The Successful Housekeeper: A Manual of Universal Application, especially adapted to the every day wants of American housewives; embracing several thousand thoroughly tested and approved recipes, care and culture of children, birds, and house plants; flower and window gardening, etc.; with many valuable hints on home decoration

Milon W. Ellsworth

Published by M.W. Ellsworth and Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1882

About this Item

Scarce first printing. Original binding of paper covered cloth. Covers discoloured with wear and chipping to edges. Marbled page edges. Endpaper joints cracked and loose but held by the webbing. Good solid page block. Occasional patches of light foxing and a few marks to text. Complete with the colour frontis and two further colour plates. Numerous illustrations within the text. Pages 409-424 are lined leaves for notes (blank, as issued). Pencilled inscription to front free endpaper (dated 6.3.1883), inked inscription below (dated 4.4.1935). Overall condition is Fair. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate for non-European destinations. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: USA £20.50; Oceania £30.00; Rest of World £25.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 6.75 x 8.75 inches (17 x 21.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. 608.

Seller Inventory # 1206C199

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Successful Housekeeper: A Manual of Universal Application, especially adapted to the every day wants of American housewives; embracing several thousand thoroughly tested and approved recipes, care and culture of children, birds, and house plants; flower and window gardening, etc.; with many valuable hints on home decoration
• Publisher: M.W. Ellsworth and Company, Detroit, Michigan
• Publication Date: 1882
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fair
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