Foreword Herbert Ratner (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Dampness has seeped into more than just the cover. Moderate shelf wear. Noticable fading due to exposure to sunlight. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Illustrated by SIDOR, JOY drawings (illustrator). first edition, 16th printing. GOOD CONDITION.pencil underlined in several places throughout book.ow quite nice, solid, bight copy.name ep "Linda Boisse 1974" ; white titles on deep blue paper covers.This is a later (16th) printing of the ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION.plain white titles on DEEP BLUE PAPER COVERS. ; 166 pages; ORIGINAL COVER SHOWS 1" WHITE LINE DRAWING OF WOMAN HOLDING NEWBORN BOTTOM FORECORNER.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Joy Sidor (illustrator). 2nd Edition. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding. Foreword by Herbert Ratner, M.D.; drawings by Joy Sidor. Franklin Park, Illinois: La Leche League International, 1976. Twentieth Printing of the Revised and Enlarged Second Edition (originally issued May 1963). 8vo (8.5 × 5.75 in.), dark blue cloth boards lettered in white with mother-and-child vignette to lower cover, 288 pp. A landmark in modern maternal health literature, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding was the foundational publication of La Leche League International, the grassroots movement that reshaped public understanding of infant feeding in the mid-20th century. Drawing from experience shared among mothers rather than medical authorities alone, the book promotes breastfeeding as both instinctive and empowering. It offers practical instruction ('How-To'), emotional guidance, and advocacy for mother-infant bonding, while addressing challenges of nursing, weaning, diet, and societal attitudes. The foreword by Dr. Herbert Ratner situates the work within the emerging natural childbirth and child-centered parenting movements of the 1950s-70s. Illustrated with line drawings by Joy Sidor. Condition: Very Good. Binding tight and square; light rubbing and shelfwear to boards, minor bumping at spine ends, and a small surface scuff near upper front cover. Text block clean and unmarked with faint toning. Interior solid and complete; no writing or markings. A well-preserved, sound example of this historically important parenting manual. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding was collaboratively written by founding members of La Leche League International, established in 1956 by seven mothers in suburban Chicago who sought to revive and normalize breastfeeding practices. Their publication became a cornerstone of maternal self-education, inspiring later editions translated into dozens of languages and continuing as a living text into the 21st century.

trade paperback. Condition: good; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED8vo; 166 pages; good trade paperback; scuff to face cover; few nicks to edges cover; faint crease; tips bumped; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. (2003). Folio. INSCRIBED by Stern. Crease to top forecorner of p. 121 and slight offsetting to hlalf-title page in otherwise good, clean textblock. Rubbing to boards with slight soiling to spine. Bumping with slight wear and exposure to corners of rubbed and slightly soiled slipcase with small nick from bumping to rear panel bottom edge. Previous seller's price sticker on slipcase rear panel near top edge. VG in VG slipcase. INSCRIBED.