For Cambria, whence it all beganCopyright © 2008 by Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.All rights reserved.Published in the United States by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of theCrown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.www.crownpublishing.comThree Rivers Press and the Tugboat design are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.Originally published in Great Britain by Modest Securities, Ltd., London,in 1972. Updated and reillustrated editions were published in 1991, 1996,and 2002 by Mitchell Beazley, an imprint of Octopus Publishing GroupLtd., London. This current edition was originally published in hardcoverin Great Britain as
The New Joy of Sex
by Mitchell Beazley, an imprint of theOctopus Publishing Group Ltd., London, in 2008, and was subsequentlypublished in hardcover in the United States by Crown Publishers, animprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.,New York, in 2009.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataComfort, Alex, 1920–2000.The joy of sex / Alex Comfort, Susan Quilliam.—Rev. ed.Originially published: New York: Crown, 1972; 1stAmerican ed. of revision originally published in Great Britain in 2008 by Mitchell Beazley.Includes bibliographical references and index.1.Sex instruction.2. Sex customs.I.Quilliam, Susan.II.Title.HQ31.C743 2008613.9'6—dc222008017531ISBN 978–0-307–58778–7Printed in Hong Kong
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