Beeton's Book of Household Management.
by Beeton, Mrs Isabella
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0170052273
- ISBN 13
- 9780170052276
- Seller
-
Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne: Thomas Nelson (Australia), 1977. Australian facsimile ed.. Paperback very thick trade, good condition, black & white vignettes, cover little loose at spine repaired archival tape, top edge foxed, covers little scuffed, spine creased, pages toned as usual, some edgewear. 1112 pp. The scarce Australian first edition facsimile edition of the classic bestselling English book by Mrs Isabella Beeton on cooking (mostly) and household management. Initially published by her husband Samuel Beeton in 1861, it has been through countless editions since. The book is both an entertaining curio, and an important social document of the early Victorian household. (Small format text. No ISBN printed in the book.).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18066
- Title
- Beeton's Book of Household Management.
- Author
- Beeton, Mrs Isabella
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Australian facsimile ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0170052273
- ISBN 13
- 9780170052276
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson (Australia)
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- cooking, culinary, cuisine, literature, classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- COOKING & NUTRITION;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...