Health for Little Folks
by Mary H. Hunt
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Pleasanton, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: American Book Company, 1890. Hardcover, 5 x 7". 90 pp. Green cloth over boards with black lettering and illustration on cover, corner bumping and spine cloth fraying on edges and ends with some stains. Some ink stamps on front paste-down endpaper and previous owner markings (partially erased) on front free endpaper, several minor pencil marks and stains throughout. Good condition.This is the Authorized Physiology Series, No. 1 from American Book Company which was intended for primary school years to teach" laws of practical hygiene" and physiology. Contents include: why we need to eat, kinds of foods, the body needs water, salt and lime, drinks that contain alchol, how food is changed into blood, the blood, how the blood is purified, the framework of the body, the muscles, brains and nerves, our five senses and the skin. Nicely illustrated throughout with small medical drawings
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Lair, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BL-001058
- Title
- Health for Little Folks
- Author
- Mary H. Hunt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- American Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1890
Terms of Sale
The Book Lair, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
The Book Lair, ABAA
Biblio member since 2015
Pleasanton, California
About The Book Lair, ABAA
The Book Lair deals in rare and/or interesting items in many fields with a focus on Miniature Books and Modern Firsts. We are especially interested in unique cookbooks, children's books, Californiana, Edward Gorey, John Steinbeck, Stephen King, and Ian Fleming/James Bond Books.
We also buy and sell ephemera, photography, manuscript material, diaries and letter archives, and business archives in any field. If it tells a strong story, we're interested.
We also buy and sell ephemera, photography, manuscript material, diaries and letter archives, and business archives in any field. If it tells a strong story, we're interested.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....