Virginia Cookery-Book

first edition Hardcover

1885 · New York

by Smith, Mary Stuart (Harrison)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth covered boards. Good. 352 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Born on the campus of the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, and educated at a young age by her father, Professor Gessner Harrison, Mary demonstrated a proclivity for writing at an early age. After her marriage to Francis H. Smith, a Professor and Faculty Chairman at the University, Mary's writing began to flourish with her first work Art of Housekeeping (1878). Virginia Cookery-Book is a treasure trove of recipes, remedies and household help. Chapters include: Yeast Breads, Breakfast Cakes, Eggs, Oysters, Fish, Soups, Poultry (truncated)
... cont’d.
Offered by

lizzyoung bookseller

154 Cold Spring Road #23
Stamford, CT 06905
email lizzyoungbookseller@gmail.com
phone number(908) 759-5644
Specializing in Food History, Early Cookery, Medical, Health, Women, Social Culture, Manuscripts, Ephemera, Handwritten Recipes & Remedies
More from this seller
[PERIODICAL] LE POT-AU-FEU Journal de Cuisine Pratique et D'Économie Domestique

[PERIODICAL] LE POT-AU-FEU Journal de Cuisine Pratique et D'Économie Domestique

Paris 1910-1911
(click for more details about [PERIODICAL] LE POT-AU-FEU Journal de Cuisine Pratique et D'Économie Domestique)
[BEER BREWING] [AGRICULTURE] COTTAGE ECONOMY FIRST AMERICAN FROM THE FIRST LONDON EDITION
First Edition 

[BEER BREWING] [AGRICULTURE] COTTAGE ECONOMY FIRST AMERICAN FROM THE FIRST LONDON EDITION

by Cobbett, William

New York : STEPHEN GOULD AND SON , 1824
(click for more details about [BEER BREWING] [AGRICULTURE] COTTAGE ECONOMY FIRST AMERICAN FROM THE FIRST LONDON EDITION)
View all from this seller>

The ABAA
Promise

You can be confident that when you make a purchase through ABAA.org, the item is sold by an ABAA member in full compliance with our Code of Ethics. Our sellers guarantee your order will be shipped promptly and that all items are as described. Buy with confidence through ABAA.org.