London; Longmans, Green, and Co, 1905, 1905. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. viii, 118 pp. Illustrations in text. Book Condition: Good. Publishers' green cloth with black titles to spine and upper board, and black border and publishers' ship motif in roundel to upper board. Cover cloth stained with wear to spine and minor bumps to edge. Pictorial bookplate to front pastedown headed "Every Girl should be taught Home Baking" and inscribed by former owner Irene Dunn below; small white paint mark below plate. Original retailer's blindstamp to ffep; endpapers lightly toned. A little very minor foxing to prelims otherwise contents clean and tight; no annotation. A guide to equipping the modern kitchen at the turn of the twentieth century with an emphasis on saving space and up-to-date inventions such as the refrigerator and knife-cleaner. Aimed at the prosperous middle-classes fending for themselves in a flat for perhaps the first time, the contents include chapters on using different types of stove, selecting the right combination of foodstuffs and "How to Serve a Dinner without a Miad". Yates was a lecturer to the International Horticultural Exhibition Committee and wrote numerous cookery related titles including "The Successful Home Cook". Bitting, pp 507-8.

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Bookseller: Keel Row Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5055
Title: The Model Kitchen.
Author: Yates, Lucy H
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London; Longmans, Green, and Co, 1905
Date Published: 1905
Keywords: Cookery & Entertaining

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