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US Imprints.- Valuable Secrets Concerning Arts and Trades..., ownership inscriptions to front and back endpapers, foxing, contents separating a little, front free endpaper loose, [Evans, 29243; Sabin, 98399], Norwich, by Thomas Hubbard, 1795 § [Tudor (William)] "the Author of Letters on the Eastern States". Miscellanies, contents separating a little, a little browning to extreme edges and endpapers, [Sabin 97410], Boston, Wells and Lilly, 1821 § [Hunt (Leigh)] The Feast of the Poets..., booklabel of Payson G. Gates, New-York, by Van Winkle and Wiley, 1814 § Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Cato Major..., ex libris of William S. Stone, Philadelphia and Glasgow, 1751, second original printed boards, edges uncut, worn and with splits to joints, spine friable, others contemporary calf, last two worn and with upper boards detached, first with superficial splits to joints; and a single f. printed on both sides advertising bookseller Isaiah Thomas of Worcester Massachusetts dated December 25th 1802, 12mo & 8vo (5) ⁂The first a compendium of recipes and methods for, variously, making dishes, preserves, wines, oils, and vinegars, mixing paints and glues, preparing building materials, dyeing fabrics, successful engraving and casting, stain removal etc.; the second a collection of essays and short pieces on diverse subjects, among which: 'Memoir on Cranberry Sauce', 'Memoir on Toast', 'Memoir on the Purring of Cats', 'A Dissertation on Things in General'.