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Thank You, Dr. Lamaze: A Mother's Experiences in Painless Childbirth
by Karmel, Marjorie
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1959. Foreword by Sol T. De Lee, MD Stated First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 188 deckled edged pages with yellow topstain. Photo of author and her children is on back of dust jacket. From jacket: "When Marjorie Karmel, the young wife of writer Alex Karmel, became pregnant in Paris...it was mere chance that took her to Dr. Fernand Lamaze... (who) introduced her to the Pavlov method of childbirth. This method of "childbirth without pain" is standard in Russia, widely practiced in France...in 1956 Pope Pius XII endorsed it as a "benefit for the mother..." (Part of the book includes) a manual which sums up the theory of Painless Childbirth and describes the necessary exercises." Mrs. Karmel is credited with popularizing the Lamaze method in the United States. Price clipped jacket has price written on inside flap, edgewear, rubbing and some chipping at head and heel of spine. There is a small spot and tea cup ring on back of jacket and a large tear on the back of dust jacket. . First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005774
- Title
- Thank You, Dr. Lamaze: A Mother's Experiences in Painless Childbirth
- Author
- Karmel, Marjorie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- First Edition; 1st Edition; Childbirth; Lamaze;birth; painless;
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Women's Studies; Health;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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