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Warne's Model Cookery with Complete Instructions in Household Management
by Jewry, Mary (Editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Frederick Warne & Co., 1893. New Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A new (1893) edition of this bestselling book (orig. from the 1860s) of cooking & household management for the late-19th-century English "lady of the house," upon whom "devolves the task of providing food to her household.[taking] care that no waste or ignorant misuse shall squander the property of her husband.[nor any] neglect caused by the love of idle pleasure." Guidelines are provided for bill paying, treating servants, marketing, & maintaining "good temper & patience" in all matters. This edition boasts "nearly 3,000" (2,835) recipes, many demonstrating different &/or more economical ways of preparing the same dish, with "coloured illustrations" throughout the 728 pages + additional pages of period advertisements in front & rear. With deep green cloth-covered boards blindstamped with an image of a house to front & lettered in gilt to spine, this hardcover 8vo is in VG condition: generally quite clean, with random spotting & soil. Binding secure but a bit shaken; rear hinge is cracked & gutter split on verso of frontispiece. Pages creamy white with moderate tanning & a few foxed spots; former owner's name & "1894" date to ffep, else unmarked. Mild rubbing to extremities, heaviest at corners & both ends of spine. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022358
- Title
- Warne's Model Cookery with Complete Instructions in Household Management
- Author
- Jewry, Mary (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- ENGLAND 19TH NINETEENTH CENTURY WOMEN HOUSEKEEPING HOMEMAKERS SERVANTS FOOD MEAL PREPARATION HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT ADS ADVERTISEMENTS MENU COOKING CLEANING DUTIES ROLES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women's-Men's-Gender Studies/Feminism/LBGTQA; Cookbooks: Food & Beverages/Diet/Nutrition;
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La Mesa, California
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- Spine
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- Hinge
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- New
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- Rubbing
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- Foxed
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- FFEP
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- Jacket
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- VG
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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,...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Gilt
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