion, and Sanger soon renounced nursing forever: "I came to a sudden realization that my work as a nurse and my activities in social service were entirely palliative and consequently futile and useless to relieve the misery I saw all about me."

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1938. WONDERFULLY INSCRIBED IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION BY MARGARET SANGER on the front free endpaper ("To Guy Moyston who gave the cause the push in the right direction when it was needed. My thanks. Margaret Sanger Nov. 1, 1938"). A solid, very presentable copy to boot of the 1938 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (tasteful former owner bookplate at the half-title, light foxing to several of the preliminaries) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light creasing and chipping at the spine ends, rubbing along the rear panel and a bit of creasing --with several tiny closed tears-- at its lower-edge. Thick octavo, fascinating memoir by the great 20th century crusader for birth control.