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“Forthe Good of the Race”
Eugenics Publishing Company,
250 West 54th St., New YorkCity
[1928 Eugenics Publishing Company]
Private Subscription Offer]
Interesting mimeographed letter from the “For theGood of the Race” Eugenics Publishing Company, 250 West 54th St.,New York City, “offering a “PrivateSubscription Offer” for “… two valuablebooks were published, entitled “Sexual Continence”and “Psycho-analysis”, by William J.Robinson. Although both of these books were printed for private circulation andsold by subscription only they were nevertheless recalled from sale. We havebeen fortunate in securing the few remaining copies and we writing you as onewhom we feel certain would be interested in these important subjects. … offeredat the special price of only $4.00 for both books …., Very truly yours, EugenicsPublishing Company”
“William Josephus Robinson(December8, 1867 – January 6, 1936) was an American He was Chief of the department of Genito-UrinaryDiseases at Bronx Hospital Dispensary, and editor of theAmerican Journalof Urology and Sexology.Robinson was active in thebirth controlmovement in the United StatesHe was \"the first American physician todemand that contraceptive knowledge be taught to medical students and [...]probably the most influential and popular of the American physicians writing onbirth control in the first three decades of the twentieth century …” etc. (seeWiki)
The letter is a single sheet folded to make 4pages with text on 2 pages measuring 5 ½ x 8 ½ inches. The Private SubscriptionOffer is printed on the front and the rear page prints a Table of Contents ofThese Two Valuable Books.
A uncommon piece of Eugenics Publishing Companyephemera, it will be a welcome addition to your collection.
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