Octavo, hardcover, taped loose front cover, endpaper says "to those plucky housewives": table of contents starts with breadmaking, then cake making, canning fruits etc. then about 15 chapters on recipes followed by Housekeeping -- kitchen, marketing, curing meats, laundry, ice house, water well, sick room, toilet, floral, dress making, medical and misellaneous. Very old book, missing title page. assumed to be first edition of practical housekeeping and recipes. as described by google. Pages edged in red, 688 pp. notes on back endpapers mainly on cake recipes.

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Title: Practical Housekeeping. A Careful Compilation of Tried and Approved Recipes
Author: Wilcox, Estelle (assumed)
Publisher: Buckeye Publishing Company
Publication year: 1877
Condition: Poor
Binding: Hardcover

Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch

Concord, CA, U.S.A.

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I have a large inventory of children's books, cookbooks, collectibles, classics, first editions, signed books, history, biographies, science, textbooks, and more. Each book to me is a "precious jewel" and I try and describe it, giving you a good understanding of its content, and also its condition. One example, I have a John Muir book where he has written in the margins all through it to correct mistakes made by the publisher. (this was confirmed by John Muir historic site for me) I have over 50,000 books and some are quite rare from 1800's to 2020's. I've been collecting books for over 50 years and now am a spry 80 and going strong. I try and get books out same day as order comes in and love it when someone writes that they's been looking for a book for years and finally found it with me!…

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