MRS. GILPIN'S FRUGALITIES: Remnants, and 200 ways of using them
by Brown, Susan Anna
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883.. 1883.. Good. - Oblong octavo, 5 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Color pictorial boards backed with a maroon cloth spine, with color lithographs illustrating the front & rear covers. All edges stained red. The boards are rubbed and slightly soiled along the edges. The cloth is split along the joints and there is a small piece out from the head of the spine. xv, [i], 102 & [2] pages. The hinges have been repaired with early gray cloth tape, the endpapers are slightly foxed with some dampstaining to the bottom edge of the rear endpaper and last 4 leaves, with slight chipping and a tiny tear to the bottom edge of the front endpaper. Except for some occasional light minor stains, the contents are in quite good condition. <p>First edition. An early Scribner publication by the author of "The Book of Forty Puddings" and "The Invalid's Tea-Tray", with wonderful 19th Century recipes which make use of left-overs. The Library of Congress and The Easton Press considered this unusual American cookbook of sufficient significance, that they recently issued a facsimile reproduction of this work.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5409
- Title
- MRS. GILPIN'S FRUGALITIES: Remnants, and 200 ways of using them
- Author
- Brown, Susan Anna
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883.
- Date Published
- 1883.
- Keywords
- COOKERY; COOKBOOK; COOKING; CULINARY; SUSAN ANNA BROWN; MRS. GILPIN'S FRUGALITIES; REMNANTS; 200 WAYS OF USING THEM; LEFT-OVERS; COLOR LITHOGRAPHS; LIGHTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS; ILLUSTRATED COVERS; FIRST EDITION; NINETEENTH-CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; 1ST E
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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