The Aristocracy of Health - INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
by Henderson, Mary Foote
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hollis Center, Maine, United States
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About This Item
ny: Harper & Brothers, 1904 Book. Fair. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author . First Edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the page opposite the title page; also has the publishing company of "The Colton Publishing Co", crossed out with "Harper Bro, NY" pencilled in above that. "A study of physical culture, our favorite poisons, and a National and International League for the Advancement of Physical Culture." Early twentieth century work on wellness, and the vices of tobacco, opiates, alcohol, about diet and food safety, immunity, poisons on digestion, "fugitive extracts", and the like. Includes proposed legislation for the United States National League for Physical Culture. Dampstain around all edges, rear inner hinge starting to crack..
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- Bookseller
- UHR Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 088403
- Title
- The Aristocracy of Health - INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
- Author
- Henderson, Mary Foote
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- ny
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Health, Healthcare, History of Medicine, Physical Culture, Physical Culturist, poisons, Tobaco, Alcohol, Wellness, Environmental Health, Longevity, Diet, Cocaine, Drug Abuse, Opiate Abuse, Microbes, Microbiology, Germs, Vice, Prohibition
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- Nutrition;
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- Inscribed
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