The Lancaster, (Pa.) General Hospital "Benefit" Cook Book of Priceless "Tried and Tested" Lancaster County Recipies With Minute Directions: A Practical and Economical Guide to Cooking and the Kitchen forming altogether one of the most valuable Household Books of the Day; Issued by the Women's Auxiliary Societies of the Lancaster General Hospital
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- Hardcover
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Lancaster, Pa: Lancaster General Hospital, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good -. Printed by Conn & Slote, Lancaster, Pa. 224 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Plain black cloth. No date of publication; section about the Lancaster General Hospital is dated 1912. Contains advertisements for Lancaster County businesses. Recipes include: apple snow; meat cakes; apple omelet; walnut pie; transparent pies; temperance mince pie; Comanche candy; kippered cherries; and various ice cream and water ice recipes. In addition to recipes, includes other household tips such as how to take care of your parasol during the winter and how to bleach a straw bonnet. Handwritten recipe on front fixed endpaper for sponge cake from "Mrs. S." The Memoranda pages include two handwritten recipes: "Gertie Rogers fine Ginger Cake" and "Miss Landis Devil Food." Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; tail of spine starting to fray; cloth is lightly soiled; older solid repair of both hinges; occasional minor stain on pages; otherwise, clean and solid.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
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- 006419
- Title
- The Lancaster, (Pa.) General Hospital "Benefit" Cook Book of Priceless "Tried and Tested" Lancaster County Recipies With Minute Directions: A Practical and Economical Guide to Cooking and the Kitchen forming altogether one of the most valuable Household Books of the Day; Issued by the Women's Auxiliary Societies of the Lancaster General Hospital
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lancaster General Hospital
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, Pa
- Date Published
- 1912
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women's History & Biography; Pennsylvania; Cookbooks & Domestic Arts;
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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