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ALL ABOUT COOKERY: A Collection of Practical Recipes, Arranged in Alphabetical Order (Dictionary) and Fully Illustrated.
by BEETON Mrs. (Isabella Mary).:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Ward, Lock and Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. New York: 10, Bond Street, no date, circa 1880.. Victorian edition, circa 1880?. 8vo, approximately 190 x 125 mm, 7½ x 5 inches, 2 colour plates before title page with a single tissue guard between them (meats and fruits), small text illustrations throughout, pages: 6, 1-371 plus 8 pages of adverts, pastedowns and endpapers are adverts, publisher's pictorial red cloth with gilt and black lettering, gilt backgrounds and black decorations. Binding has slight wear to head and tail of spine, slight rubbing to hinges and a few small marks to covers, slight shelf wear to edges of covers and corners, pale age-toning to pages, 4 pages have some minor pale brown stains, otherwise a good copy. The title to first page and running title are headed The Dictionary of Cookery. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47826
- Title
- ALL ABOUT COOKERY: A Collection of Practical Recipes, Arranged in Alphabetical Order (Dictionary) and Fully Illustrated.
- Author
- BEETON Mrs. (Isabella Mary).:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Ward, Lock and Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. New York: 10, Bond Street, no date, circa 1880.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- cookery food puddings soups roasts meats game poultry pastry desserts jams fish cakes
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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