The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the Use and Ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. Written Purely from Practice, and Dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author Lately Served as Housekeeper: Consisting of Near Nine Hundred Original Receipts, Most of Which Never Appeared in Print
by Raffald, Elizabeth
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for the Author, and sold by R. Baldwin, 1780. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Seventh edition. Signed by Raffald on page 1. Calf leather binding with gilt decorative borders, spine more recently rebacked with gilt decorations and leather title label, marbled endpapers, 8-1/8" x 5-1/2", three folding plates, 412 pp. + [14 pp.] index. Some scuffing to boards, spine calf not quite the same color as boards, ink of author's signature quite faded. Very good condition.
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- Crooked House Books & Paper (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002649
- Title
- The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the Use and Ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. Written Purely from Practice, and Dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author Lately Served as Housekeeper: Consisting of Near Nine Hundred Original Receipts, Most of Which Never Appeared in Print
- Author
- Raffald, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for the Author, and sold by R. Baldwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1780
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- antiquarian rare
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...