Author: HORATIO ROBINSON STORER
Title: Why Not? A Book for Every Woman. The Prize Essay to which the American Medical Association Awarded the Gold Medal for MDCCCLXV. Issued for general circulation by order of the American Medical Association
Description: Boston, Lee & Shepherd. 1868. Hard, 12mo. Second Edition. Hard cover. Published Boston: Lee & Shepherd, 1868. 12mo. 4 1/2" x 7", xi+99pp. 4pp. publisher's ads. Paneled burgundy cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, yellow endpapers. A physician and surgeon, Storer was an early anti-abortion activist who (successfully) lead a nationwide crusade to criminalize abortion. Light rub to the gilt of a few letters in cover title, else near fine, unfoxed, pages clean and bright, no markings. A very attractive copy. Scarce. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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