NY: G.P. Putnam & Son, 1868. First Edition . Hardcover. Collectible; G+. ...comprising a bill of fare or breakfast, dinner, and tea, for every day in the year; with an Appendix, containing recipes for pickles and sauces." 1st edition, 12mo, green cloth, 134 pages, [10] pages publisher adverts (these are bound in out of order and mispaginated]. The book has been professionally repaired: a cloth reback. Condition: GOOD+ : binding is now tight, some light spotting and a few tiny tears to the endpapers, some typical browing to pages, light scattered spotting, a faint damp stain at bottom page edge throughout book, a light brownish damp stain at hinge through part of the book, a few pages have a crease and page 119 has a 1" closed tear at margin, otherwise the book is quite clean, and a nice copy of this uncommon early cookbook. "The design of this Manual is to suggest to ladies, without the trouble of THINKING [in italics], what is seasonable for the table, each day of the week, and how it shall be cooked..." [ from the Preface]...heaven help the world if we should actually THINK in the kitchen... An uncommon / scarce title.

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Bookseller: Bygone Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 16355
Title: What shall we eat? a manual for housekeepers.
Author: Various
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Collectible; G+
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: G.P. Putnam & Son
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1868
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Bookseller catalogs: Cookbooks / Cookery / Culinary Arts;

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