Item #E22559B Seed; The Fearless Novel of Birth Control. Charles G. Norris.

Seed; The Fearless Novel of Birth Control

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1930. Reissue. Hardcover. Reissue. Hardcover. Fine condition with very good dust jacket, slight fading to the spine. 436 pages. Controversial 1930 novel of a young married couple, parents of,one child, feel they cannot afford another for three years. Their priest instructs the usual, preposterous notion of abstention as "divine law" and the novel explores the emotional, social and economic issues presented by the subject. The basis of the 1931 film starring Bette Davis in her third movie role but with the plot and characters drastically changed. Fine / very good. Item #E22559B

Price: $30.00

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