Author: K. E. Barlow
Title: A Home of Their Own
Description: London, Faber and Faber, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition in its original dustwrapper of this fascinating copy on the results of the Peckham Experiment repeated in Coventry by dr. K. E. Barlow. The first edition of this work. After the devastation of Coventry by the Luftwaffe, a group of citizens started considering if the famous Peckham Experiment could be reproduced in Coventry, in relation to the rebuilding of the city. A community established about a Family Health Club, and Dr. Barlow was an active participant in the entreprise. This thorough book is the result of that experience and his reflections.The Peckham Experiment was an experiment wanting to determine whether people in a community would take interest in their own health and fitness and expend effort in maintaining it. It was conducted between 1926 and 1950, raising concerns over the health for the working class, and raising interest in preventive social medicine. With price-clipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Externally, very smart with only minor shelfwear. Slight fading to cloth to spine and head of front board. Minor bumping ot head and tail of spine. Dustwrapper is price clipped and smart with only minor shelfwear and slight chipping, particularly to head of spine. Minor sunning to spine to wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good.

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