Description
A Boston Housekeeper [Mrs. N.K.M. Lee]. The Cook's Own Book: Being a Complete Culinary Encyclopedia, Boston: Munroe & Francis, 1832. 12mo, first edition, pp. xxxvi, 300, full sheep, probably a 20th-century binding, gilt stamped lettering and rules to spine, with added endpages, reverse of ffep preserving a gift inscription, with another ownership signature on title page. Woodcut engraving showing how to break down an ox. See Axford, p. 99; Wheaton and Kelly 3537; Lowenstein, American Cookery, 160, and Cagle & Stafford 447. OCLC Worldcat locates several copies in American institutions, but this first edition is scarce in the private marketplace, the auction records showing that the last sale took place in 2008 ($1800 at Swann gallery). Condition of this book Very good and tight, boards worn at extremities, scattered light to moderate foxing.
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