The Laws of Life with Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls

by Elizabeth Blackwell

$22,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

New York: George P. Putnam, 1852. First edition, first printing of the first book by the first female physician in the United States. Bound in publisher's black cloth decorated in blind with spine title lettered in gilt, all edges stained maroon, pale brown endsheets. Near Fine with slight loss at foot, small patch of worming to front joint, light foxing to text block edges and margins, former owner details to a preliminary

  • Printing: first

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