Books and Manuscripts

1. The House Book: Or, A Manual of Domestic Economy. For Town and Country
Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1840. Third edition. 12mo. Three-quarter black leather over marbled paper-covered boards, all edges trimmed; decorated endpapers; by Lane S. Hart, Harrisburg, Pa.

2. Directions For Cookery, in Its Various Branches
Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1842. Fifteenth edition. 12mo. Quarter brown calf with red morocco spine label, over marbled paper-covered boards; all edges trimmed; rear endpaper wanting. 

3. One Hundred and Fifty Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats
London: J. Limbird, (ca. 1836). Reprint. 12mo. Publisher's brown paper-covered boards, front joint split but sound; all edges trimmed.

4. Mrs. Ellis's Complete Cook…With Miss Leslie's Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats
New York: James Miller, (ca. 1866). Reprint. 12mo. Illustrated with four color plates. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt; all edges trimmed.

5. Autograph Letter, signed. One-page autograph letter by Eliza Leslie, dated May 13, 1849, to her publisher Abraham Hart, requesting an advance on payment owed to her.

Condition varies. Lot sold with all faults.