Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book. What to Do & What Not to Do in Cooking
by Lincoln, Mrs. D.A
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Sisters, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892. Hardcover. Good. Short 8vo., 3/4 brown cloth w/marbled boards, 536pp., general index, alphabetical index, 15pp. advertisements at rear. -- Cloth slit along the rear outer joint for about 4 inches at the top portion of the spine, front & back hinge cracked, center signature pulled, general rubbing and bumping to extremities. "Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln was an influential Boston cooking teacher and cookbook author. She used Mrs. D.A. Lincoln as her professional name during her husband's lifetime and in her published works; after his death, she used Mary J. Lincoln.[ Considered one of the pioneers of the Domestic Science movement in the United States, she was among the very first to address the scientific and nutritional basis of food preparation."-wikipedia.
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- Bookseller
- Lonesome Water Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9
- Title
- Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book. What to Do & What Not to Do in Cooking
- Author
- Lincoln, Mrs. D.A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Antiquarian Books, Nonfiction, Americana, Food & Drink, Cook Books, Cookbooks, Cookery, Culinary arts, Cooking, Women by & About, Women's Studies, Hearth & Home, Mary Johnson Bailey, Mary J. Lincoln, Domestic Science, Nutrition, Ads, Adve
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About the Seller
Lonesome Water Books
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Sisters, Oregon
About Lonesome Water Books
We are a brick and mortar store located in Beautiful Sisters, Oregon. We have a stock of approximately 10,000 books, 80 percent of which are hardbound. We also carry old prints (decorative and original) and maps.
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
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