28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Beeton (Isabella). The Book of Household Management, 1st edition, later issue, London: S. O. Beeton, 1861. 8vo (177 x 110 mm), modern half calf retaining original pebble-grain cloth sides, pp. xl 1112, wood-engraved colour-printed additional title-page (with address '248 Strand'), 12 similar plates, without the frontispiece as usual for later issues, toning, occasional spotting, closed tear in 3Z5, a few other marks - ibid. The Book of Household Management ... Entirely New Edition, revised and corrected, with New Coloured Engravings ... Twentieth Thousand, London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, c.1869. 8vo (180 x 113 mm), contemporary tan half calf, richly gilt spine, xl [4] 1139 [1] pp., 12 chromolithographic plates including frontispiece, 8 + 32 pp. advertisements to rear, ownership inscription dated 1899 to front free endpaper verso - Rundell [Maria]. A New System of Domestic Cookery, London: T. Allman and Son, c.1850?. Small 8vo (125 x 74 mm), modern sheep, pp. xl 419 [1], engraved additional title-page (spotted; repaired at head), 11 wood-engraved plates (apparently as called for despite notice of '12 Engravings' on title-page ), 4 pp. advertisements, occasional spotting and staining (qty: 3)
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Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 28th Jul, 2021
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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