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New York Cook Book: or choice gleanings, from many households: a collection of tested and approved recipes, dedicated to American housewives

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  • New York; Lockport, N.Y.: Published by F.W. Kinsman & Co., apothecaries: Union Printing & Publishing Co, 1890
By [Almanac – patent medicine; F.W. Kinsman & Co. (New York City)]
New York; Lockport, N.Y.: Published by F.W. Kinsman & Co., apothecaries: Union Printing & Publishing Co, 1890. Octavo, stapled in wrappers (18.3 x 11 cm.), 32 pages. Printed throughout in black and red. Calendars for 1890 and 1891 printed on rear panel of wrapper. Advertisements. Other titles: Kinsman's New York Cook Book. The third and final almanac promoting Adamson's Botanic Balsam and other nostrum's and remedies produced by F.W. Kinsman, Apothecaries of New York. Previous issues of the almanac used New York in the title, as here, but the apothecary was located across the Hudson, in Jersey City. Testimonials sprinkled throughout the selection of recipes. Age-toning throughout, otherwise fine in typographically decorated wrappers. Scarce. [OCLC locates three copies of this issue].
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