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BEETON, MRS. ISABELLA. The Book of Household Management. Ward, Lock and Tyler 1869, 1869.
Price: US$39.36 + shipping
Description: Second edition (1869), octavo, green buckram boards, printed eps, frontispiece, xl + 1139pp + 35pp adverts, illus, v tatty (spine completely missing, heavy bruising & fraying to board corners, heavy scuffing & moderate soiling to boards, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, 3cm open tear to top of fep, 12mm open tear & numerous chips to edges of frontispiece, moderate foxing & tanning to pages throughout, pgs 277-284 loose but attached, cracks to gutters, pgs 945 onwards very loose but attached) she's been through the wars abit but she has a great personality!
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$64.32 + shipping
Description: xl, [2], 1139pp, [1]. With 11 of 12 engraved coloured plates (without plate 10), numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary brown half-morocco, recently rebaked preserving the majority of contemporary backstrip. Rubbed and marked. Occasional chipping to margins, loss to upper corner of one plate. An early revised edition of this famed recipe book. Size: 8vo New edition. One hundred and eighty-seventh thousand.
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Price: US$148.34 + shipping
Description: REVISED SECOND EDITION, 241st THOUSAND, octavo, quarter leather bound green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, printed eps, xl + 1139pp + ads to rear, scruffy (v heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine & board edges, heavy chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tape staining to spine, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep- historic, moderate foxing to prelims & pages throughout, pgs xiii & xiv moved to verso of full title page- not missing!) Despite it's condition, it has wonderfully retained a lot of its naturally aged charm and even has a small contribution of another's cooking exploits from over the years loosely enclosed. Please feel free to email us directly to ask for photos!
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Beeton, Mrs Isabella. THE BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT. Ward, Lock & Tyler, United Kingdom, 1869.
Price: US$186.52 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Comprising Information for the: Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen-Maid, Butler, Footman, Coachman, Valet, Upper and Under Housemaids, Lady's-Maid, Laundrey-Maid, Nurse and Nurse-Maid, Wet and Sick Nurses, Etc., Etc. Also Sanitary, Medical and Legal Memoranda. Entirely New Edition, Revised & Corrected with New Coloured Engravings. Two hundred and sixty-fifth thousand. Ward, Lock & Tyler, London - No Date (note to the New Edition dated 1869). illus xlvi + 1140 + 12 adverts + 32pp adverts + flier for Swinborne's Patent Refined Isinglass, hb a substantial book, 1/4 gilt red cloth/green boards, spine semi-detached, cover detached, covering on boards bubbled up, 4 pages & 1 illus loose, pages browned, previous owner’s neat signature, bookseller's embossed stamp on fep, poor *Heavy item may need additional postage charge if not UK
Seller: Occultique, Northampton, United Kingdom
Price: US$192.96 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: New Edition, Tenth Thousand. 8vo. Pp xli, 1139. 32 page publisher's list. 11 colour plates (ex 12 - lacking frontis). Numerous illustrations in the text. Fairly recent full leather, rather crude. Cracking to the interior hinges front and back. Lacks all before title page. Page 927/928 torn vertically and repaired. Light scattered soiling.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Price: US$192.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New Edition, pp.1139. Lacks title and and frontispiece, 11 colour plates present. 5pp pf adverts at front and 8 at 32 pp catalogue of Ward Lock publications at end. Rebound in maroon faux leather.
Seller: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A., CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Price: US$231.55 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Ward, Lock and Co., [1869], new edition (three hundred and first thousand). Hardback, 8vo, xlii,1139pp, 12 colour engravings, illust. Frontis tissue guard a little foxed, plates slightly tanned, front hinge broken, lacking adverts. Contemporary, half black morocco, rubbed, joints tearing. A fair copy, internally good. /0.9uk
Seller: GfB, the Colchester Bookshop, Colchester, United Kingdom
BEETON Mrs Isabella. The Book of Household Management. Ward Lock and Taylor, 1869.
Price: US$231.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ENTIRELY NEW EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED, 1869 second edition, 1139 pp 7" x5" illus in colour and black and white, few pps affected by old water staining, new end papers, spine underlaid, red spine green boards[bit rubbed and marked]; Octavo
Seller: Castle Hill Books, Llandrindod Wells, United Kingdom
Price: US$418.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: circa 1869 new edition, revised and corrected. One hundred and ninety-seventh thousand. pp. frontis, xl, plate list, verso blank, 11 further coloured lithographic plates, 1139, bound without the adverts or the half title. A some foxing inside. A well used contemporary calf binding. Owners' names on fep dated 1870, 1948, 1960, & 2002. 12 colour litho plates. Small 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$540.28 + shipping
Description: 8vo., Two Hundred and Eighty-Ninth Thousand, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 11 coloured plates and very numerous engraved illustrations in the text; green cloth, green roan back lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, primrose endpapers, a near fine copy in later nineteenth-century binding. Remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean, fresh copy of a later printing of the New [Second] Edition. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Mrs Beeton. Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management. Ward, Lock, and Tyler, London, 1869.
Price: US$6367.53 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very scarce unrecorded edition of Mrs Beeton's influential cookery book, a wonderful example of Victorian publications in parts. A very scarce and unrecorded edition, published in monthly parts. Not in Cagle.In ten parts, being parts 1-9 and 11, thus lacking parts 10 and 12.Undated, dated 1869 from the adverts.Illustrated with a beautiful colour plate to parts 1-9 and many in-text engravings. Part 11 is lacking its colour plate.Adverts to the rear wraps.Four pages of adverts to the rear of Part 2. Two pages of adverts to the rear of Part 6.Isabella Beeton's comprehensive guide to cookery, with a wide variety of recipes, advice for the organisation of kitchens and larders, marketing, and a calendar of food in season. She also gave advice on table decorations, how to wait a table, how to set a table, and how to carve meats and fish. Some of the recipes included vary from meat, poultry, salads, tarts, cold sweets, sandwiches, bread, jams, and icing. This offers a very interesting look at life in a Victorian household, and the running of it.Beeton's work was originally serialised as 'The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine' in twenty-four monthly instalments in 'The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine', her husband's publication. Her work has been constantly expanded over time, and is still in print.Very scarce to find in the original parts. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, generally smart. Some light edge wear to the wraps, and minor discolouration with a few spots. Backstrips are a little worn with some loss of paper to the head and tail, particularly to Parts 1, 6, and 8. Light spots to the fore edges. Front wrap of Part 1 is torn with some loss, front wrap is detaching and requires careful handling. Slight heavier spots to the tail of the front wrap of Part 2. Ink splatter to the front wrap of Part 7, and a small chip to the tail of the front wrap. Prior owner's ink inscription to the reverse of the front wrap of Part 8. Slight mark to the front wrap of Part 9. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot. Plates are bright with the occasional spot. Part 11 lacking its plate, plate in part 9 is detached but present. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom