Dining Room and Kitchen; An Economical Guide in Practical Housekeeping for the American Housewife Containing the Choicest Tried and Approved Cookery Recipes

527 pages. Has the frontis color lithograph of "Modern Dining Room" it has a short tear on it about an icnh and a halfand is lightly soiled and used looking. The white outer hardback cover is soiled and very used looking. The spine has a bump the vertical length at the middle outside which corresponds to the interior cracking that has occured. One signature slightly sprung with tissue repair to leaf that has its margins trimmed as well - and re-inserted. Light crack at the same spot that goes the lenght of the interior joint. 527 pages - complete. The inside front and back joints were repaired some time ago with cloth re-enforcing tape the whole length of each joint. The pages are still flexible and not brittle. One can still flip through the pages. Very scarce in any condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.