THE UP-TO-DATE WAITRESS.; Illustrated with 54 half-tone engravings of table, prepared dishes, appliances, etc. by HILL, Janet Mckenzie - 1906

Little Brown, 1919. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. 164 pages, illustrated. 1919 printing, 1906 copyright. Ex-university library book, some soiling and wear to the illustrated covers. Pages are yellowed; a good reading copy of an old book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Inventory No: 209397. .

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1909. Early Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pictorial brown boards with gilt lettering to spine. Moderate edgewear and rubbing; minor soil; spine ends and corners bumped and starting to fray. Text block moderately foxed. Binding shaken and tender in places; ffep somewhat roughly excised with a small corner piece of front pastedown also missing. Interior lightly toned and moderately foxed. Half-tone engravings of tables, prepared dishes, appliances, etc. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. VG. 1927. New edition. Hardcover. Edgewear to corners, spine head and foot. Slightly cocked but otherwise sound; Illustration of waitress on the cover (matching photograph on frontispiece). A guide to waitressing and food service by the "Editor of 'The Boston Cooking-School Magazine'"; "illustrated with half-tone Engravings of Tables, Prepared Dishes, Appliances, etc."; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 p. .

Paperback / softback. New.

Little Brown & Company. Used - Good. Good condition. (Waitresses, Home Economics, Dining)

Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1923. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. New Edition.. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1923. New Edition. Very Good+/Good. Very clean decorated American trade binding in original dust jacket. Brown-olive cloth boards with cream and black decoration, white lettering on cover, black lettering and small decoration on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with half-tone engravings of tables, prepared dishes, appliances, etc. Preface by the author. 184 pages. Dust jacket has large edge chips, a few closed edge tears, but clean and attractive in archival quality mylar cover. A peek into what life was like in households with staff in the 1920's. Duties of the wait staff; the dining room and the pantry and their furnishings; care of the pantry and dining room; styles of serving meals; afternoon tea; rules of good service; carving; picnic baskets and… Read More