London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983. Paperback. Very good +. xxi, 212 p. 25 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback. Light wear. Ink signature inside front cover.
New York: Babies Magazine, 1932. Vol. 1, No. 1, October 1932. Staplebound. Very good. 64 p. 30 cm. Over 60 b&w illustrations. Staplebound magazine. Staples rusting, a little soiling. Associate editor Anna Roosevelt Dall. Large photo of the Roosevelt family. Article "A Challenge to Women: 15,000 of you died in childbirth last year in the United States alone...Is the wastage of life in maternity necessary? by Douglas A. Calhoun, M.D. Beginning of short story "Park Avenue Limited," by Margaret E. Sangster, grandaughter of "that famous Margaret E. Sangster who wrote many of the hymns your mother used to sing." Lots of baby pictures, reviews of books about babies, etc.
London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1763. Full-Leather. Fair. vii, 373 p. 18 cm. Full leather, marbled endpapers. Boards detached, but present. Worn corners and spine. Armorial bookplate for "E. H. Greene" of Hinxton, Cambsh. on front endpaper. Pencil notes on endpapers and Errata. Signature for "Edward Chapman" on title page in red ink. James Nelson (1710-1794) was one of the first health experts to suggest regular meals for children, along with suggestions as to what they should be fed, including "Garden Stuff" and "Small Beer" (pages 125-6). He also advocates breast milk over cow's milk whenever possible (page 66). Highly readable and entertaining to this day.
