Emma P Ewing Inscribed (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. **Bundle Up and Save On Postage** 5.5 X 8" 377 pages (1896) Weight 1 Kg. Grey cloth hard cover with gold titles and decoration. Very little edgewear, brown stain top front panel, binding is loose with cover detached, frontis piece showing portrait of Emma P. Ewing, is detached. No attempt at restoration has been made. Front end page reads "Miss Bessie Livingston with kind regards of Emma P. Ewing" pages are all present and are clean. Preface reads: "A great need exists in our homes and schools for more intelligent instruction in regard to the preparation of food. This book was written to supply that need. In it the principles underlying the art of cookery are clearly explained. And with its aid any person of ordinary intelligence ought to be able to select, prepare, and serve, in a scientific and skilful manner, such articles of food as are in general use." Emma Ewing was the Superintendent of the Chautauqua School of Cookery, formerly Professor of Domestic Economy in the Iowa State Agriculture College, and of Household Science in Purdue University, Indiana. Inscribed by Author(s).…