the price clipped jacket is chipped at the edges, suffers from a series of short closed tears and minor loss at the back's head; most sinful of all, is foxed. The body of the book is in excllent condition: clean, unmarked and solid. 192 pages, indexed and illustrated. A Calendar of Country Receipts is a "...collection of hints, reminders, scraps of half-forgotten lore, and recipes for food, drink, lototions, floor polishes, and so on., is to persuade both rural and urban housewifes that nothing need ever be wasted" (Front flap)