Baby & Child Care by Spock

About this Item: Pocket/ Wallaby c1945-1976, 1945. Condition: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Seller Inventory # GRP72731481

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About this Item: Pocket Books, 1946. Soft cover. Condition: Good. Mass market paperback. 1946, 151st printing, 1965. First few pages becoming detached from spine at top, so needs to be handled with some care. Age tanning to pages. Some wear to cover and dusting to top of text block. Else good. Internally clean and unannotated. Orders received before 3pm normally dispatched same working day. 1st class post to UK. Airmail overseas. Robust packaging. Seller Inventory # ABE-1580303008006

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About this Item: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1946. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. Early Printing. Early Printing of Dr. Spock's Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, with in text illustrations by Dorothea Fox. Bookplate, else no marks of any kind. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Minor shelfwear and minor loss to the lettering on the front board. Very Good. Very Good binding. Seller Inventory # 286588

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About this Item: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dorothea Fox (illustrator). 527 pp. illustrated. One of the earliest copies of t his classic volume on baby and child care. Green boards with black lettering on cover and s pine. Extremely scarce edition. Seller Inventory # 36355

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About this Item: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. New York, 1946. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Gray cloth with gold lettering on the cover and spine. Binding tight and pages clean. A remarkably crisp copy for such a utilitarian book. 527 pages. No date on the title page, but there is a line of type under the publication city, "1 2 3 4 5 CR7595 Duell, Sloan." Copyright page dated only 1945, 1946, with no statement of edition/printing. There is NO book-of-the-month-club dot on the back cover. Spock's book was THE gold standard for books on child-care for a generation or more. It begins with the famous line, "Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do." By the time of Spock's death in 1998, it had sold more than 50 million copies. Early editions are extremely scarce. This copy has a clipped signature on a larger page tucked inside the front cover, which could be bound in or nicely mounted. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # U-394

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About this Item: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1946. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. with illustrations by Dorothea Fox (illustrator). Copyright 1946 with no later dates showing. Edition not stated. NO book-club deboss. Inscribed by the author to the blank FFE "To Ann and Ed with love" and signed "Ben" (first name only.) Someone has also written "10 cents" to top corner of this page in black marker. And there's a faint cup ring to dark blue cloth of front board. No jacket. Popular though sometimes controversial pediatric guidebook in which -- for good as well as ill -- the famed socialist activist and physician taught the parents of the Baby Boomers to hug their children and give them what they wanted. 527 pp. including index. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 006832

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About this Item: 1947. Softcover. Condition: Poor. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Some pages are falling out. Moderate shelf wear. Noticable fading due to exposure to sunlight. Large crease(s) in the cover. Book. Seller Inventory # 123552086

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About this Item: Pocket Books, Inc., New York, 1948. Paperback. Condition: Good. Fox, Dorothea (illustrator). Ninth Printing. 502pp. "Complete and Unabridged" Vey light edge-chipping and soiling to the wraps. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Oblong. Seller Inventory # 008630

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About this Item: Pocket Books, 1950. Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60008200: 1950. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 502 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon. Seller Inventory # RO60008200

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About this Item: Pocket Books, 1951. Condition: Good. Unabridged. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Seller Inventory # GRP83421457

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About this Item: Pocket Books, New York, 1953. Paperback. Condition: Fair. 12th Printing. 502 pages, reading copy only. Seller Inventory # 143577

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About this Item: Longanesi & C., Milano, 1954. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 45 Illustrazioni (illustrator). Boards covered in burgundy cloth; titles in gilt to spine. Pages moderately age-toned to edges. Text entirely in Italian. L'intero testo di questo libro è in lingua italiana. 691 pp. including indices. Reduced from $27. Seller Inventory # 007883

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About this Item: Pocket Books, Inc, New York, 1957. paperback. Condition: Good. Cardinal ed. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Seller Inventory # GRP113700147

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About this Item: Pocket Books, Inc, New York, 1957. paperback. Condition: Good. Cardinal ed. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Seller Inventory # GRP76918371

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About this Item: Pocket Book Inc, 1957. Condition: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Seller Inventory # GRP94104932

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About this Item: Pocket Book Inc, 1957. Condition: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Seller Inventory # GRP75210453

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About this Item: Pocket Books, 1957. Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate shelf wear. Large crease(s) in the cover. Book. Seller Inventory # 123550836

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About this Item: Cardinal - Pocket Books, 1957. Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60077156: 1957. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 627 pages. Illustré de dessins en noir et blanc dans le texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon. Seller Inventory # RO60077156

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About this Item: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1957. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near very good. Bookclub Edition. sm 8vo; 539pp. 3 Lines of notes inked on rear endpaper, thin 2" long stain on ffe, in unclipped dj with small chips and short tears to extremities, and slight fade to spine, dj now in protective mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 37994

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About this Item: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. New York, 1957. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover. Pink cloth with black lettering on the spine and cover. Binding good and clean and tight. Complete with surprisingly scarce dustjacket, pink and black. DJ unpriced, with Book Club Edition printed at the bottom of the front flap. Complete but with some edgewear and small chips. No date on the title page. Copyright page dated 1945, 1946 and 1957. This copy is probably from the 1960s. 539 pages. Previous owner has written some notes and hints on the blank pages front and back, including ages and weights of their children - 1972, Age 2, 35 lbs. 1975, Age 4.5. 42 lbs. and some recipes for Neosporin ointment and bee sting remedy. The most influential childcare book of its generation. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book. Seller Inventory # U-390

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About this Item: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1958. Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. Dust jacket worn. Previous owners inscription. Seller Inventory # BBI3021086

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About this Item: The Bodley Head, 1958. Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO60124686: 1958. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 608 pages. Illustré de nombreux dessins en noir et blanc dans le texte. Jaquette très abîmée. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon. Seller Inventory # RO60124686

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About this Item: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1960. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Fox, Dorothea (illustrator). Second Edition, 4th Printing, Stated. New edition stated on title page. Fourth printing, January 1960 stated on copyright page. A hard bound copy in publisher's grey full cloth covers.627 numbered pages. Illustrated. Covers soiled some. Spine ends and corners rubbed some. Nothing serious, Otherwise a solid, tight, clean, complete copy with clean and unmarked internals. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 064327

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About this Item: Duell sloan and Pearce, 1960. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fourth Printing. Light wear to the board tips and spine ends. Dust jacket shows moderate edgewear with short tears overall. 1962 6th printing of the revised edition. Used - Very Good. Seller Inventory # 4-H-13-0409

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About this Item: The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1960. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Third printing (1960) of the second, "New and Enlarged Edition," 1958. (First U.K. edition was in 1955.) "Good" in a "very good" jacket, the pink somewhat faded to the spine, which is not price-clipped; original "15s net" price showing. Inscribed in ink to the blank FFE "To Joan and Max Reinhardt / with gratitude and admiration / Benjamin Spock." Max Reinhardt was Spock's English publisher, who bought Bodley Head in 1957, appointing Graham Greene as a fellow director. NO book-club deboss. Popular though sometimes controversial pediatric guidebook in which -- for good as well as ill -- the famed socialist activist and physician taught the parents of the Baby Boomers to hug their children and give them what they wanted. 608 pp. including index. Reduced from $7,000. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 007634

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About this Item: Pocket Books, Montreal, 1962. Flexible vinyl. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 286 p. 24 cm. Sound and square binding. Spine somewhat darkened and some overall soil to the white vinyl covers. Inside pages are lightly tanned but unmarked otherwise. The famous baby and child raising book by Dr. Spock. This copy is imprinted on the front cover with the name of Watson's Drugs, 62 Walton Street, Port Hope. It was obviously an advertising piece for the pharmacy and is being sold more for this connection than its utility as a childcare handbook. B&W Photographs. Seller Inventory # 3737

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About this Item: Steimatzky's Agency, 1962. Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. WRITTEN ENTIRELY IN THE HEBREW LANGUAGE AND CHARACTERS; 'Enlarged, revised, and updated edition of 1962'; solid; tight; no marks or writing in actual text; 622 pages; a number of age spots/ specks inside covers and on free pages; minor age darkening to edges of closed pages; light scuffing to 2 edges of cover; dustjacket in bad shape, but is is included; weighs 1 pound and 2 ounces; measures 7.2 by 4.6 by 1.6 inches; we ship daily; inventory control: misc. Seller Inventory # 04730

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About this Item: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962. Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No dust jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: -1. 6th Printing. Very Good. No Jacket Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Clean and tight. Minor shelfwear, mainly on corners and ends of spine; cover has begun to pull away at very top of spine; no Dust Jacket. A very nice, well-maintained copy. Seller Inventory # 00002554

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About this Item: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, United States, 1962. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dorthea Fox (illustrator). This hard covered copy is a completely revised, new edition version. It is a 6th printing and is in good condition. Seller Inventory # 001630

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