THE HOUSEWIFE'S LIBARY: (Many Volumes in One)

Chicago: L. P. Miller & Co., 1885. Hardcover. 644 pages. 20 x 14 cm. This particular copy is a Salesman's Sample with three different examples. The title is an extensive late nineteenth-century American household compendium, combining domestic cookery with guidance on household management, furnishing and decoration, etiquette, childcare, emergencies, and home amusements; advertised as "many volumes in one." Illustrated throughout. Interior toned. Hinges cracked but holding. Covers rubbed at edges. Mustard blindstamped with gilt and black. Very good. Item #5162

Price: $40.00