Church of England Institute Receipt Book [Nova Scotia cook book] Lawson, Mrs. William (Mary) and Miss Alice Jones (eds.) Advertising,Cooking,Nova Scotia

124 pages [the first numbered page is 8: third leaf verso, as in the copy at NS Archives]. A defective example of this rarity, lacking 8 leaves (supplied in facsimile and bound in). 54 original leaves, 8 leaves in facsimile, new endpapers; recently bound in green cloth with facsimile of the title page pasted to upper board. 7.9 x 5.5 inches. "Although early newspapers and almanacs frequently included miscellaneous recipes, Nova Scotia's first documented cookbook did not appear until the Church of England Institute Receipt Book, published in 1888. Co-authored by Mary Jane Lawson and Alice Jones (both well-known local writers) the Receipt Book was a fundraising venture for the Church of England Institute then under construction, and still standing today, at 1588 Barrington Street in Halifax." [NS Archives: What's Cooking? Food, Drink and the Pleasures of Eating in Old-Time Nova Scotia. A Short History of Food and Foodways in Nova Scotia]. Driver NS1.1.