Mind your manors : tried-and-true British household cleaning tips
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
ISBN
9780393249484, 0393249484
Status
Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
HOME CLEANING LETHBRIDGE
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HOME CLEANING LETHBRIDGE
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor | HOME CLEANING LETHBRIDGE | On Shelf |
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | 648.5 LET | On Shelf |
Forest Park Public Library - Stacks | 648.5 LET | On Shelf |
Homewood Public Library District - Stacks | 648.5 LET | On Shelf |
Itasca Community Library - Nonfiction | 648.5 LET | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
114 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780393249484, 0393249484
Notes
General Note
Previous title: Spit & polish : old-fashioned ways to banish dirt, dust, and decay.
General Note
Includes index.
Description
"British estates were known to be the epitome of cleanliness with their white-glove perfection. Through her meticulous research on servants, Lucy Lethbridge gleaned much knowledge about how these homes were made to gleam over almost two centuries, from the Victorian through the Edwardian years and beyond. The majority of household tasks were done with basic ingredients like lemon juice, white vinegar, and bicarbonate of soda, which feel very modern in their display of frugality and ecological soundness. Tea leaves were used to freshen up rugs and stewed rhubarb to remove rust stains. Here, Lethbridge reveals these old-fashioned and almost-forgotten techniques that made British households sparkle before the use of complicated contraptions and a spray for every surface. A treasury of advice from servants' memoirs and housekeeping guides, and illustrated with charming art from period advertising and domestic classics, Mind Your Manors is the perfect book for all those who want to put time-tested cleaning methods to work, "--Amazon.com.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lethbridge, L. (2016). Mind your manors: tried-and-true British household cleaning tips (First American edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lethbridge, Lucy. 2016. Mind Your Manors: Tried-and-true British Household Cleaning Tips. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lethbridge, Lucy. Mind Your Manors: Tried-and-true British Household Cleaning Tips W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lethbridge, Lucy. Mind Your Manors: Tried-and-true British Household Cleaning Tips First American edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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