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- Softcover
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: New
US$ 26.60
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 63 pages. 11.70x8.80x0.50 inches. In Stock.
- Softcover
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.BennettBooksLtd
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paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.
More imagesPublished by Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Printed and published by Mackenzie and Dent, St. Nicholas Church-yard, 1812
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MFR RARE BOOKS, Edinburgh, United KingdomMFR RARE BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 1,186.34
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (215 x 130 x 25 mm). Pp. viii, [1], 10-318. English text. Bound in stunning contemporary tree calf. Smooth spine with gilt bands and red morocco lettering-piece. Boards with a gilt ruled border. Blue speckled page edges. Initial and ter…minal blanks present. Added engraved title page with imprint date and vignette, by R. Scott. Printed by MacKenzie & Dent. Contents: Section I. Hints to women before marriage. Rules of conduct during pregnancy. Observations on childbirth. Strictures on rearing children. The important influence of air. Warm and cold bathing. Children's dress. The food proper for children. Exercise and rest during infancy. The abuse of medicine. Dwarfishness and deformity. Fatal effects of excessive fondness. Accidents. -- Section II. Object of moral education. Desires and aversions. Origin of pride and vanity. Improvement of the faculties. The choice of toys. Tasks. Attention. Books. Arithmetic. Memory and invention. Taste and imagination. Prudence and economy. Remarks on public and private education. Strictures on female accomplishments. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight, secure and square, the hinges intact, some light rubbing to extremities. Text-block largely very well-preserved with some light and even toning. Without previous ownership markings. Extremely scarce.
