Author: Samuel Orchart Beeton
Title: Beeton&Apos;S Men of the Age and Annals of the Time
Description: None, Ward, Lock and Tyler, c1874. Leather. A scarce copy of Beeton's work on the most famous men and women of his time. With a publisher's catalogue to the rear. With the bookseller's label of Veuve J. Boyveau, Librairie Etrangere, to the front pastedown. Samuel Orchart Beeton (2 March 18316 June 1877) was an English publisher, best known as the husband of Mrs Beeton and publisher of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management. Beeton launched The English Woman's Domestic Magazine, a pioneering serial for middle-class women, in 1852. His Boy's Own Magazine, published in the UK from 1855 to 1890, was the first magazine for boys. Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management was published in 1861. Beeton followed it with a series of other self-help textbooks, including Beeton's Book of Needlework, Beeton's Dictionary of Geography, Beeton's Book of Birds, and Beeton's Book of Anecdote, Wit and Humour. In a half leather binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, rubbed. Loss to the top of the spine. Hinges slightly strained. Internally, generally firmly bound although slightly strained in places with one page working loose. Generally clean with some just some occasional spotting. Tide marks to lower edge of front pastedown and front free endpaper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Orchart Beeton Annals Beeton None
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Title: Beeton&Apos;S Men of the Age and Annals of the Time
Description: None, Ward, Lock and Tyler, c1874. Leather. A scarce copy of Beeton's work on the most famous men and women of his time. With a publisher's catalogue to the rear. With the bookseller's label of Veuve J. Boyveau, Librairie Etrangere, to the front pastedown. Samuel Orchart Beeton (2 March 18316 June 1877) was an English publisher, best known as the husband of Mrs Beeton and publisher of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management. Beeton launched The English Woman's Domestic Magazine, a pioneering serial for middle-class women, in 1852. His Boy's Own Magazine, published in the UK from 1855 to 1890, was the first magazine for boys. Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management was published in 1861. Beeton followed it with a series of other self-help textbooks, including Beeton's Book of Needlework, Beeton's Dictionary of Geography, Beeton's Book of Birds, and Beeton's Book of Anecdote, Wit and Humour. In a half leather binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, rubbed. Loss to the top of the spine. Hinges slightly strained. Internally, generally firmly bound although slightly strained in places with one page working loose. Generally clean with some just some occasional spotting. Tide marks to lower edge of front pastedown and front free endpaper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Orchart Beeton Annals Beeton None
Price: GBP 160.00 = appr. US$ 228.48 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: LTH14-B-11
- Book number: LTH14-B-11
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