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A Treatise on the Manufacture of Spontaneous Yeast, And General Exposition of the Principles Underlying Fermentation, Containing Also Simple Rules for Governing Irregularities in Yeast and Bread Making
by A PRACTICAL MAN
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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About This Item
Melbourne: Slobom and Upham, 1892 sewn sheets in cloth covered boards, rubbed and frayed to edges and spine ends, gilt title to upper board hinges loosening, pencil inscription to fep "J T Norton Lyttelton 1906" with ink underneath " Mr R Norton 1927", J. T Norton was the deputy Mayor in 1916, paper stock is age browned, one leaf has been torn in half and has an old tape repair, some sheets are loosening but generally still holding well, 94pp with some illustrations, the author is mentioned as "a Practical Baker of 16 Years' Experience" (500 gram rate) . First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011695
- Title
- A Treatise on the Manufacture of Spontaneous Yeast, And General Exposition of the Principles Underlying Fermentation, Containing Also Simple Rules for Governing Irregularities in Yeast and Bread Making
- Author
- A PRACTICAL MAN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Slobom and Upham
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Cooking Baking Household Economy Food Production Yeast Bakery Nineteenth Century Australian Technical J.t. Norton Lyttelton R. Norton Lyttelton
- Bookseller catalogs
- FOOD & DRINK;
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- Gilt
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