The Eugenic Marriage. A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies

  • Cloth binding
  • New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1914
By Hague, William Grant

New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1914. First edition.

COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO CHILD CARE FOR MOTHERS FROM A EUGENICS PERSPECTIVE, REFLECTING AMERICA IN 1914.

Four 7 inches tall hardcover volumes, green cloth binding, embossed title and logo to cover, "A PERSONAL GUIDE TO THE NEW SCIENCE OF BETTER LIVING AND BETTER BABIES," Vol 1. Frontispiece of mother and baby, legend "Eugenics Hath Its Own Reward." i-xxx, 136 pp, plates; Vol 2. Frontispiece of New York's Better Baby, legend "Little Miss Johanna Wiggers, who won the first prize in New York's Better Babies Contest," i-vii, [2], pp 139-329, plate p 207; Vol. 3. Frontispiece of "Mother and Child" by Lorado Taft. i-v, [1], pp 331-494, plate; Vol. 4. Frontispiece of "More Babies Like These. These nine little tots are all sound, healthy stock." i-v, [2], pp 497-656, plates p 518, 566, 599. Very good in custom archival mylar covers.

W. GRANT HAGUE, M. D. was on the faculty of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York.

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Title

The Eugenic Marriage. A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies

Author

Hague, William Grant

Binding

Cloth binding

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Publisher

The Review of Reviews Co.: New York

Date

1914

Edition

First edition


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