Staley mildred e (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 414.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair No dust jacket as issued. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Scattered insect worm-holes, particularly to the preliminary leaves, the index leaves and rear advertisements, and to the boards. 1/8" loss of cloth at head and tail of spine. Early cloth repair to lower corners of boards. Endpapers replaced, obscuring the advertisements on the original pastedown endpapers. The replacement endpapers also with some insect worm-holes.; Uncommon. [2 (advertisements)], x, 344, [8 (advertisements)] pages. Printed papered boards with cloth spine. Page dimensions: 184 x 121mm. "The subject of this book is principally the prevention of disease in mothers and their childred during their sojourn in a tropical country, and it embodies the result of many years' experience in India." - page v, Preface to First Edition. "The present edition of the 'Handbook for Wives and Mothers' has been thoroughly revised and brought up to date, without changing the arrangement and scope of the work. [. . .] It was hardly possible to put the case for breast feeding more strongly than was done formerly; but as a result of practical experience, some additional hints are here given to aid the mother and nurse in this difficult art. [. . .] Much attention is now being called to the sad waste of infant life in our nation, due chiefly to ignorance and bad feeding, the only remedy for which is knowledge, and training in 'Mothercraft.'" - pages iii-iv, Preface to Second Edition.…