Julia Boxall (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 292 pages, illustrated bibliography, index, page edges tanned, light foxing to endpapers, previous owner name on front endpaper.

Condition: Fair. 1935. No Edition Remarks. 292 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. With dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. dampstains affecting some page foredges and the endpapers.

Hardback. Reprint (assumed). Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 292 pages. Housekeeping and domestic work 1920s style. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. 294 pages, includes index. B/w illustrations and photography. A very nice tight straight clean copy.

Condition: Good. NO JACKET. Bumps/wear at edges/corners of hard board. Grubby marks, scratches, fading and staining to hard board. Loosening at spine. Tanning/foxing at text blocks. Fading at some page edges. Text good and legible.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A scarce first edition of this illustrated guide to housekeeping and domestic economy. First edition. Scarce edition. Illustrated throughout. A book on housecraft, not intended to be an exhaustive treatise on the subject, but rather as a guide to those who are seeing to learn more about the satisfactory running of a house, with the minimal time and labour. With chapters on lighting and heating, furniture and fittings, cleaning, costing, clothing, nursing, and more. Written by Ruth Binnie, a British educator at Battersea Training College of Domestic Science, and Julia E. Boxall, a Gilchrist scholar with a Household and Social Science Diploma from London University. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Minor age toning to the endpapers with the previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A very scarce illustrated and instructional title, seen here with its incredibly scarce, unclipped original dust wrapper. A very scarce guide to the care and maintenance of the home, in original olive green cloth binding.An incredibly scarce example of this title in its original, unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with charming and informative vignettes throughout. Bound in original green cloth. Externally, very smart. Mild bumping to head and tail. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. 'Foyles' bookseller sticker to front paste down. Unclipped dust wrapper externally a little worn. Contemporary ink inscription to rear cover. Chipping, and several closed tears to dust wrapper. Loss to paper to extremities. Mild tide marks to front cover. Closed tear to front cover. Internally, generally firmly bound, with occasional strain. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.