Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton]
The Englishwoman&Apos;S Cookery Book; Beeton&Apos;S Gardening Book, Containing Full and Practical Instructions; Beeton&Apos;S Medical Dictionary, a Safe Guide for Every Family
London, Ward, Lock and Co, c1880. Cloth. A charming trio of Mrs. Beeton's 'Shilling' books, offering guides to cookery, gardening and medicine. A selection of three guidebooks from Mrs. Beeton's 'Shilling' series of works.Includes 'Cookery' (new and improved edition), 'Gardening' and 'Medical Dictionary', offering practical instructions, recipes, remedies, calendars, menus and practises useful to Victorian households of the time. In the original cloth bindings. 'Cookery' rebacked, with original cloth laid down.With four colour plates to 'Cookery', and numerous full-page and in-text engravings. Collated, complete. Isabella Beeton was an English journalist, editor and writer who is particularly associated with her first book, 'Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management&apos. With eighteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of 'Cookery', sixteen pages to 'Gardening', and twenty-four pages to 'Medical&apos. In the original cloth bindings. 'Cookery' rebacked, with original cloth for the boards and spine laid down. Externally, smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Chips to the original cloth of 'Cookery&apos. Hinges to 'Medical' held by cords only and front hinge to 'Gardening' is starting, but firm. Marks to the boards. Internally, generally firmly bound, with binding tender in places to 'Medical&apos. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers. The odd spot to 'Gardening' and 'Medical' and heavier scattered spotting to 'Cookery&apos. Ownership bookplate tipped in to the front free endpaper of 'Medical&apos. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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