Housewifery: A Manual & Text Book of Practical Housekeeping

Lydia Ray Balderston, A.M.

Published by Lippincott, 1919

***RARE 1st Printing in VERY GOOD condition*** Housewifery: A Manual & Text Book of Practical Housekeeping by Lydia Ray Balderston, A.M., Instructor in Housewifery of Household Economics, Teachers College, Columbia University. Part of the Lippincott s Home Manual Series. In original tan and beige cloth with black lettering and design and pictorial front cover frontispiece and spine impression. Published in 1919 by Lippincott. ***RARE 1ST PRINTING IN COLLECTABLE CONDITION. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPRINTS of this classic over the past 100 years. This is the original!*** Condition: Good+ to VERY GOOD antiquarian condition. Strong binding overall with a square spine and some slight loosening of front hinge. Rubbed spine, edges and corners. Some spots of board soiling. Owner inscription in ink on front pastedown, front fly leaf has a hole. Half-title page partially loose. Sporadic areas of light foxing in front and back of book. Internal text pages has a rare pencil mark on the margin on a few pages, some smudge marks, creases, or spots of foxing on occasion (not too bad considering it was used as instruction manual by many housewives and housewives in training). An antique newspaper article has been glued to a rear endpaper and its adjoining page stained from it. I have bought and sold books and art on eBay for over a decade and have a 100% satisfaction rating. I am now selling on ABE Books. I m a collector first and know what it's like to receive items not matching the seller s descriptions or that were poorly packaged and damaged in transit. That is why I offer a 100% satisfaction, money back guarantee, and go to great lengths to accurately describe my rare, signed and collectible books and post pictures of the "actual book." I carefully package and ship your newly acquired treasure(s) and ship within 1 business day of receiving your order. Seller Inventory # 23120404

Bibliographic Details

Title: Housewifery: A Manual & Text Book of ...
Publisher: Lippincott
Publication Date: 1919
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition