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NY : J. B. Ford and Company, 1869. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, bright green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering, 500 pages plus ads in rear. Engraved frontis and illustrated title page. 77 illustrated figures in the text. One of the late nineteenth century s most important handbooks of domestic advice. The result of a collaboration by two of the eras most important writers, this book represents their attempt to direct women's acquisition and use of a variety of new household consumer goods available in the post-Civil War economic boom. Record # 381405
The American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of Domestic Science; Being a Guide to the Formation and Maintenance of Economical, Healthful, Beautiful and Christian Homes by Catharine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1869
by Catharine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe
The American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of Domestic Science; Being a Guide to the Formation and Maintenance of Economical, Healthful, Beautiful and Christian Homes
by Catharine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe
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- fair
- Hardcover
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New York: J. B. Ford and Company, 1869. First edition, 1869. Fair to good condition in emerald green cloth over beveled boards lettered and decorated in gilt, 500 pages preceded by a frontis engraving and engraved title page, plus 12 pages of publisher's ads. Covers rubbed with several very short fabric tears to the spine ends, hinges internally cracked but secure, text block sound, pages lightly age-toned but clean, minor inner margin transparent spots to the preliminaries, no names or other markings. Comprehensive guide for developing and maintaining home and home life, with sections on anything from ventilation to decoration, exercise and food to sleep habits, manners and order to charity work, care of children and servants to sewing, propagation of plants to privies (earth-closets, as termed here). . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Fair
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher J. B. Ford and Company
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1869
- Keywords VICTORIAN HOUSEHOLD HOMEMAKING GUIDES WOMEN
- Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
The American Woman's Home Or, Principles of Domestic Science, Being a Guide to the Formation and Maintenance of Economical, Healthful, Beautiful and Christian Homes
by Beecher, Catharine E. and Harriet Beecher Stowe
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- None
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
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$250.00
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