Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book: designed as a Supplement to her Treatise on Domestic Economy
by Beecher, Catherine A
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Extremely scarce in the trade, there being only a single additional copy of this edition available currently on-line. Published in New York in 1848 by Harper & Brothers in Third Edition state and in overall Good condition, bound in blue cloth over boards in an octavo hardcover format. Plentifully illustrated throughout. Bound sturdily, same light cracking to hinge though holding, and lightly and uniformly foxed, and also a gift from the same foundation. Bound in original publisher's blue boards. Another bird's-eye look into what the author considered to be the ideal home of the mid-1800s, evincing her expertise if not pioneering status in kitchen planning and labor management including the wife/mother herself, but extending to counter-prep and newfangled sinks and wash-tubs, ranges and ovens, stoves, utensils, refrigerators and gadgets. The author was the eldest of nine children borne by Roxana Foote, her father having been Lyman Beecher. She was the sister of Henry Ward Beecher, and of course Harriet Beecher. Gift bookplate denotes this as having been a gift from the Sontheimer Foundation of Greenwich, Connecticut. xiii, 2-306-pp. plus a Preface to the first edition of the "Treatise" that preceded, plus eight pages of publisher's back catalogue at rear.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355835
- Title
- Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book: designed as a Supplement to her Treatise on Domestic Economy
- Author
- Beecher, Catherine A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1848
- Size
- 12mo 7" - 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- U.S. history American history etiquette domestic ecology domestic economy household management Catherine A. Beecher
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
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