The Cook's Own Book, and Housekeepers Register [with] Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats por A Boston Housekeeper; Miss Leslie - 1842

New York: Munroe & Francis, 1842. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Rebacked with new leather spine and lettering piece over original cloth boards. Light dampstain to frontis, scattered light foxing, short section underlined in the intro, a few dog eared pages, but interior is generally bright and unmarked. xlviii, 300, 37, 12 pages of ads. Lowenstein 248, Bitting 449 (the 1839 edition).

The first edition was 1832, the Miss Leslie section was added the following year - contains a substantial carving guide with illustrations before the main section which is arranged alphabetically.

Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Cooking, Wine & Dining. Inventory No: CAT000020.