Food for the Hungry and Bills of Fare for All Seasons: Two volumes in One
by Julia McNair Wright and Marion Harland
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
n/a: L M Palmer, 1896 FIRST AND ONLY EDITION THUS. GOOD. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the two-in-one book, FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY by JULIA MCNAIR WRIGHT together with BILLS OF FARE FOR ALL SEASONS by MARION HARLAND. VERY RARE. Only three things are certain: 1) This is a joining of 2 separate books, one my Ms Wright, and one by Ms Harland; 2) it was copyrighted in 1896; 3) this is the FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Check out the table etiquette hints on p 215 such as "Don't use your fork as if it were a pitchfork." Marian Harland, aka Mary Virginia Terhune, was a spunky woman who recovered from tuberculosis, learned to type after breaking her wrist, and dictated her writing to a secretary after becoming blind in her in old age She authored over 25 books on such diverse subjects as "botany" and "the mission work of the Russians in Alaska." Marion Harland's novels were written over the course of more than sixty-five years, including the turbulent period before, during, and after the American Civil War 6 7/8" x 9 1/2", 532 pages (including index)(weight may require additional postage) with no dust jacket (probably as designed) Overall condition is GOOD. Pages (all edges are tinted red) = Fair Plus:heavy foxing throughout, brittle pages, title page and first fep separated from binding and laid in, owner name on first fep (a recipe from this 1900 resident of Long Island is laid in as well), else rest of binding solid, all print fully readable, corners rounded as designed, no additional marks. Cover (heavy red cloth boards, with particulars in fancy print gold gilt) = Good Plus: considerable rubbing with small patches of cloth rubbed off (particularly on back), front trying unsuccessfully to separate, else rest is solid to binder, corners remain sharp, no chipping or fraying, gilt remains clear, square. Noted book appraiser James Beattie has assigned this book a value of $130.00.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hatfield Books and Memorabilia (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 195
- Title
- Food for the Hungry and Bills of Fare for All Seasons
- Author
- Julia McNair Wright and Marion Harland
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First and only edition thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- L. M. Palmer
- Place of Publication
- n/a
- Date Published
- 1896
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Classic Cookery; Rare and Valuable;
Terms of Sale
Hatfield Books and Memorabilia
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About the Seller
Hatfield Books and Memorabilia
Biblio member since 2015
Cincinnati, Ohio
About Hatfield Books and Memorabilia
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....