The Book of Household Management Comprising Information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen-Maid, Butler, Footman, Coachman, Valet, Lady's-Maid....Wet and Sick Nurses, etc. Also Sanitary, Medical and Legal Memoranda....Entirely New Edition, revised and Corrected With New Coloured Engravings.
by BEETON, Mrs. Isabella
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Ward, Lock and Co. London. 1877. Two hundred and eighty-ninth thousand. xl, [vi], 1139pp. + 12 + 16pp. adverts. 12 coloured plates, numerous engravings in text. Handsomely and professionally rebacked in modern textured tan calf, gilt. Original boards retained, original printed pastedowns and rear free endpaper also retained, front free endpaper replaced with appropriate paper, yellowed to one side. Pages browned, outer edge sl. foxed, corner of pages 337/8 torn without loss of any text o/w a clean and very sound copy of this attractive edition of Mrs. Beeton's.
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- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48025
- Title
- The Book of Household Management Comprising Information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen-Maid, Butler, Footman, Coachman, Valet, Lady's-Maid....Wet and Sick Nurses, etc. Also Sanitary, Medical and Legal Memoranda....Entirely New Edition, revised and Corrected With New Coloured Engravings.
- Author
- BEETON, Mrs. Isabella
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- Ward, Lock and Co. London. 1877
- Keywords
- FOOD and DRINK 19th century household management ]Mrs Beeton
- Bookseller catalogs
- FOOD and DRINK;
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Addyman Books
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
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- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- SL.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...