THE SUCCESSFUL HOUSEKEEPER: A Manual of Universal Application,
Detroit, Mich. M.W. Ellsworth & Company, 1883. 1st edition. Cloth. 1st edition. A Very Good copy. 8vo., vi, 608 pp. (pages 409-424 are blank, lined pages for the reader to write family recipes in. 8 of these pages have hand-written recipes on them), illustrated with a color frontispiece, and b&w drawings. Bound in red cloth, with title and decoration in black. The boards are lightly rubbed, (and may have been coated with a clear finish in the distant past). The fore edge of the first blank end paper is chipped. Other hand-written recipes laid in, with 2 additional recipes pinned to the rear end papers. Text is generally clean. Very Good. Very Good. Item #23344
Price: $225.00