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; Description: xi, 755 p : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Social history -- Marriage -- Families -- Family -- Sociology -- Social conditions.Tipped-in slip at preface: "Owing to production delays this book ws 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." --Preface. Series: International library of sociology and social reconstruction (Routledge & Kegan Paul). 755 pages. Inventory No: 188630.