Ladies Indispensable Assistant Being A Companion For The Sister Mother And Wife Here Are The Very

by E Hutchinson

$80 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

New York: published at 128 Nassau-Street, 1852. First edition, 8vo, pp. 11 , 8-72, 1 , 8-48, 1 , 122-138; large wood engraving on copyright page; publisher's brown cloth, gilt spine, upper hinge and joint split; light foxing. The whacky pagination is borne out by three separate tables of contents. Laid in is one printed broadsheet with more recipes, and three scraps with manuscript recipes. Lowenstein, American Cookery, 552. Item #55803

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