Housekeeping in the Blue Grass: A New and Practical Cook Book

The Ladies of the Presbyterian Church, Paris, KY (eds.)

Published by Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., n.d.

About this Item

8vo, cloth, xv, 184pp. Undated, described as "new and enlarged" at the title page, a preface to the 10th edition of 1879 follows the original 1875 preface. Poor, but of worth: the cloth binding has been abraded to its (reused) paper undersides and, at the spine, faded beyond recognition; the binding is challenged almost to the point of bursting by additions (recipe scraps in longhand, newspaper scraps containing recipes, two additional cookbooks ("Hood's Cook Book" and "Frozen Dainties by Mrs. Lincoln", etc.); the rear hinge has sprung but is holding; text is complete but occasionally soiled, with quite a few dog-ears and, once in a while, a pencil mark; one page is disbound (but present). The previous owner had several pages of manuscript recipes bound in at the back.

Seller Inventory # ATLLotPCHitBG

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Housekeeping in the Blue Grass: A New and Practical Cook Book
• Publisher: Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., n.d.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Poor
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cooking