M G Overlock (11 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1911 Second Edition of 1909 original. A GOOD, CLEAN, TIGHT, SHCOLAR/COLLECTOR-WORTHY COPY! An in-depth, informative resource on a myriad of health and health related issues and topics. 52 chapters. Burgundy cloth binding with gold gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. 293 pages. GFC1.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No Edition Stated. Maroon cloth binding. Gold colored print on front cover and spine. Corners are lightly worn. Light rumpling on spine. Some light scratch marks on rear cover. Previous owner book paste-ins inside front and rear cover. Sound and unmarked. 293 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Publishers red cloth. Good binding and cover. Shelfwear. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No statement of edition or printing. Rust cloth with gilt lettering. 293 pp. Light shelfwear including small worn-through spots on the bottom corners. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Otherwise fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second Edition. Boston: Massachusetts Health Book Publishing Company, 1911. Second edition [1911], first published in 1909. A guide to health geared toward keeping working families healthy. Covers such topics as: consumption / tuberculosis; patent medicines; going west for ones' health; the home as sanitarium; hygiene; whether pregnant women should work in factories; working people as spendthrifts; school buildlings; drinking-cups; flies; appendicitis; dyspepsia; rheumatism; spitting and its dangers; nervousness; diptheria; pediatric care; scarlet fever; breathing exercises; heart disease; the family medicine chest; cooking for the sick; typhoid fever; the young man, the cigarette and the saloon; municipal sanitariums; emergencies; dancing and its relation to pneumonia and consumption; hydrotherapy; more. Crimson cloth lettered in gilt, 293 pages. Some light cover wear, mainly rubbing to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages free from names or other markings. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, Hardback, no d/j Boards with gilt lettering have a bumped and nicked spine, light bumping to corners, o/w good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Early 20th century work whose purpose wa "to place before the public the principles of nursing in a condensed form for ready reference", with "particular stress laid upon emergencies and what to do when they arrive, [with] equal stress placed upon infectious and contagious diseases, upon disinfectants and their uses towards preventing the spread of same. . ." Illustrated, 207 pages. Decorated binding has edge wear and the decorative binding is quite rubbed, age-toning of endpapers; text is in very good condition. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 293pp. Cloth.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 244. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1913 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 244.

FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Publisher's cloth, author and title in gilt on front cover and spine. An excellent clean copy. First edition, second printing, the same year as the first. Overlock here focuses on the health of middle-class, working people, and especially those illnesses that can affect them such as consumption and tuberculosis. Topics discussed include: The home as a sanitarium (for people that may not be able to afford a formal hospital environment); childhood diseases such as consumption and catarrh; dangers of overwork; prevention of disease among those who follow different occupations; "the working day"; should a pregnant woman work in a factory; working people as spendthrifts; school buildings and the prevention of disease; drinking cups and their relation to health; flies and their menace to health; the modern factory and what it means to the people employed therein; spitting; worry and its effect on health; factory or farm for young men. Other diseases treated are appendicitis, dyspepsia, rheumatism, diphtheria, scarlet fever, heart disease, typhoid fever, and measles. Of particular interest are his theories on the value of breathing exercises, cooking for the sick, smoking, and how dancing is related to pneumonia and consumption. Overlock (1865-1920) was born in Maine and practiced medicine in Massachusetts. He was a prolific writer, tending toward public health for non-physicians.

Softcover. Condition: New. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition: 1910. This modern reproduction of The working people by overlock, m. g. (melvin george) makes an old or rare text available for consultation, bibliographic research, and specialized collections. Book images are non-contractual. - Informations complémentaires : Langue : Anglais | Format : Livre broché | État : Neuf | Nombre de pages : 293.