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Victorian Entertaining / John Crosby Freeman.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeman, John C. (John Crosby)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Entertaining--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Entertaining.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Distribution:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : An imprint of Running Press,
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Published by Courage Books, 1993.
- Contents:
- The Pleasure of Company
- Winter. Victorian Christmas; New Year's Day Buffet; Victorian Skating Party; Burns Birth Night; Winter Breakfast; Tea for Two
- Spring. May Day Breakfast; Decoration Day Picnic; Arbor Day Garden; Party Luncheon; Little Girls' Tea Party; Queen Victoria's Birthday; High Tea; Kentucky Derby; Buffet
- Summer. Wheelmen's Verandah Breakfast; Lawn Games Luncheon; July Fourth Neighborhood Picnic and Parade; Henley Royal Regatta Buffet or Picnic; Victorian Wedding Breakfast; Victorian Shore Dinner
- Autumn. Tally-Ho or Hunt Breakfast; Shunpiker's Picnic; Guy Fawkes Day Supper; Thanksgiving Dinner; Tea Dance; Casino Dessert
- An Afterword.
- Notes:
- "A Running Press/Friedman Group Book"--Title page verso.
- "'Victorian Entertaining' was prepared and produced by Michael Friedman Publishing Group, Inc. ..."--Title page verso.
- Art Director: Robert W. Kosturko. Designer: Marcena J. Mulford. Photography Editor: Christopher C. Bain. Photography Researcher: Daniella Jo Nilva."--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-140) and index.
- 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 bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.
- Kislak copy has dust jacket retained.
- Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copies have dustjackets retained.
- Running Press copy 1 is "1" printing.
- Running Press copy 2 is "2" printing.
- ISBN:
- 1561382752 (cloth)
- 9781561382750
- 0894717308
- 9780894717307
- OCLC:
- 970773514
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