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The Pentucket Housewife. A Manual for Housekeepers, and Collection of Recipes, Contributed by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church, Haverhill, Mass

The Pentucket Housewife. A Manual for Housekeepers, and Collection of Recipes, Contributed by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church, Haverhill, Mass by Ladies of the First Baptist Church, Haverhill, Mass.; [Train, Carrie W.]

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Title
The Pentucket Housewife. A Manual for Housekeepers, and Collection of Recipes, Contributed by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church, Haverhill, Mass
Author
Ladies of the First Baptist Church, Haverhill, Mass.; [Train, Carrie W.]
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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
Haverhill, MA: Steam Press of Chase Bros., 22 Washington Square, 1882. Octavo (22 x 15 cm.), 136, [6], pages. Advertisements. Index. Title page printed in red and black. FIRST EDITION. A church cookbook likely issued in concert with the dedication of a new meeting house in 1882. With approximately five hundred recipes, many of them attributed. Representative entries: Bean Porridge, Oyster Stew, Shaker Codfish, Chicken Curry with Rice, Potted Pigeons, Cannelon of Beef, Baked Tomatoes, Parsnips, Stewed Celery, Brown Bread (five versions), Corn Cake (four versions), Squash Breakfast Cakes, Sweet Apple Pancakes, Fried Bananas, Grandmother's Pumpkin Pie, Lemon Pie (four versions), Indian Pudding (five versions), Peach Pudding, Rhubarb Dumplings, Charlotte Russe (three versions), Strawberry Custard, Union Cake, Election Cake, Hard Gingerbread (five versions), Preserved Grapes, Barberry Jelly, Quince Marmalade. Also included is "A Black Man's Recipe to Dress Rice" (page 48), in dialect and lacking attribution, but a recipe with detailed description of process. Appended are laundry recipes and household hints ("The squeaking of boots may be prevented by driving a few pegs in the middle of the sole"). ~ Some light soiling and wear throughout. Previous owner's name, "Harriet B. Stover", in pencil to front fly. Edgewear to the attractively gilt-stamped brown cloth. Near very good. "Corrections" slip laid-in, with an additional handwritten correction. A few minor manuscript corrections and annotations throughout. [OCLC locates ten copies of this first edition; Bitting, page 464; Brown 1293; Cook page 110; not in Cagle].
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THE WHALE AND OTHER UNCOLLECTED TRANSLATIONS by Wilbur, Richard

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THE WHALE AND OTHER UNCOLLECTED TRANSLATIONS
Author
Wilbur, Richard
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Brockport NY: Boa Editions, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Near fine, first trade paperback edition. Near fine in near fine dustjacket. INSCRIBED BY WILBUR and dated 1986 on free front endpaper.
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Netsuke from Peabody Museum of Salem

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Title
Netsuke from Peabody Museum of Salem
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG
Description
Japan: Folk Museum of Ota Borough, 1989. Softbound. VG. Light blue illustrated wraps. About 80 pp. With over 250 items illustrated in color. Preliminary text is in Japanese and English, and the catalogue is in Japanese only. Beautiful color images. Catalogue of 291 Netsuke items.
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Circus!: An Investigation into What Makes the Sawdust Fly. by WYKES, Alan.

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Title
Circus!: An Investigation into What Makes the Sawdust Fly.
Author
WYKES, Alan.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780904041774
Condition
Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description
London:: Jupiter Books,. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0904041778 . Illustrated. First British edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. .

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