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Leverton, Mrs Waldemar.
Housekeeping Made Easy.
Publisher: George Newnes Limited, London;
Date of Publication: 1910
Stock Code: 4879
Undated circa 1910. Small octavo, pp., [20], 180, [8] ads. Publishers’ olive green cloth with white titles to spine and upper board. Cover cloth lightly scuffed with bruised corners and a little minor soiling. Inner front hinge weak; light foxing to endpapers and toning to pages. No annotation or inscriptions. Aimed at the aspirational modern woman, the book begins “Whether we get the vote or not, there is one thing every woman should strive to attain, and that is Proficiency in Housekeeping...”. Subject matter includes Servants’ Quarters, Table Laying and Decoration, and Flowers and Indoor Plants as well as more basic topics such as Economy, Laundry and Bedding. Scarce. Jisc locates just three copies, Oxford, Cambridge and the BL. £35.00