This charming volume was written in a day when good description was considered as much a virtue as bold interpretation. Brimming with detail, it takes us into the homes of the American colonists so that we may experience firsthand such things as the kitchen fireside, the serving of meals, flax culture, wood culture, spinning, and hand-weaving. It provides a vibrant overview of girls occupations, styles of dress, travel, transportation, tavern life, colonial neighborliness, even old-time flower gardens. After countless ...
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This charming volume was written in a day when good description was considered as much a virtue as bold interpretation. Brimming with detail, it takes us into the homes of the American colonists so that we may experience firsthand such things as the kitchen fireside, the serving of meals, flax culture, wood culture, spinning, and hand-weaving. It provides a vibrant overview of girls occupations, styles of dress, travel, transportation, tavern life, colonial neighborliness, even old-time flower gardens. After countless printings, Home Life in Colonial Days continues to be the most highly respected account of daily life in the early years of America. This title, originally published in 1975, is available on-demand only.
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Good in very good dust jacket. Binding and pages tight and clean; text block dusty; prev. owner's bookplate inside ft. board. 470 p. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Some underlings and margin notes.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Photos. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8 Vo; 2 Pounds. 1st thus edition; dj w/clipped price, in mylar; red c w/gilt titles; 470 clean, unmarked pages; owner's insc.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. (1975) 470 pp. Original red covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Top of spine a bit bumped. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper; last name on front paste-down. DJ lightly soiled w/ modest edge wear. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents nice.
I am a history nut when it concerns early America. I find the details in this book to be first-rate. It is intriguing to me to read about the daily lives with an almost first hand account. If you want to read about how the early colonists really lived daily, this is the book for you.