At the Fountain Head : Five Stories on the Origin of Life for Parents and Teachers
by Boos, William F
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston MA: Small, Maynard & Company, 1913. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. Probable First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. An early 20th century Christian-oriented text counseling parents and teachers on sexual education and answering children's questions. Includes a long foreword on the subject and five short stories for children. Book Condition : Good+; bumping to spine ends; sunlight discoloration to spine; slight age discoloration inside book; some spotting to text block; no internal markings. No Dust Jacket as issued..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Adamstown Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 219865
- Title
- At the Fountain Head : Five Stories on the Origin of Life for Parents and Teachers
- Author
- Boos, William F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Probable First Edition
- Publisher
- Small, Maynard & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston MA
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Sexual Education Puberty Christian Parenting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion & Theology / Christianity;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Adamstown Books
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About the Seller
Adamstown Books
Biblio member since 2015
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About Adamstown Books
Adamstown Books is an online antiquarian and used book dealer in Lancaster PA. Our presence began in Adamstown, aka America's Antiques Capital. The Adamstown tradition is boosted by our proximity to the emerging antiques presence in Columbia PA, and the rich religious and cultural history of Lancaster County and Pennsylvania. With Gettysburg a 1 1/2 hour drive away, the American Civil War is naturally one of our key categories.
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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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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....