Author: FORSTER, MARGARET (1938-2016)
Title: Rich desserts and captain's thin : a family and their times, 1831-1931 / Margaret Forster
Description: London : Chatto & Windus 1997. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description: xvii. 284p : ill. geneal. table. maps ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-279) and index. Summary: This account of the rise and prosperity of the biscuit manufacturers. Carr's of Carlisle. reveals the hidden lives behind the history of the great 19th-century manufacturing middle-class. Subject: Carr. Jonathan Dodgson (1806-1884). Carr family - history Carr & Co. Carr's of Carlisle (Firm) Businesspeople - Biscuit industry - Cookie industry - England - Carlisle - History. Middle class families - Industrialists - England - Biography. Business history. Biography & autobiography: historical. political & military ; Food manufacturing & related industries. Bakers and bakeries ; England ; Carlisle ; Middle class families ; Industrialists ; Biography. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. Monographs. text. ISBN: 0701163941. Weight in Kg appr.:

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