Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton]

Beeton&Apos;S All About Gardening: Being a Popular Dictionary of Gardening, Containing Full Practical Instructions in the Different Branches of Horticultural Science; All About Cookery: A Collection of Practical Recipes, Arranged in Alphabetical Order and Fully Illustrated

London, Ward, Lock, and Co, c1871. Cloth. Two illustrated volumes from Beeton's "All About It" series of household and cookery books. This uniform set offers two classic Mrs. Beeton titles from the "All About It" series, including one on gardening and one on cookery. Arranged alphabetically, they serve as an encyclopedic handbook to recipes, tools, preparation, seasonal guides and more. In the original cloth bindings. Isabella Beeton was an English journalist, editor and writer best known for her 'Book of Household Management', which acted as an extensive guide to running a household in Victorian Britain.Both of the volumes included here are illustrated throughout with in-text engravings, as well as two colour plates to the beginning of 'Cookery&apos. With eighteen pages of advertisements to the rear of 'Gardening' and fourteen pages of advertisements to the rear of 'Cookery&apos. In the original cloth binding. Externally, rubbed and bumped, with marks to the boards and damp stains to 'Cookery&apos. Hinges to 'Gardening' are weak. Internally, generally firmly bound, with last leaf of advertisements torn out to 'Gardening&apos. With age toning and offsetting to the endpapers and scattered spots of varying degrees throughout. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 966Y4

Catalogue: Cookery

Keywords: Beeton's All About Gardening All About Cookery Isabella Beeton Illustrated All About Cookery Not Stated

John C. Brenner

Forensic Science: An Illustrated Dictionary

Boca Raton FL, CRC Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library hardcover book. Old library marks else a clean tight book in very good condition. 286p, illus. .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 106022

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: reference

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Compton s Illustrated Science Dictionary

Chicago-Toronto, F. E. Compton & Company, 1963, Relié, in-4. Reliure éditeur, sans jaquette, 632 pages Condition: Etat satisfaisant

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Book number: A58359A

Nicholson, William, (1753-1815.) O.

A Dictionary of Chemistry : Exhibiting the Present State of the Theory and Practice of That Science, Its Application to Natural Philosophy, the Processes of Manufactures, Metallurgy, and Numerous Other Arts Dependant on the Properties and Habitudes of Bodies, in the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms ; with a Considerable Number of Tables, Expressing the Elective Attractions, Specific Gravities, Comparative Heats, Component Parts, Combinations, and Other Affections of the Objects of Chemical Research. Illustrated with Engravings. By William Nicholson. Two Vols. In One. First Edition

London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795. 4to. 21 x 27.5cm. 11 x 9 3/8 in..Later polished and speckled stamped calf, spine stamped and gilt-ruled with raised bands and gilt-titled red morocco label, edges red speckled, fresh endpapers.. Thick 4to; [i-iii], iv-viii, [1]-576, [2], 577-1132pp. With errata, indices, separate title page, numerous tables, and final (4) plates including (2) folding... William Nicholson (England, 1753-1815) was an inventor, writer, and scientist. He made many important scientific contributions such as discovering the electrolysis of water and founding an important scientific journal. Prolific and with varied interests, he wrote on numerous topics in addition to chemistry.. Boards with scuffing and one small tear to lower board, light edgewear, and some creasing at joints and spine; interior with foxing and uneven toning, both mostly very light, with paper thinner and more heavily toned at title page, preliminaries, and some additional pages in vol. II; pages with occasional small mark, tear or light grime, with expected offsetting, and a few leaves with a tiny burn hole or mark; H3 with 1 1/2-in. tear and 2T1 with 1-in. tear at outer margin; plates foxed otherwise near fine; an attractive and very good volume... References: (Neville). Cole 974; Neville II, p. 227; Duveen & Klickstein 137; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 1398212811; ESTC T56115. .

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Book number: 51-6019

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