The Housekeepers' Friend: containing valuable receipts for those who regard economy as well as excellence. Synonyms and homonyms. Almanac 1880.
[Boston: Joseph Burnett & Co.; Press of Mills, Knight & Co., 1880]. Small octavo, stapled in wrappers (17.5 x 11 cm.), [~80] pages. Illustrated; wrapper printed in chromolithograph. Advertising matter of local merchants interspersed throughout. Earliest issue of this New England housekeepers' almanac and promotional cookbook, issued by Joseph Burnett & Co, makers of flavor extracts, and additionally used to promote local businesses (through a drop-in box on the front.....