TRIED AND PROVEN RECIPES FOR FIRELESS COOK STOVE.
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in tan stapled wrappers, with black lettering and decoration on front cover (light crease to cover)
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago & Kansas City: : W. E. Black Company, , (1908). First edition -. Near fine in tan stapled wrappers, with black lettering and decoration on front cover (light crease to cover). First printing, a slim booklet. Athough "fireless cook stove" sounds like a contradiction in terms, this early precursor to the crockpots (except that it used retained heat from boiling water, etc, instead of electricity) was one of the few early 20th century innovations that actually enabled women to get out of the kitchen and still serve a hot meal later. This booklet includes a 4 pp of general instructions, some pictures of the roaster and 20 pp of recipes plus 3 blank pages for memorandum. Measures just 6 3/4 inches tall, 4 1/4 inches wide, unpaginated.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83528
- Title
- TRIED AND PROVEN RECIPES FOR FIRELESS COOK STOVE.
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in tan stapled wrappers, with black lettering and decoration on front cover (light crease to cover)
- Publisher
- W. E. Black Company,
- Place of Publication
- Chicago & Kansas City:
- Date Published
- (1908)
- Keywords
- cookbook, women's studies, vintage,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ephemera;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookfever.com, IOBA
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Ione, California
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- Fine
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