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Modern Cookery, for Private Families, Reduced to a System of Easy Practice, in a series of Carefully Tested Receipts, in which the Principles of Baron Liebig and Other Eminent Writers have been as much as possible applied and explained
by Acton, Eliza
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts 1858. Small 8vo. xlvii, [+ 7 plates], 643, 32 ads. pp. Full maroon morocco with gilt lettering to spine; decorative endpapers, all edges speckled red. Slight wear to spine ends and corners, a few light marks to boards, spine a little faded. Slight splitting to front hinge, light foxing and offsetting to prelims, minor wear to endpapers and occasional minor spots within; ink name to prelim. Frontispiece and seven plates, as well as numerous black & white illustrations throughout. . Very Good. Full Morocco. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1860.
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- Bookseller
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71271
- Title
- Modern Cookery, for Private Families, Reduced to a System of Easy Practice, in a series of Carefully Tested Receipts, in which the Principles of Baron Liebig and Other Eminent Writers have been as much as possible applied and explained
- Author
- Acton, Eliza
- Format/Binding
- Full Morocco
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition, Revised and Enlarged
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts 1858
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1860
- Size
- Small 8vo.
- Keywords
- Eliza,Acton,Modern Cookery,Recipe book,English cuisine,19th century , food
- Bookseller catalogs
- Food and Drink;
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Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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London, Greater London
About Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Morocco
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- 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....
- Gilt
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