Ladies' Indispensable Assistant, Being a Companion for the Sister, Mother and Wife...
by Anonymous
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Published at 100 Nassau-Street, 1853. Title page dated 1853. Worn copy with most of the first table of contents page missing. Red cloth printed in gilt and blind, engraving on contents page, inconsistent pagination: 1-72,[1], 8-48, [1], 122-138. Covers worn, soiled and chipped at the corners and spine ends, front hinge internally partially cracked but secure, text block sound but not tight, pages age-browned and foxed but legible, bottom two inches of pages 9/10 also chipped away in addition to most of the first contents page, no names or other marking. Interesting content, including folk and botanical medicine. The rest of the title reads: "...containing more information for the price than any other work upon the subject. Here are the very best directions for the behavior and etiquette of ladies and gentlemen, ladies' toilette table, directions for managing canary birds, also, safe directions for the management of children; Instruction for Ladies under various circumstances; a great variety of valuable recipes, forming a complete system of family medicine. Thus enabling each person to become his or her own physician. to which is added one of the best systems of cookery ever published; many of these recipes are entirely new and should be in the possession of every person in the land.". Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043833
- Title
- Ladies' Indispensable Assistant, Being a Companion for the Sister, Mother and Wife...
- Author
- Anonymous
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Published at 100 Nassau-Street
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1853
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FOLK MEDICINE CURES RECIPES HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Food, Wine and Home Entertainment;
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...