London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1949, Hardback, Book Condition: Very Good, First

Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 755 pages; Physical desc.: xi, 755 p : illus. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Social history -- Marriage -- Families. Family -- Sociology -- Social conditions. Notes: Errata slip inserted after colophon reads "Owing to production delays this book was not published until 1949." ; "First intended to be a revision of my The family; its sociology and social psychiatry, published ... in 1934 ... the present volume emerges essentially as a new treatise, with liberal quotations from its predecessor."--Pref.Includes bibliography and index. 755 pages. Inventory No: 175396.