Marital Advice

Vienna: Münster Verlag, 1930. 200 by 140mm (7¾ by 5½ inches). Half canvas boards; 184 pp. The original paper wrappers were rebound into boards in 1961, per a stamp on the inside back cover. Original cover glued onto the boards. On the title page, the staple holes from the original binding are visible. In German. Very Good plus—the interior crisp and clean. The book on offer is a scarce 1st edition mostly on sexual mores in marriage (but also discusses, approvingly, premarital sex). In short: the number one prerequisite to any long-term relationship is [“complete orgasmic virility of the sexual partner”] (pg. 135). If you do not have consistent repeated orgasms, you need to leave your partner because nothing is more important than the life force of orgasm.

Two years after publication, Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957) left his first wife for his mistress. A pattern that would repeat itself a few times in Reich’s life.

Reich’s research shouldn’t be completely dismissed, his work expanded our understanding of sex as both psychology and physiology.

This 1930 edition quite rare. Per OCLC in the United States only at Yale, Texas Med. Ctr., and BYU (OCLC #24469906). There is also a slightly more common (but still scarce) 2nd edition from 1968.

Bibliography: Bennett.