Hale, Sarah Josepha.

THE LADIES' NEW BOOK OF COOKERY: A Practical System for Private Families in Town and Country; with Directions for Carving, and Arranging the Table for Parties, etc. Also, Preparation of Food for Invalids and For Children.

NY: H. Long & Brother, (1852). "Fifth edition" Hardcover. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind, octavo, (xvi), 474 pp. + advertisement leaf at rear. Wood-engraved illustrations in the text. Publisher’s printed advert for "The Watchman" tipped opposite title page. Covers moderately worn, especially at top and bottom edges of front board, endpapers and flyleaves browned, inoffensive dampstain at top of last 50 or so leaves, text else quite clean. Good. Item #19082

Binder's title is "Mrs. Hale's New Cook Book;" which title was published in 1857 with the same text as "The Ladies' New Book of Cookery." Bitting p. 209; Cagle #312; Lowenstein #555.

Price: $200.00