Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book: What to Do and What Not to Do in Cooking.
by LINCOLN, Mrs. D. A. (Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston:: Roberts Brothers,. Very Good. 1886. Hardcover. An early printing. INSCRIBED by the author (to no one in particular) on the front free endpaper. Octavo, half-bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and black borders on the spine, marbled boards. Moderate shelf wear and aging, foxing to edges and endpapers, soiling on a few interior pages, else very good. Binding is sound. ; 536 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100151
- Title
- Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book: What to Do and What Not to Do in Cooking.
- Author
- LINCOLN, Mrs. D. A. (Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1886
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- COOKERY, SIGNED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cookery and Food;
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- Spine
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- Inscribed
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Shelf Wear
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- Edges
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- Marbled boards
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