Baltimore, MA, USA: Penguin Books Inc., 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [vi], 265pp w bibliography, index and appendix. Light soiling to fore edge of textblock commensurate w kitchen use. Med brown cloth w crisp gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ shows browning at edges, wear and small chips to head. DJ now preserved in BroDart cover.

A mouth-watering collection of old-fashioned recipes - the kind you might find in the attic of an eighteenth- or nineteenth-century house. Gertrude Wilkinson devoted years to searching them out, often literally in attics.

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Bookseller: Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 038788
Title: The Attic Cookbook
Author: Wilkinson, Gertrude
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0140616101
ISBN 13: 9780140616101
Publisher: Penguin Books Inc.
Place of Publication: Baltimore, MA, USA
Date Published: 1972
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Keywords: Recipes - eighteenth century. Recipes - nineteenth century General
Bookseller catalogs: Cookbooks and Cookery;

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