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The grocers' hand-book and directory for 1886. Compiled by Artemas Ward, Editor of "The Philadelphia Grocer."
LIBRA - Blank Collection TX349 .W3 1882 Blank copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ward, Artemas, 1848-1925, compiler.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grocery trade--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Grocery trade.
- Groceries--Encyclopedias.
- Groceries.
- Food--Encyclopedias.
- Food.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Penn Provenance:
- Blank, Fritz (donor)
- Physical Description:
- [2], 305, [1] pages, [14] leaves of color plates illustrations 20 cm
- Other Title:
- Grocers' hand book
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Published by The Philadelphia Grocer Publishing Co. 1882.
- Notes:
- Price - $2.00.
- "We aim to make our Annual a Hand-Book for the trade, and for that reason have not hesitated to give the names of prominent manufacturers for our readers' convenience, wherever we have deemed it desirable."
- Contains lengthy articles on coffee (pages 45-56); sugar (pages 220-232); tea (pages 237-258) and tobacco (pages 249-268)
- Business advertisements (6 pages) at end.
- Back and front yellow pastedowns and endpapers have advertisements for business in New York and Philadelphia.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.
- Kislak copy has preliminary pages disbound.
- Kislak copy has business card of Marian L. Gore Bookseller laid in.
- Kislak copy has protective transparent cover.
- OCLC:
- 3360038
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