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
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
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
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 381405
- Title
- 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
- Author
- Beecher, Catharine E. and Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- J. B. Ford and Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- Education, Domestic, , .
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