The Book of Household Management
by Beeton, Isabella
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Bookplate on front free endpaper, jacket lightly sunned at spine.
- ISBN 10
- 0374215138
- ISBN 13
- 9780374215132
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Bookplate on front free endpaper, . jacket lightly sunned at spine.. 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. 0374215138 . xxxix, 1,112 pages. Facsimile reprint of this 1861 cookbook and compendium of Victorian household advice. Red boards. Measures 7 x 5 x 2.5 inches. Fascinating and still relevant reading.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42595
- Title
- The Book of Household Management
- Author
- Beeton, Isabella
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Bookplate on front free endpaper, jacket lightly sunned at spine.
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0374215138
- ISBN 13
- 9780374215132
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- 0374215138, Victorian Cookbooks, Vintage Cookbooks
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking and Gastronomy;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Sunned
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- Jacket
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- Reprint
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- Facsimile
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