Cottage Economy: Containing information relative to the brewing of Beer, making of Bread, keeping of Cows, Pigs, Bees, Ewes, Goats, Poultry, and Rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a Labourer's Family..
by Cobbett, William; preface by G. K. Chesterton
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Peter Davies, 1926. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The second ediiton of this reprint of Cobbett's 1820s book on home economy with Chesterton's introduction. With a plate from the original redesigned by Eric Gill.
xi, 220 pages. A very good to near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light chipping to the edges of the jacket and several tears. The jacket has a three shillings & sixpence price slip pasted to the front panel of the jacket.
xi, 220 pages. A very good to near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light chipping to the edges of the jacket and several tears. The jacket has a three shillings & sixpence price slip pasted to the front panel of the jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 362337
- Title
- Cottage Economy: Containing information relative to the brewing of Beer, making of Bread, keeping of Cows, Pigs, Bees, Ewes, Goats, Poultry, and Rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a Labourer's Family..
- Author
- Cobbett, William; preface by G. K. Chesterton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Peter Davies
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Bookseller catalogs
- COOKING;
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