The Making of the Home
by Barnett Mrs. S.A. (Henrietta Octavia Weston)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cassell & Company, 1885. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition. Undated ca. 1885 - Fifty-Fifth Thousand. Boards soiled, spine cloth torn, front hinge loose. Scattered foxing, a few minor marginal paper flaws, otherwise good internally. Surprisingly scarce. Long sections on food, drink, and cooking, but also washing, how to mind the baby and account keeping. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's book-plate on endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: 044918.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044918
- Title
- The Making of the Home
- Author
- Barnett Mrs. S.A. (Henrietta Octavia Weston)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- Cooking, Wine & Dining; NOISBN
Terms of Sale
Pazzo Books
Returns accepted for any reason within 30 days of shipment - full refund less shipping. If we have made a mistake, we will pay shipping both ways. Institutions billed according to their requirements.
About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...