Chris and Valerie Combs
Fine Art

"Studies in Sexual Inversion," by John Addington Symonds. Privately printed, 1928. Scarce. Original navy cover is in good condition with light shelf-wear, especially along corners and top and bottom of spine. The navy lettering is on a pastedown on the spine-the pastedown has aging and chipping. End pages have aging. Text pages have aging. Binding is split but holding along page 96-97, but otherwise tight. Text pages have occasional soiling. Actual size of book: 6 1/4 by 9 1/4 inches. 201 pages. This is a study in both Greek and modern ethics. This is a philosphical study of sexual passion and its relationship to good and evil in the world, beginning with passion from the point of view of the Greeks who did not filter it through the lens of Christianity. Scarce. Philosphy. Greek studies. Ethics.