The Care and Feeding of Children: A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1894.
First edition. 66, [5] pp. Bound in publisher's olive cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with small stain to front board, former owner's name stamped on front paste down and front free endpaper. Pages free of marking. Rare in the first edition.
The standard child-rearing text of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, written by an American pediatrician who was instrumental in the certification of milk, the development of the medical chart, and the introduction of schedules and discipline in parenting.
Price: $3,500.00
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