Mrs. S. T. Rorer

Mrs. Rorer's Philadelphia Cook Book: A Manual of Home Economics.

Philadelphia: Arnold and Company, 1886. Bound in reddish brown cloth with detailed cover. Spine repaired, with remnants of old tape.
7½ × 5¼ in.
581 pp., followed by 18 pages of advertisements
English
Fair. Mrs. S. T. Rorer.
Mrs. Rorer's Philadelphia Cook Book: A Manual of Home Economics.
Arnold and Company, Philadelphia, 1886.

Publisher: Arnold and Company, 420 Library Street, Philadelphia
7½ × 5¼ in.
581 pp., followed by 18 pages of advertisements
English
Fair

The first edition of Sarah Tyson Rorer's Philadelphia Cook Book, her first of over fifty cookbooks, containing recipes prepared at her Philadelphia Cooking School. Printed by George H. Buchanan and Company, Philadelphia.

Bound in reddish-brown cloth with ornate multicolored titles and decoration to the front board and spine.Frontispiece portrait of the author.

Fair condition. The binding has been repaired with tape to both the front and rear covers, with tape remnants still present. Bumped and rubbed corners. The front endpapers are tattered. Interior has toning and foxing throughout, but the book remains intact and complete. Fair. Item #121

Price: $50.00