28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Beeton (Isabella). The Book of Household Management, 5 copies, mixed editions, comprising: 1) Entirely New Edition, Revised and Corrected, with New Coloured Engravings. Two Hundred and Seventh Thousand, London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, c.1869, contemporary red quarter roan, 12 colour plates, 2) Entirely New Edition ... Four Hundred and Thirty-Fifth Thousand, London: Ward, Lock and Co., c.1880, original quarter roan (backstrip perished), 12 colour plates, 3) Entirely New Edition ... Six Hundredth Thousand, London: Ward, Lock, & Bowden, Limited, 1895, original red quarter roan, rebacked retaining parts of original spine, 11 colour plates (of 12?, includes 2 folding), 4) New Edition. Revised, Enlarged, Brought up to Date, and Fully Illustrated, London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1906, contemporary red half calf, 30 colour plates (2 folding), 5) New Edition ... Fully Illustrated, London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1907, original red quarter roan, 30 colour plates (2 folding), together with 1 other (Mary Jewry, Warne's Modern Cookery and Housekeeping Book, c.1890 (qty: 6) Text not collated and the lot sold as seen.
Sold for £350
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 28th Jul, 2021
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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