A Collection of Books on Cookery, the Home and Hosting

Ada T. Pearson; Dorothy Dickinson; Flora Rose; Albert Broadbent et al

Published by Constable and Company; George Newnes; T. Nelson and Sons et al 1896-1954, London, 1896

About this Item

A pleasing collection of cookery books and various guides to home management, with authors including Lucy H. Yates and P. H. Ditchfield. This collection features sixteen volumes, the majority of which are various cookery books. Interspersed are guides on hosting, homely hints and gardening, as well as a biographical work on Isabella Beeton by her niece, Nancy Spain, and a very scarce autobiography of "international hotelier" Auguste Wild.In the original cloth bindings.The entirety of this set comprises the following:Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time by P. H. Ditchfield (1896) A Younger Sons" Cookery Book by A Younger Son"s Daughter (1896) Andrew Glendinning"s Apple Tree Cookery Book and Guide to Rational Diet Edited by Albert Broadbent (1902) Homely Hints on Food and Cooking, Digestion and Indigestion (1902) The Gardener and the Cook by Lucy H. Yates (1912) More Ways of Entertaining Your Guests by Dorothy Dickinson (1913) A Handbook of Cookery for School and Home by Ada T. Pearson (1914) Easy-to-Make Confectionery and Sweets (1922) The New Butterick Cook Book Revised and Enlarged by Flora Rose (1924) Third printing American Women"s Club Cookery Book Compiled and Edited by Pearl Droste Plogsted (1928) Tit-Bits Book of Wrinkles: A Complete Library of Invaluable Hints on Every Home Subject Edited by A. C. Marshall (c1930) Rural Rides by William Cobbett (1932) The Edinburgh Book of Advanced Cookery Recipes (1933) Magic in Herbs by Leonie de Sounin (1946) Fifth printing Mrs Beeton and Her Husband by Her Great Niece Nancy Spain (1948) Mixed Grill in Cairo: Experiences of an International Hotelier by Auguste Wild (1954) In the original cloth bindings. Externally, smart, with moderate rubbing and bumping across the set, most notably to the spine of 'Younger Sons'. Damp spots and marks to the cloth of 'American Women's Club', 'Handbook' and 'Confectionery'. Fading to the spines of 'Advanced' and 'Rural Rides'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd spot through the majority of volumes. Ownership bookplate tipped-in to the front free endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper of 'Old English'. Very Good.

Seller Inventory # 973Y18

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Collection of Books on Cookery, the Home and Hosting
• Publisher: Constable and Company; George Newnes; T. Nelson and Sons et al 1896-1954, London
• Publication Date: 1896
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book