Around-The-World Cook Book; The Culinary Gleanings of a Naval Officer's Wife by Mary Louise Hoy Barroll - 1913

New York: The Century Company, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, lower right corner quite worn, hinges starting, rear endpaper torn. Bookseller's label of the Asakura Book Store, Kobe Sannomiya, Japan. First printing, published September, 1913. Mrs. Barroll was the wife of Commander Henry Harris Barroll of the United States Navy and the Hydrographic Office in Washington D.C. following his retirement in 1899. her "toothsome" recipes are "gleaned from many sources in many lands" as well as "heirlooms" from New England and the South. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!