YOU CAN STAY WELL
by Davis, Adelle
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
Item Price
NZ$468.10NZ$327.67
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About This Item
London: Published By the Author. Very Good/No Jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover, Green Cloth w/gilt. RARE FIRST EDITION, First printing, of the second book by the pioneering nutritionist whose many later writings had a profound influence on the health foods movement in the USA during the 1950's and 1960's. Colophon states: "Copyright 1939 by ADELLE DAVIS. Entered Station Hall, London, England, 1939. First Printing, 1939. Printed in United States of America." 317 pages, with index, plus charts and plates to rear. A hardcover volume in lightly edgeworn green cloth, with gilt lettering to front and spine. has former owner's name inside front cover, small spot of discoloring to top of front edge, otherwise a solid, clean copy in overall very good condition. Laid-in is what appears to be a loose dust jacket flap from the rare, unseen original dust jacket, containing a short bio of the author below her photograph. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Balcony Books and Records
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9231
- Title
- YOU CAN STAY WELL
- Author
- Davis, Adelle
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover, Green Cloth w/gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published By the Author
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Food, Nutrition, Health
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Colophon
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- Laid-in
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay 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....
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