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By: Anonymous
Price: $24.94
Publisher: Philadelphia, Paine, Diehl & Co.: 1888
Seller ID: 39654
Condition: Good+
85 pages; Contents unmarked, shallow marginal stain at lower edge of rear pages. Pictorial light green wrappers are rubbed and soiled with some chipping. Front wrapper shows a woman standing at a table in her kitchen using a Keystone Beater with a large fireplace and tall cabinet in the background with the phrase: "Better the Utensil; Better the Cook." OCLC: 166594332 Illustrated with images of the Keystone Beater and the Keystone Ice Cream Freezer manufactured by Paine, Diehl & Co. The Keystone beater was invented and patented in 1885 by Edwin Baltzley, who was then working for Senate... View more info
By: Cre-Fydd
Price: $99.94
Publisher: London, Simpkin, Marshall, And Co: 1888
Seller ID: 41824
Condition: Very Good
Cre- Fydd's Family Fare; cci, 341 pages; Former owner's name and drawing on feps and first blank, otherwise clean and tight in original brick coloured cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine, decorative stamping to front board in black and gilt. A number of cookery books designed to assist the young housewife of the rapidly increasing middle class were produced in the second half of the nineteenth century in Britain, and some of these gave suggested menus for every day of the year. One of these was Cre-Fydd's Family Fare: The Young Housewife's Daily Assistant, [first] published in 1864... View more info
Price: $14.94
Publisher: Brownfield, Myrtle Doane: 1973
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 37021
Condition: Near Fine
Autograph; 36 pages; A wonderful booklet of recipes from this Maine author and poet from Brownfield Maine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with a typed note from her laid-in. OCLC: 783284046 Recipes include Maine Meatloaf, Maine Meat Pie, Aunt Myrtle's Health Bread, Aunt Myrtle's Company Pudding, Maine Apple Dumplings, Aunt Myrtle' Chocolate Cupcakes, Maine Pumpkin Pie, Outdoor Maine Stew, Aunt Myrtle's Bird Cake, etc. ; Signed by Author; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral ... View more info
By: Fisher, George ; [ William Brattle, Jr.'s Copy]
Price: $199.94
Publisher: Glasgow, J & A Duncan, J & M Robertson, and J & W Shaw: 1795
Edition: New Edition, heavily Corrected
Seller ID: 42274
Condition: Very Good
xii, 396 pages; Previous owner William Brattle Jr.'s signature in three places, otherwise clean and tight in original full sheepskin binding. Leather rubbed at spine ends and corners, hinges strong, small spot of worming on rear board; three page numbers in pencil on rear endpaper. Frontispiece engraved plate, fold-out plate, and numerous in-text illustrations, tables, etc. Printed by David Niven. OCLC 11969058 William Brattle, Jr. (1745-1826) of Pittsfield, Massachusetts was the eldest son of William Brattle and Mary Wright. He was a Lieutenant of the Massachusetts militia who participated... View more info
By: Gale, Ethel C
Price: $149.94
Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam & Sons: 1872
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 39117
Condition: Near Fine
Putnam's Handy-book Series; 107 pages; Clean and tight in original brown binding with decorative stamping and lettering in gilt and black. OCLC: 1289101 A fabulous look at fashion advice in the 19th century - history of costume, suggested budgets for ladies in various socio-economic circumstances (from the working woman employed in an editorial position at a major weekly publication to the young married lady keeping house in a large American city and not obliged to consider economy), advice on color and form, things indispensable, how and what to buy, etc. ; Experience the pleasure of read... View more info
Price: $44.94
Publisher: Richmond, Virginia Museum: 1979
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 40343
ISBN: 0917046056
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
xxi, (1), 194 pages; Wallace Gusler, who is both craftsman and historian, has traced the lives and accomplishments of the cabinet makers of eighteenth century Williamsburg in precise detail. In doing so he sheds new light on their unique contributions to the decorative arts of Early America. Clean and tight in original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering in very good dustjacket with one tiny nick at top edge of rear panel. ; View more info
By: Keys, John
Price: $649.94
Publisher: Dublin, Printed for P. Byrne, P. Wogan, J. Moore, and J. Rice: 1796
Seller ID: 39176
Condition: Very Good-
xii, 1-96, 61-252 pages; Full contemporary sheepskin leather binding with black leather title label at spine with gilt lettering. Binding has wear with boards revealed at edges and some eroded spots on front and rear boards, front hinge starting. OCLC: 34985255 Former owner's name on titlepage and a brief manuscript note on pp. 60-61 critiquing the "story method" and suggesting an alternative. Although the title page states "Illustrated with plates" - no plates are in evidence in this Irish edition. The provenance of this copy is particularly interesting, with the clear ink... View more info
By: Mitchell, John ; (1794-1870)
Price: $74.94
Publisher: Boston, Gould and Lincoln: 1856
Seller ID: 42070
Condition: Very Good
xii, 254, (6) pages; Contents clean and secure in original brown cloth binding with extensive gilt decoration and lettering to spine and both boards. Lovely floral borders in gilt. All edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece of mother and son in the garde in front of their cottage. Cloth worn at ends of spine. Similar to OCLC: 16725404 The author John Mitchell (1794 – 1870) was an American minister and author. He was the son of John and Abigail (Waterhouse) Mitchell, and was born in Chester, Conn. in 1794. He graduated from Yale College in 1821, then entered Andover Theological Seminary. In Ja... View more info
Price: $19.94
Publisher: San Francisco, Frances Warfield Newell: 1943
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 40882
Condition: Very Good
A collection of tested recipes from various sources but mostly from recipes that had been in her family for many years. There must be 200 recipes, very simply presented, many using canned vegetables and soups. Warfield Corn Hot Cakes, Potato Flour Cake, Never fail Sabayon, Veal Birds with Mushroom sauce, Ox Tail Casserole, Spice Islands Baked Ham, Turnip Greens, Imperial Deviled Crab, and Hog Jowl Maryland. Excellent illustrated charts on Vitamins, Cuts of Beef, Cuts of Lamb, etc. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history... View more info
By: Packard, Mrs. Clarissa ; [Caroline Howard Gilman]
Price: $394.94
Publisher: New York, Harper and Brothers: 1834
Edition: First Edition Thus
Seller ID: 42276
Condition: Very Good
(5), 6-155, (1), 26 (ads) pages; Contents clean and tight in original tan cloth binding with gilt lettering in a decorative border on front cover. Original owner's name on first blank (after pale yellow endpapers) -- "Lydia Smith / Feb 26, 1834"; small indentation and stain (1/4") at top edge of rear board. The scarce first book edition. OCLC 2849465 Caroline Howard Gilman (pen name, Mrs. Clarissa Packard; 1794–1888) was a nineteenth century American author. Her writing career spanned 70 years and include poems, novels, and essays. Cindy A. Stiles asserts that Gilman is best ... View more info
By: Sewell, J. S. N.
Price: $34.94
Publisher: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: 1925
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 38645
Condition: Very Good+
159 pages; Publisher's terra-cotta ribbed cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A lovely copy, clean, tight and with just the faintest signs of any use or wear. Pencil signature on front free endpaper ["Coleman Jennings / April 1929]. No date specified on the volume, but OCLC supplies a date of 1929 [see OCLC Number: 41332284], which is strongly supported by the dated pencil signature in this excellent copy. The author, J. S. N. Sewell had degrees from both the Sorbonne (Paris) and Trinity College, Dublin. According to a note on the website of his last school [Farnborough Grammar School, in ... View more info
By: Starr, Louis
Price: $14.94
Publisher: Philadelphia, P. Blakiston, Son & Co: 1891
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 40438
Condition: Very Good
Child-rearing practices in the Victorian era. Chapter headings include health, the nursery, the nurse-maid, clothing, exercise and amusements, sleep, bathing, food, dietary needed, massage, and emergencies. Original green cloth binding with lettering and decorative devices stamped in black. A few text illustrations. Clean and tight, endpapers toned, cloth rubbed at extremities (see image). ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. View more info
Price: $34.94
Publisher: Albany, Knickerbocker Publishing: 1870
Seller ID: 41960
Condition: Very Good
138 pages; Clean and tight in original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine, cloth rubbed at lower spine, small bit of ad for this book on ffep. Bundling was a sort of practice run at marital compatibility under the family roof; couples were each wound up in cloth or sacks then shared a bed with a bundling board keeping them apart. The tradition originated either in the Netherlands or in the British Isles and later became common in colonial United States, especially in Pennsylvania Dutch Country. In courtship, it allows intimacy without intercourse. View more info
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By: Wheeler & Wilson
Price: $7.94
Publisher: New York, Wheeler & Wilson: c1870s
Seller ID: 42054
Condition: Very Good-
4 pages; This four-page advertisement is complete, but lightly toned. The illustration on the first page shows a Victorian era woman in her home with a piano and setee in the background operating a sewing machine. This is followed by two pages of endorsements and a final page with 5 vignette illustrations of various sewing machines. A charming bit of Victorian era advertising. View more info
