THE COOK AND HOUSEWIFE'S MANUAL: A Practical System of Modern Domestic Cookery and Family Management (Sixth edition)
Published by Oliver and Boyd / Simpkin Marshall & Co, Edinburgh / London, 1837
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, CanadaJ. W. Mah
AbeBooks seller since October 30, 1997
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 325.00
Quantity: 1 available
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(UK) Sixth Edition This is a professionally refurbished copy, rebacked, with the original cover boards and the original spine backstrip, new endpapers, with neat reinforcement to the hinge of the title page and the following page. Some of the pages have light spotting with some soiling to the edges of the preliminary pages front and back, but the book is solid with the cover edges worn in places. There is a small hole to page 133/ 34 affecting some lines of text. Given its age, a Good only refurbished copy. 19.5 x 12 cm, dark brown boards with blind embossed central motif, [1-5] 6-491pp [1 page of critical notices. According to Oxford, this book first appeared in 1826. This the sixth edition which incorporates an appendix containing A Treatise on Domestic Brewing. Mistress Margaret Dods is the landlady in Scott's St. Ronan's Well; it is rumoured that Scott wrote the original preface. Christina Johnstone was a Scottish novelist; De Quincy cites her along with Joanna Baillie, as an example of a woman "cultivating the profession of authorship with absolutely no sacrifice or loss of feminine dignity". This cookbook is a delight to read: after a page and a half of careful instruction on how to boil a turbot, the author relates this story: " .a Bishop descending to his kitchen to superintend the dressing of a turbot, and finding that his cook had stupidly cut away the fins, set about sewing them on again with his own Episcopal fingers. This dignitary knew the values of turbot." (1.5 JM HOQ 100/a2 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE COOK AND HOUSEWIFE'S MANUAL: A Practical System of Modern Domestic Cookery and Family Management (Sixth edition)
- Author
- DODS, Mistress Margaret (Christina Jane Johnstone)
- Publisher
- Oliver and Boyd / Simpkin Marshall & Co, Edinburgh / London
- Publication year
- 1837
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 6th.
- Seller catalogs
- AAA Special Books, BIBX, Cookbooks, Old & Vintage, Z ZZA
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JWMah is strictly an on-line Bookseller, and we been selling out-of-print, used and rare books on the Internet since 1997. Our stock consists of a good balance of fiction and non-fiction books in a wide range of subjects. We also sell classical LP records. Our Art books, Cookbooks, books on Food and Wine, Canadian Cookbooks, Canadiana, Travel and Exploration catalogues are worth a look. We are not set up for people to physically browse our books but we would be happy to send you a digital catalogue of the books that we have in your interest area. Please contact us by email at jwmah@telus.net. We examine each book that we sell and try our best to grade the books conservatively. We are strictly an internet business, so usually the books put up for sale are in stock. We try update our books every day or so in order that our listings are as fresh as possible. It is best to contact us by e-mail or by telephone to reserve a book, as some books sell quickly. We are located in Canada's westcoast and we ship internationally.…
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