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1891 The Modern Flour Confectioner Robert Wells First Edition Antique Book:
$45.00
This listing features a genuine 1891 antique First Edition copy of The Modern Flour Confectioner: Wholesale and Retail by Robert Wells, published in London by Crosby Lockwood and Son. This rare Gilded Age professional baking and confectionery guide features an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author with facsimile signature, a detailed preface dated January 1891 from Scarborough, distinct period advertisements on the back cover for legal books, and a fascinating handwritten ownership provenance on the flyleaf belonging to the Bordley family of Blackburn. See photos for more details.
