The Young Woman's Companion: or, the Frugal Housewife. Containing the most approved methods of pickling, preserving, potting, collaring, confectionary, managing and colouring foreign wines and spirits, making English wines, compounds, &c., &c uniform Library stamp on the titlepage

Library stamp on the titlepage

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Angus Hamilton was a British journalist who reported for a number of newspapers and journals between 1894 and 1912

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The Young Woman's Companion: or, the Frugal Housewife. Containing the most approved methods of pickling, preserving, potting, collaring, confectionary, managing and colouring foreign wines and spirits, making English wines, compounds, &c., &c uniform Library stamp on the titlepageManchester: Russell and Allen, 1811. First Edition. Octavo. pp [5], ii xvi, [1], 2 540, [16 index]; six engraved plates, as called for. Respined in modern dark brown calf with red morocco label lettered in gilt. New endpapers, save for the one before the titlepage. Contents fresh and unspotted, just some light areas of staining to leaves of the index. Also contains instructions for 'marketing', brewing malt liquor, letter writing, drawing and