Heading: (Southern)
Author: Ladies of the Presbyterian Church, Paris, KY.
Title: Housekeeping in the Blue Grass : a new and practical cook book, containing nearly a thousand recipes, many of them new, and all of them tried and known to be valuable, such as have been used by the best house-keepers of Kentucky and other states : together with many miscellaneous recipes, useful in families, etc.
Place Published: Cincinnati
Publisher:Robert Clarke
Date Published: 1881
Description:

Gilt-lettered pebbled brick cloth. New and Enlarged Edition.

First published in 1875, this is the new and revised edition. From the introduction, the importance of the work is parsed: "...first, of its containing recipes of dishes which have gratified the appetites of families and guests of some of the best housekeepers in this far-famed region; secondly, and by way of climax, in that it was conceived in the earnest desire of the ladies connected with the 'Missionary Society' of the Southern Presbyterian Church, Paris, Ky., to do something more in the way of benevolence than was found practicable in the use of the needle."

Rubbing to spine ends; front free endpaper lacking, offset from old news clipping to title page, spot and 1" closed tear to title page margin (as well as next couple pages, front joint starting, else good - tightly bound.