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484
Group of Three 19thC Cooking Books
Estimate:
$100 - $200
Starting Bid:
$50
Sold
$25
Live Auction
Oct Estates and Rug Auction, Day 1, 10/21/23
Description
Three 19th century cooking books: 1) The English Cookery Book, Uniting a Good Style with Economy and Adapted to All Persons in Every Clime, Collected by a Committee of Ladies, J.H. Walsh, ed., (G. Routledge, London, 1860), hardcover, original green textured cloth with red leather backstrip, inner joints reinforced with book tape matching endpapers, previous ownership inscriptions dated 1930 and 1979, 375 pages, 6 1/2" x 4". 2) Recipe Book, Ladies' Scottish Club of Rochester NY, (Gillies, Rochester NY, 1898). 3) Cooking and Castle-Building, Emma P. Ewing, (James R. Osgood, Boston, 1880), first edition, green cloth with decoration in black on front, gilt on spine, no evidence of kitchen-wear stains, covers soiled, corners bumped, 216 pages, 7" x 4 1/2".