THE NEW FAMILY RECEIPT-BOOK Containing Eight Hundred Truly Valuable Receipts in Various Branches of Domestic Economy
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; John Murray, 1820., 1820. Hardcover. New Edition, Corrected. Octavo bound in 12s. Xxxvi, 420 pp + blank pages for notes to rear. Book condition: Very Good. Maroon half-leather binding with raised bands, blind-stamped and gilt decoration, black/gilt title label and marbled paper-covered boards with matching page edges. Spine sunned; boards surface scuffed. Leather corners & edges rubbed but binding tight & sound. "Family Receipt Book 1867" handwritten to front pastedown and paper is worn above this where a name has been erased. Some fingermarking and sporadic light foxing. Not just a cookery book - advice on topics as diverse as "Usefulness of the hazel-nut in brewing", "Rules for milking cows" and "To make an excellent smelling bottle". Every home should have one!
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- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 392
- Title
- THE NEW FAMILY RECEIPT-BOOK Containing Eight Hundred Truly Valuable Receipts in Various Branches of Domestic Economy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- London; John Murray, 1820.
- Date Published
- 1820
- Keywords
- Cookery & Entertaining
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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- 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...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.