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Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book: What to Do and What Not to Do in Cooking.
by LINCOLN, Mrs. D. A. (Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston:: Roberts Brothers,. Very Good. 1886. Hardcover. An early printing. INSCRIBED by the author (to no one in particular) on the front free endpaper. Octavo, half-bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and black borders on the spine, marbled boards. Moderate shelf wear and aging, foxing to edges and endpapers, soiling on a few interior pages, else very good. Binding is sound. ; 536 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100151
- Title
- Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book: What to Do and What Not to Do in Cooking.
- Author
- LINCOLN, Mrs. D. A. (Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1886
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- COOKERY, SIGNED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cookery and Food;
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About the Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Springfield, Massachusetts
About Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
Booksellers since 1987. ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, and SNEAB member.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Marbled boards
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