The Household Oracle. A Popular Referee on Subjects of Household Enquiry. .Edited by Alfred H. Miles assisted by a Staff of Specialists. [First and Sole Edition].

MILES A.H.

Published by Hutchinson, [1897], 1897

About this Item

8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations, diagrams and tables in the text, some almost imperceptible spotting on first and last few leaves; original cloth blocked in gilt, silver and blind, gilt back, sprinkled edges, joints lightly rubbed, boards very lightly age-marked else a remarkably clean, tight well-preserved copy. With front and rear trade advertisement endpapers, and advertisement left following front free endpaper. 'Miles' is astonishingly comprehensive in scope, including house building, buying and renting, furnishing, decoration, housekeeping, cookery, needlework, farming, gardening, medicine, law, world, history, British history, the calendar, standards, arithmetical tables, household amusements, games and so on. Very scarce, especially in this condition. Seller Inventory # 11921

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Household Oracle. A Popular Referee on ...

Publisher: Hutchinson, [1897]

Publication Date: 1897

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition