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THE FINCHLEY MANUALS OF INDUSTRY No. III HOUSEHOLD WORK: or THE DUTIES OF FEMALE SERVANTS, practically and economically illustrated, through the respective grades of Maid-of-All-Work, House and Parlour-Main, and Laundry-Maid: with many valuable recipes for faciltating labour in every department. Prepared for the use of the National and Industrial Schools of the Holy Trinity, at Finchley. (8th edition)
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London: Joseph Masters. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good-VG for age. Brown cloth with blind-stamped lettering and borders to front, spine faded with a shallow vertical wrinkle and touch of end-wear, lettering to fr. somewhat dull, just a hint of outer corner rubbing, otherwise clean and unworn, in protective acetate wrap-around sleeve as acquired. . x + 110, 2 early small sigs to fr. end-paper, one dated 1869, erasable short pencil note re: date to top fr. pastedown, erasable pencil date and sig. 'Derek Gibson' verso fr. end-paper (this being Derek Gair Gibson, 1935-2021, eminent pioneering cardiologist and also a keen book collector), tanning spots and tanned edges to end-papers, more or less routine for books this age and genre. Dating problematical but between 1850 and 1858, a listed copy of the 9th edition having an 1859 sig. and a reference to 1849 as 'last year' on p. 104. 8.5 cm x 14.5 cm
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- THE FINCHLEY MANUALS OF INDUSTRY No. III HOUSEHOLD WORK: or THE DUTIES OF FEMALE SERVANTS, practically and economically illustrated, through the respective grades of Maid-of-All-Work, House and Parlour-Main, and Laundry-Maid: with many valuable recipes for faciltating labour in every department. Prepared for the use of the National and Industrial Schools of the Holy Trinity, at Finchley. (8th edition)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-VG for age
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition
- Publisher
- Joseph Masters
- Place of Publication
- London
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- servants womens history Victorian history Victorian domestic life domestic service
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