THE FINCHLEY MANUALS OF INDUSTRY No. III HOUSEHOLD WORK: or THE DUTIES OF FEMALE SERVANTS, practically and economically illustrated, through the respective grades of Maid-of-All-Work, House and Parlour-Main, and Laundry-Maid: with many valuable recipes for faciltating labour in every department. Prepared for the use of the National and Industrial Schools of the Holy Trinity, at Finchley. (8th edition)

Published by Joseph Masters, London

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Brown cloth with blind-stamped lettering and borders to front, spine faded with a shallow vertical wrinkle and touch of end-wear, lettering to fr. somewhat dull, just a hint of outer corner rubbing, otherwise clean and unworn, in protective acetate wrap-around sleeve as acquired. . x + 110, 2 early small sigs to fr. end-paper, one dated 1869, erasable short pencil note re: date to top fr. pastedown, erasable pencil date and sig. 'Derek Gibson' verso fr. end-paper (this being Derek Gair Gibson, 1935-2021, eminent pioneering cardiologist and also a keen book collector), tanning spots and tanned edges to end-papers, more or less routine for books this age and genre. Dating problematical but between 1850 and 1858, a listed copy of the 9th edition having an 1859 sig. and a reference to 1849 as 'last year' on p. 104. 8.5 cm x 14.5 cm. Seller Inventory # 013083

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE FINCHLEY MANUALS OF INDUSTRY No. III ...

Publisher: Joseph Masters, London

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good-VG for age

Edition: 5th or later Edition