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All about the baby; and preparations for its advent, together with the homeopathic treatment of its ordinary ailments; a book for mothers
by Tooker, Robert N
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers, 1896. Hardcover. 331p., plus lengthy index and publisher's ads, plates as called for including three monochromes (measles &c), first edition bevelled boards in green cloth lettered gilt and black, pocket in back for a ready-reference pamphlet; unfortunately, this pamphlet is lacking. Slightly edgeworn with several minutely frayed points, top and fore edges are foxed, textblock shows two incipient cracks and we have strengthened a more seriously cracked front hinge with archival-grade glue; a good to very good copy. Please note, lacks pamphlet. Find on the front pastedown a small label advertising Boericke & Runyon Co's homoeopathic pharmacy located 231 Sutter Street San Francisco.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 162955
- Title
- All about the baby; and preparations for its advent, together with the homeopathic treatment of its ordinary ailments; a book for mothers
- Author
- Tooker, Robert N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- infant
- Bookseller catalogs
- San Francisco; Women; Medical, medicine, doctors; History of Science and Medicine; Childbearing;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
All books subject to prior sale Major Institutions can be billed. ALL BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION OR BETTER UNLESS NOTED. All books returnable for any reason within thirty days of receipt.
About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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