Symonds, John Addington

A Problem in Greek Ethics: Being an Inquiry Into the Phenomenon of Sexual Inversion Addressed Especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists

(n. p.), 1901. Hardcover. Item #120798
ISBN: B00168QWWA

73 pages. The author's treatise on what the Greeks called paiderastia, or boy-love, distinguishing his subject from its deviant form to focus on the 'nobler type of masculine love developed by the Greeks [which is] almost unique in the history of the human race.' One of one hundred copies. First published by the author in 1883. Very good in dark green boards, with small chip over last digit of date on spine and light wear at the corners. No dust jacket. 1-inch closed tear repaired by tape on page 21.

Price: $125.00