Books and Manuscripts

1 Child, Mrs. (Lydia Marie)
The American Frugal Housewife…
New York: Samuel S. & William Wood, 1838. Twenty-second edition, enlarged and corrected by the author. 12mo. Quarter green cloth over blue-green printed paper-covered boards; 

2. (Rundell, Mary Eliza)
The Experienced American Housekeeper, or Domestic Cookery…
Hartford: Andrus, Judd, & Franklin, 1838. 16mo. Quarter brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards; all edges trimmed; bookseller's ticket on rear paste-down. 

3. Randolph, Mrs. Mary
The Virginia Housewife: or, Methodical Cook
Philadelphia: E.H. Butler & Co, 1848. First edition. 12mo. Quarter brown goat skin over brown paper covered boards, original front and rear paper covers laid down; pp. 75-82 disbound; ex-library stamp on title-page, p. 133, original covers, etc.

4. Soyer, Alexis
The Modern Housewife or, Menagere…
New York and Philadelphia: Appleton, 1850. Second American edition. 12mo. Publisher's blue cloth, unevenly browned, stamped in blind and in gilt, all edges trimmed; 

5. Abell, Mrs. L.G.
The Skillful Housewife's Book: or Complete Guide to Domestic Cookery…
New-York: Orange Judd & Company, no date. Thirty-fifth thousand. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt; all edges trimmed. First published in 1852.

6. Widdifield, Hannah
Widdifield's New Cook Book; or, Practical Receipts for the Housewife…
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, (1856). First edition. 12mo. Brown cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt; all edges trimmed; bookseller's ticket on rear paste-down. 

7. A Primary Cook Book, by Mrs. Putnam, for New Beginners in Housekeeping…
Boston: Loring, Publisher, 1862. First edition. 12mo. Quarter black cloth over blue-green printed paper-covered boards; all edges trimmed; contemporary ownership signatures on first free leaf; manuscript recipes written on front endpapers.

8. Harland, Marion
The Dinner Year-book
New York: Charles Schribner's Sons, no date (1878). From the Common Sense in the Household series. 12mo. Illustrated with four plates. Pictorial brown cloth, stamped in black, blind, and in gilt. 

9. Lincoln, Mrs. D.A.
Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book…
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. First edition. 12mo. Quarter black cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, with brown morocco spine label; all edges trimmed; 

10. Corson, Miss Juliet
Miss Corson's Practical American Cookery and Household Management…
New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, (1885). 12mo. Publisher's full black cloth stamped in blind; all edges trimmed; book-plate of Julia Folger Corson on front paste-down; in green cloth fall-down-back box with red morocco spine label. 

11. Henderson, Mrs. Mary F. 
Diet For The Sick…
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First edition. 12mo. Pictorial green cloth, stamped in black and in gilt; all edges trimmed; brown endpapers; book-plate of Argie Buzzell Allen on front paste-down. 

Condition varies. Lot sold with all faults.