Vintage Home Hard Back Book with DJ Elizabeth Craigs Household Library Housekeeping Circa 1950s

For Sale Hardback Book - Elizabeth Craig's Household Library - HOUSEKEEPING, Dated 1950; A book for the single-handed housewife , money saving and labour-saving. With numerous practical illustrations in line and photograph!

TITLE -  Elizabeth Craig's Household Library - HOUSEKEEPING

AUTHOR - Elizabeth Craig's

DATE - Dated 1950

FORMAT - Hardback

DUST JACKET (Y/N) - Yes

1st EDITION (Y/N) - Reprint 1950 

PUBLISHED BY - Collins of 14 St. James Place, London, England.

PRINTED BY - Collins of 14 St. James Place, London, England. 

PAGES - 237 Pages plus Index

SIZE - 7.5" by 5.5"

INDEX - 

• Foreword
• Choose your Home Wisely (Buying a House, To Rent a House, Rates and Taxes, To Rent a Unfurnished Flat, To Plan and Build a House, The Water Supply, How to Heat Your Home, Moving In)
• Decorating and Furnishing the Home (Hints on Choosing Flooring, To Hang Paper, Outdoor Decorations, To Make a Room Look Larger, Colour Schemes for a Four-Roomed Flat, Equipping the Kitchen, To Light and Heat your Kitchen, To Reconstruct a Ready-Built Kitchen, To Make the most of a Rented Kitchen, To Cook by Electricity, Cooking by Gas, To Cook by Coal or Oil, To Economise on Fuel, Waterless Cookers, How to Make a Fireless Cooker, How to Make a Hay Box, To Choose a Refrigerator, Kitchen Utensils, Your Hall and Staircase, To Furnish and Decorate the Dining-Room, Lounge or Living Room, Decorating and Furnishing youe Bedrooms, Decorating and Furnishing your Bathroom)
• The Family Budget (How to Allot Small Incomes, £150 a year for One Person, £200 per year for Two Persons, £250 per year for Two Persons, To Make ends Meet on £300 per year, To Make ends Meet with One Child, To Make ends Meet on £400 per year, To Make ends meet on £500 per year, Catering for Two, Home versus Motor Car, Household Accounts and How to Keep them)
• Keep Down Your Shopping Bills (Shopping for Appetisers, Shopping for Fish, Fish in Season, Shopping for Game, Game in Season, Shopping for Meat, Meat in Season, Shopping for Poultry, Poultry in Season, Shopping for Fruit and Vegetables, Fruit in Season, Vegetables in Season, Shopping for Groceries, Shopping at the Pastrycook's, To Shop for Wines)
• The Way to Easier Housework (Daily Time-Table, The Weekly Cleaning, To Remove Simple Stains, Enquire Within when Cleaning, Washing Day, Laundry Equipment)
• Having People In (Setting Breakfast, Setting Lunch or Supper, Setting Tea, Setting Table for Dinner, How to Clear Away, A "Help Yourself" Party, The First "At Home", A Small Dinner Party to meet His People, To Give a Christening Party, Catering for Christmas, A Christmas Party for Children, Sunday Night Suppers, To Give a Bridge Party, When your First Visitors come to stay)
• How to Look after your Pets (To Take Care of Your Birds, How to Care for Cats, To Choose a Cat, First Aid for Sick Cats, To Send Cats by Rail, Hints on Showing a Cat, Treatment of Cats with Kittens, Looking After Your Dog, How to Feed Dogs, First Aid for Dogs, How to Dose a Dog, Sending Dogs by Train, Rabbits, Hedgehogs and Tortoises, Goldfish)
• Emergencies in the Home (Contents of the Medicine Chest, The First Aid Case, Hints on Giving Medicines, First Aid in the Home, Remedies you can make at Home, If Fire Breaks Out in Your Home, To Prevent Accidents in the Home, The Handy Woman's Guide)
• Index and Pronouncing Glossary 

CONDITION - Excellent Used Condition, though the frontispiece page has become loose (Please refer to Scans)!

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