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The Experienced American Housekeeper Or Domestic Cookery; Formed on Principles of Economy for the Use of Private Families
by A Lady (Maria Eliza Ketelby RUNDELL)
- Used
- poor
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hartford, Ct: Andrus and Judd, 1833. Leather_bound. Poor. 16mo. (3 7/8" x 6 1/4") A binding copy only, lacking both boards and damage to the spine strip. (1) engraved frontis showing calf, hog and sheep with numbered sections of the cuts of their meat; engraved first title page featuring engraving of a cow also with numbered sections indication the various cuts of meat; title, engraved on verso with cow and sheep with numbered meat sections; 216 pp. with contents/index. Nine plates (including the aforementioned) , present but bound out of order. Binding well worn and rubbed; scattered foxing throughout the text block; loss to the margin of the frontis engraving not affecting the image; Plate 5 half torn away. Contains "Observations for the Use of the Mistress of A Family" ("...in the variety of female acquirements, though domestic occupations stand not so high in esteem as they formerly did, yet when neglected they produce much human misery..."). With directions for preparing and cooking various fish, meats, ("To Roast a Porker's Head") , birds and the making of sauces, gravies, pastries, puddings, fritters, tarts, etc.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E13711
- Title
- The Experienced American Housekeeper Or Domestic Cookery; Formed on Principles of Economy for the Use of Private Families
- Author
- A Lady (Maria Eliza Ketelby RUNDELL)
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Andrus and Judd
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, Ct
- Date Published
- 1833
- Keywords
- cooking, cookbooks, recipes, meat, pies,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cookbooks;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
Glossary
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- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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