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The Hearthstone; Or, Life at Home. a Household Manual. Containing Hints and Helps for Home Making; Home Furnishing; Decorations; Amusements ... Together With a Complete Cookery Book
by Laura C. (Laura Carter) Holloway (Creator)
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The Hearthstone; or, Life at Home. A Household Manual
by Holloway Laura C (Laura Carter)
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The Hearthstone; or, Life at Home. A Household Manual. Containing Hints and Helps for Home Making; Home Furnishing; Decorations Amusements; Health Directions; The Sick Room; The Nursery; The Library; The Laundry; etc. together with a Complete Cookery Book
by Holloway, Laura C.
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Philadelphia, et al.: Garretson & Co.; Bradley, Garretson & Co.; John Garretson NONE [NONE] 1885. (hardcover) xix, 578pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. Green cloth, with front board decorated and embossed in various vignettes with gilt. And dark brown. Title in gilt on the front in circular 'frame', now faded. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Overll, very good condition. Lightly starting at front hinge and again between pages xii and xiii; that said remains solid. There is light damp staining to the front free endpaper and a front paper blank, however, there is no smell. A rare and interesiting look into the daily lives of middle class women and the domestic science and upkeep associated with their homes, from over 130 years ago. Fascinating, really..
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The Hearthstone; or, Life at Home. A Household Manual
by Holloway Laura C (Laura Carter)
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The Hearthstone or Life At Home a Household Manual (Original)
by HOLLOWAY, Laura C
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Hardcover. Fair. This is the original. Not a facsimile. Book shows definite age wear but is still solid with good binding. Cover shows some fraying on top and bottom of spine and on corners plus some general rubbing wear. Pages are generally clean but have occasional marks from typical use. Page edges also show some speckling. Former owner's name and date are on the flyleaf plus an inserted recipe for treatment of inflammatory rheumatism. Includes a folded advertisement for Dutch processed cocoa.
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The Hearthstone; or, Life at Home. A Household Manual...Together With A Complete Cookery Book
by Holloway, Laura C.
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Beloit, Wis: The Inter-State Publishing House, 1884. Leather bound. Fine. Deluxe morocco binding, octavo size, 577 pp. Laura Carter Holloway (1843 (some sources cite 1848)-1930) was a prolific author; upon publication of her first book in 1870, "The Ladies of the White House", she became independently wealthy. Her interests were varied, and included "theosophy, the Shakers, phrenology, the occult, vegetarianism and social reform." Through the vagaries of life, and after the death of her only son in 1914, she "entered a period of financial difficulties and depression. The last years of her life were marred by poverty and struggles over the manuscript of a book..." (n.b., info and quotes from the web site of the Brooklyn Library). We find it interesting, from our perspective today, that a woman who was supporting herself as an author and with such interests as she, would write "The Hearthstone", seemingly focused on female domesticity. Upon reading the Preface, one realizes that her aim was to help…
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