RARE MAURICE PARMELEE VINTAGE ILLUSTRATED 'NUDISM IN MODERN LIFE,' REVISED EDITION, 1931, CLOTH BOUND, NEW YORK, NY, 

New Revised edition by: 

ALFRED A. KNOPF

(Dated 1931)

Early 20th century American cultural anthropology/sociological literature

With an introduction by: Havelock Ellis 

Published: September 1931

Second Printing: October 1931, New York, NY

Copyright: 1927, 1931 By Maurice Parmelee, Ph.D.

DIMENSIONS: 

5 ¾" Width x 8 ¼" Height x 1 ½" Thick

DESCRIPTION: 

 If you like rare, odd, early academic treatises on cultural anthropology and social organization, sociological trends and the clearly antique (nothing is new under the sun) human phenomenon of 'nudity,' and the expressed desire to live and work without clothing or being bound by constrictive, unnatural attire, then perhaps this revised 1931 volume 'Nudism in Modern Life,' (A New Gymnosophy) by Maurice Parmelee, Ph.D., with an introduction by Havelock Ellis and published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, might be of particular interest to you and be a welcome addition to your personal, professional or academic library of early 20th century works on human sociology and of our changing perceptions, individual and collective attitudes toward nudity, nudism and its expression in nudist, communal enclaves in the United States in the early 20th century. The interesting thing is, since the volume is nearly 100 years old and published by the veritable Alfred A. Knopf publishers of New York, what becomes immediately apparent and glaringly obvious, is just how seemingly less conservative and progressive minded Americans once were, individually and as a society. It's unlikely this particular volume would be for sale in a bookstore now or even today published by the same American publisher, Alfred A. Knopf. In its day, this academic volume was anything but incendiary and heretical. It was scientific and a sociological treatise. An interesting read from cover to cover. It was discovered in a library in an estate without its original paper dust cover.

CONDITION:

Good to Very Good overall vintage condition. Some UV lightening of the cloth on the front cover. The binding is intact, as are all its interior pages and photographic illustrations.

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