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.

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Title: The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
Publisher: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. New York
Publication Date: 1946
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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