Author:Alcott, Wm. A. [William]

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Gift Book for Young Ladies; or Familiar Letters on Their Acquaintances, Male and Female, Employments, Friendships, &c.

By: Alcott, Dr. Wm. A. [William Andrus] (1798-1859)

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Auburn and Buffalo, NY, Miller, Orton & Mulligan: 1854

Seller ID: 040000

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Auburn and Buffalo, NY: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854. Title page dated 1854, Ninth Thousand. Life guidance for young women of the 1850s by one of the founding members of the vegetarianism movement in the US, serving as the first president of the American Vegetarian Society. Most of the book focuses on stoic behavior and dedication to Christian service, with a chapter on Self-Denial which discusses how much time is wasted in preparing food and how it could be better spent in Christian missionary activities. Gray cloth with spine lettered and decorated in gilt, covers decorated in blind, front...
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Letters to a Sister; or Woman's Mission. To Accompny the Letters to Young Men. Alcott's New Series

By: Alcott, Wm. A. [William]

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Buffalo, New York, Geo. H. Derby and Co.: 1850

Seller ID: 025999

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Buffalo, New York: Geo. H. Derby and Co., 1850. Sound copy with spotted covers. Advice to young women provided in the spirit of advice to a younger sister, concerning studies, health, morals, family, life duties. Brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and in blind, 307 pages. Covers worn with significant light colored spotting to the front cover, gilt spine lettering still bright, front cover a little bent or curved (not creased) at a couple of areas of the outer edge, good hinges, sound text block, lightly foxed endpapers, pages generally very clean with just a couple of instances of l...
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The Young House-Keeper or Thoughts on Food and Cookery

By: Alcott, Wm. A. [William]

Price: $195.00

Publisher: Boston, George W. Light: 1838

Seller ID: 038494

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Boston: George W. Light, 1838. Second stereotype edition, 1838. Guidance on housekeeping, planning, different types of food and their nutritional and curative values, recipes, etc. Worn but sound example in dark green cloth with gilt spine lettering and an allover pattern embossed in blind, 7 inches tall, 424 pages plus 8 pages of publisher's ads. Spine faded with some chipping to the ends, ghost of old adhesive tape near the top inner corner of both covers, front hinge internally cracked but secure, text block sound, pages age-toned but clean with occasional foxing, transparent stain to rear ...
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Author:Alcott, Wm. A. [William]

Gift Book for Young Ladies; or Familiar Letters on Their Acquaintances, Male and Female, Employments, Friendships, &c.

Letters to a Sister; or Woman's Mission. To Accompny the Letters to Young Men. Alcott's New Series

The Young House-Keeper or Thoughts on Food and Cookery