Contraception: a History of its Treatment by The Catholic theologians and Canonists by Noonan, Jr., John T - 1966

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986. Enlarged edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo, 581. wrappers The first, thorough, scholarly, objective analysis of Catholic doctrine on birth control. "An intellectual watershed" Noonan was a Federal judge with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. "The history of aa question is itself a work of criticism. Answers are critically compared. Assumptions, made explicit, are analyzed. ... My focus is not, however, on a single term, but on the ideas and values clustered into a doctrine on contraception."

Harvard University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harvard University Press, 1986-06. Paperback. Used: Good.

Mentor-Omega Books, 1967. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Mentor-Omega Books, 1967. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harvard . Bueno. 1966,tapa dura con sobrecubierta ,firma ,fecha y exlibris,algún subrayado a lápiz al principio del libro.SINOPSIS:A History of Its Treatment by the Catholic Theologians and Canonists

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. Second. hardcover. very good/very good. x + 561pp., 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w.; front endpapers lightly soiled. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.<br/><br/>

Harvard University Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Boston: Belknap/Harvard University Press, 1966. Second printing. Large octavo, original half red cloth over black cloth spine, original dust jacket. About fine. Second printing of Noonan's history of the classical and ecclesiastical views of contraception, published a year after the first printing. "The first account of the growth of the Church's doctrine from the first century to the present, the forces shaping it, its potentiality for development." The book consists of four parts: Part One. Shaping of the Doctrine 50-450, Part Two. The Condemnation Ingrained 450-1450, Part Three. Innovation and Preservation 1450-1750, Part Four. Development and Controversy 1750-1965. Noonan was a law professor at Notre Dame University and the Director of the Natural Law Institute. The work was awarded the John Gilmary Shea Prize of the American Catholic Historical Association in 1965. With Dedication in Latin, Noonan's Acknowledgments, dated "Rome, March 25th, 1965" and prefatory quote in Italian from Purgatorio. A… Read More

Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 561p. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a very good dustjacket. Bottom of spine and top front corner are lightly bumped; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has a 1-inch closed tear at the bottom of the back panel, and the spine is flecked with tiny, spotty stains. Otherwise intact. This copy is inscribed and signed by Noonan to Raymond E. Goedert, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Goedert's own signature appears above the author's inscription.