Title: The Ladies’ Delight Cook Book Number One
Author: “A Collection of Choice Receipts Arranged and Contributed Expressly for the G.A.R. Fair, by a Committee Consisting Of Mrs. Warren E. Rice, Miss Lizzie Reed, and Other Leading Ladies of Lawrence, Mass.”
Publisher: A. P. Ordway & Co. Proprietors of Sulphur Bitters
City: Boston, MA
Date & Edition: 1886, First Edition, first in a series of these pamphlets.
Binding : Softcover, stapled.
Pages: 32, exclusive of covers.
Illustrations: Many illustrations
Book Details: This booklet contains many recipes (see table of contents) and several pages of testimonials for the cure-all known as Sulphur Bitters, a patent medicine produced and sold by the publisher. Tucked inside is a 5 × 7 card with a formula for “Bluing of Clothes” handwritten in lovely calligraphy by an original owner. Booklets in this series are rarely seen, with this first volume being particularly scarce. Stamped on the front cover is “From Charles E. Hall, Druggist. Greenville, N.H.”
Condition: Very good antique condition. A couple of inside pages have creases created in the binding process. Very slight toning to the covers. Six tiny spots of foxing at bottom of front cover.
Title: The Ladies’ Delight Cook Book Number One
Author: “A Collection of Choice Receipts Arranged and Contributed Expressly for the G.A.R. Fair, by a Committee Consisting Of Mrs. Warren E. Rice, Miss Lizzie Reed, and Other Leading Ladies of Lawrence, Mass.”
Publisher: A. P. Ordway & Co. Proprietors of Sulphur Bitters
City: Boston, MA
Date & Edition: 1886, First Edition, first in a series of these pamphlets.
Binding : Softcover, stapled.
Pages: 32, exclusive of covers.
Illustrations: Many illustrations
Book Details: This booklet contains many recipes (see table of contents) and several pages of testimonials for the cure-all known as Sulphur Bitters, a patent medicine produced and sold by the publisher. Tucked inside is a 5 × 7 card with a formula for “Bluing of Clothes” handwritten in lovely calligraphy by an original owner. Booklets in this series are rarely seen, with this first volume being particularly scarce. Stamped on the front cover is “From Charles E. Hall, Druggist. Greenville, N.H.”
Condition: Very good antique condition. A couple of inside pages have creases created in the binding process. Very slight toning to the covers. Six tiny spots of foxing at bottom of front cover.
