Original Art and Book for BABYHOOD: STEP

by Step by Janet Laura Scott

$1,800 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1938. First edition. Original art for and first edition of this darling baby book, demonstrating the artistic process to publication. Near fine. Item #46732 The concept of the commercial baby book is directly tied to the changes in infant mortality rates that came as a result of medical advancements in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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