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Cosmetics for My Lady & Good Fare for My Lord, Collected Recipes.

Golden Cockerel Press.

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Place Published: London:
Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press,
Date Published: 1934.
Binding: Cloth
Condition: Very good +
Book Id: 11136

Description

8vo, 75 pp uncut. Each recipe is printed within a decorative orange border and is "collected from the Commonplace Book of a West Country Gentlewoman". The categories of recipes include Cosmetics, Good Drinks, Good Foods, Hints for Housewives, and Perilous Medicines. Hints for Housewives includes "To Restore Tainted Meat" and "How to Keep Clear From Buggs". Edition limited to 300 copies, of which this volume is number 139. Decorative green and cream patterned cover with red cloth spine and gilt title. Lightly shelf rubbed, o/w very good +


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