Sterling Cook Book: Containing Original and Selected Recipes
by Women of the Presbyterian Church Sharpsburg PA
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Sharpsburg, PA: Women of the Presbyterian Church of Sharpsburg, PA, 1903. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, green cloth covered boards with silver titles. 155 pp. including "Hints for the Sick Room" plus ads and blanks. Handwritten recipes on rear blank pages including one for "Mother's PIckles". A compendium from the "ladies of the parish" of Sharpsburg a river town on the Allegheny River near PIttsburgh in the heart of Pennsylvania Presbyterian country. Moderate rubbing to ends of spine and rear board edges. A couple of signatures starting. No marks, stains, tears etc. About very good. Very scarce..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09461
- Title
- Sterling Cook Book: Containing Original and Selected Recipes
- Author
- Women of the Presbyterian Church Sharpsburg PA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Women of the Presbyterian Church of Sharpsburg, PA
- Place of Publication
- Sharpsburg, PA
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- STERLING, PENNSYLVANIA, PARISH, PREBYTERIAN, CHURCH, RELIGION, COMMUNITYR, COOKING, COOKERY, COOKBOOK, COOK, BOOK, RECIPES, SHARPSBURG, WESTERN, PITTSBURGH, OHIO, RIVER, FOOD, HOME, AMERICAN, CUISINE, MOTHER'S, FAMILY,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Local History; Food;
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Brillig Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
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