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Back To Basics
by Reader's Digest Editors
This Reader’s Digest “BACK TO BASICS” handy book is a how-to, user-friendly guide that teaches self-sufficiency covering all of life’s essentials: shelter; alternative energy sources; growing and preserving food; home crafts; directions for making herbal remedies; and even home-grown entertainment.
Reader's Digest Back To Basics -- How To Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills
by Reader's Digest Editors
Reader's Digest Back To Basics How To Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills
by The Reader's Digest Association
Home Economics Books & Ephemera
Back to Basics
by Mack, Norman (ed.)
Pleasantville, NY: The Reader's Digest Association, 1983. hardcover. Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, text clean, binding tight/no DJ. oversized 8vo, 456pp. from "About This Book" : Back to Basics is a book about ther simple life. It is about old-fashioned ways of doing things, and old-fashioned craftsmanship, and old-fashioned food, and old-fashioned fun. It is also about independence--the kind of down-home self-reliance that our grandparents and great grandparents took for granted, but...
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£53.65
Grandmother's Lore - a collection of household hints from past and present
by Sekers, Simone
Hodder & Stoughton 1st 1980 . 8vo, v v min wr + chps to edges of d/w, spine sunned o/w VG++/VG+ 345 gms.
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£3.50
Grandma's Country Scrapbook A Collection of New and Old Recipes and Household Hints
by Allardice, Pamela
Sydney: Simon & Schuster Australia. 1992. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Colour illustrations. 144 pages. Contents organised under the following headings: 1. Around the Home; 2. Food and Drink; 3. Herbs and Spices; 4. Flowers and Fruit. Includes a Bibliography and Index. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£13.06
Freeze with Ease in a Westinghouse Home Freezer
by Julia Kiene
Mansfield, Ohio: Westinghouse Electric, 1949 A complete guide of how to freeze vegetables, fruits and meats. There are many black and white photos and drawings throughout the book. The text is nice and clean but there is some minor foxing to the front cover. the rear cover is rubbed. The spine is worn.
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£7.80
How to Make Your Gas or Electric Range Last Longer
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture / Office of Price Administration, 1942. Unbound. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Single sheet 4-fold pamphlet. "Make 'Em Last - It's Up to You Mr. and Mrs. Homemaker!". Tips for care of appliances. Lightly soiled and sun-darkened. Text clean, no tears. Folded size is 8-3/4" H x 3-3/4" W.
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£3.25
Modern Priscilla Home Furnishing Book; A Practical Book for the Woman who Loves Her Hom
Boston, MA: The Priscilla Publishing Company, 1925. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 340 pp. Illus. with B&W drawings. Pages lightly browned. Binding tight, text clean.
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£4.47
Betty Crocker's Cooky Book
by Diehl, Edward P. General Mills
New York: Golden Press, 1963. Clean, First Printing. #9641. A little shelfwear with the spiral binding loose at the lower rings. Crease at the top front corner. Wear along the edges. Extra recipe taped to the insid eof the back cover.. First Edition. Hardcover, Spiral. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated By Eric Mulvaney. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cook Book.
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£24.39
TD 02507 Dinner Silhouette black
by IHR Ideal Home Range GmbH:
IHR Ideal Home Range GmbH, 2018. New. unbekannter Einband. Produktionsjahr geschätzt, Inhalt unbenutzt
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£8.60
Home Economics. 1,000 Multiple-Choice Questions with Answers. (College Quiz Series)(1964)
by Shirley E. Greenwald
First edition, softcover pamphlet, New York, 1964. Condition is Near Fine: back cover has smudge, binding slightly rippled. No interior writing or markings. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: A class of vanishing ephemera. I have several Home Economics items which I would like to sell as a group. Contact me and we can provide a discount for the set.
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£8.13
HELOISE'S KITCHEN HINTS
by Heloise
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. 1963. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Edge wear, bumped with some light soiling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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£31.61
HOUSEHOLD HINTS AND HANDY TIPS
by Reader's Digest
New York: Readers Digest Association. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0895772760 . Very Good+ in boards. ; 6.32 X 1.16 X 9.28 inches .
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£40.60
DR. MILES HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS
by Dr. Miles
Dr Miles. G+. pre-1950. no edition/printing given. Booklet. Good plus condition with light usage showing. Pages have light normal browning. Covers have color illustrations. Front cover shows a housewife peeling an apple and the rear shows a lady wearing a nightgown taking Dr Miles Nervine for sleeplessness. Booklet contains customer testimonials and household hints such as using an auto or bike pump to rid the sewng machine or other household machinery of lint and dust, to keep bread or cake moist...
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£6.50£5.20
HOME AND HEALTH AND HOME ECONOMICS
by Fowler, C. H. De Puy, William H
Phillips & Hunt.. Fair/NONE. Hardcover. Book being sold AS IS. Ffep, frep, flypage, title and copywrite page are missing. ; Russet cloth boards with black lettering on front and gold on spine. Although front hinge crack given text a bit of looseness everything is still together and book is quite clean. One of a set. Interesting info on the home including parenting, how to conduct family prayer, family government, etc; health in cluding choosing a physician, care of eyes, feet, skin, hair, etc;...
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£9.75£7.80
REFERENCE AND TEXT BOOKS ON HOME ECONOMICS AND RELATED SUBJECTS
Webb Publishing. VG-. N.D.. Brochure. Ecru color/brown lettering. Inked ownership dated 1930 on front. 5 foldout pages printed on both sides. A couple of ink smudgies/minor usage. List of all publishings/prices from this company on the following subjects: Food Nutrition Dietetics; Color/Design; House Planning & Furnishing; Home Management & Laundry; Textiles & Clothin; Health & Hygiene; Supplementary Books such as etiquette, vocational, etc. ; 3x6 .
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£6.50£5.20
Grandma Putt's Old-Time Vinegar, Garlic, Baking Soda, and 101 More Problem Solvers 2,500 Super Solutions for Your Home, Health, and Garden
by Baker, Jerry
New Hudson, MI: American Master Products, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2006. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 376 pages; Glossy Illustrated Boards, Book Tight, Text is clean no markings seen, Illustrations, No Dust Jacket. ; BX472 .
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£8.54
5,000 Receipts in all the Useful and Domestic Arts Constituting and Complete and Universal Practical Library and Operative Cyclopedia
by Colin Mackenzie
London: G. & W. B. Whittaker. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1823. Second Edition. Original Boards. Very good condition for a book from 1823. Minor wear to spine, cover and corners. Binding tight. Spine unPcreased. Pages slightly discoloured due to age. Block edges stained due to aging. Some foxing on title page and index pages. ; 15cm x 15.7cm x 5.5; 815 pages; Mackenzie's 5,000 Receipts stands as a testament to the wealth of practical knowledge. A universal practical library, this...
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£80.00
A Treatise On Domestic Economy, For The Use Of Young Ladies at Home, And At School
by Catherine Beecher
1867 hardcover as pictured. A classic on home economics from a mid 19th century perspective. Includes chapters on health, food, children, gardening and much more. Binding is intact but loose. Brown cloth boards with gold stamping are faded and worn. Embossed design front and rear. Owner's name and bookseller sticker on front endpapers. FFEP with clipped corner. Half title and top half of title page are missing. Text is tanned but appears unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small...
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£37.39
Platters and Pipkins
by Krout, Mary H
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1910. First Printing . Hardcover. About Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 209 pp. Nice drawings at the chapter headings. Blue illustrated paper-covered boards. Gift inscription on the half-title page; corners and spine ends worn; very slight spine crack. Text clean, no tears.
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£9.75
Sorgen und Fragen in der Kinderpflege :
by Neter, Eugen:
München, Verlag der Aerztlichen Rundschau, Otto Gmelin, 1926. 2., vermehrte, verbesserte Auflage. Very Good. 8° , Broschur. Ausgetragenes Bibliotheksexemplar, Broschur mit Titelschild auf dem vorderen Deckel, Papier in altersgemäßem sehr gutem Zustand, leicht gebräunt.
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£21.62
Kooky Cooking for Kids and Families
by Friends of UWM Children's Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2000. New. Very little shelfwear. Lots of fun recipes for children!. Plastic Comb. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cooking, Recipes for Children .
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£8.94
