Paris: 1803. 12mo. Hardcover. Calendar, 5 hand-coloured fashion engravings, pp 50 Benjamin Franklin with engraved portrait; further articles on Marie de Solange, modes with 2 hand-coloured fashion plates, scenic views with 4 B&W plates, 2 folding, poetry etc. Original full calf, gilt borders and spine. A small almanac in French..... More
Calvaire: Gand. Third Edition. 8vo. Original Pictorial Boards. pp.478. 8vo. Original pictorial boards. French language. A very good copy in the original binding. 0. More
London: Geo Henderson, 1839. Small 8vo. Half Calf. 2 vols. Small 8vo. Contains title page vignette and 52 hand-coloured costumes plates + 20 other engraved views. Some fixing. Original half calf and marbled boards with red titling pieces to spine. A very attractive set. More
London: Ward, Lock and Co, 1880. Royal 8vo. Half Calf. (c.1880) pp.vi,890. Royal 8vo. Coloured frontispiece. Chromolithographed plates, illustrations in text. Original half calf and cloth boards (green). A handsomely bound work in original binding. More
London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1847. Sixth Edition. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.xlviii,7 (plates),608. 8vo. 8 engraved plates and numerous illustrations in text. Bound in original blind stamped brown cloth, gilt decoration on spine, neatly recased. A very good, sound copy of this classic cookery book. More
London: Smeaton, 1846. 5th Edition. Small 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.xlviii,7,608,4 (book list). Small 8vo. Lacks 3 leaves of preliminaries, including frontispiece & title page, but contains the 7 other engraved plates and numerous illustrations in text. Bound in original blind stamped brown cloth, neatly respined in matching colour calf. An..... More
London: Ward, Lock, 1880. 8vo. Original Decorated Cloth. pp.xlvii,3 (advertising),1296,advertising catalogue. Coloured frontispiece & 11 plates, 4 page wood engravings & numerous illustrations in text. Original green decorated cloth, minor wear to back joint, minor faults with spine. Some tape marks on end papers and half title. Ink inscript to..... More
London, New York: Ward, Lock & Co, 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.vii,404, (advertising). 8vo. Complete with 8 coloured plates. Original decorated green cloth. Previous owner's inscription in preliminaries. A very good complete copy in a near fine original binding. More
London: Cassell, 1870. Royal 8vo. Original Half Morocco. pp.xcvi,1178. (c.1870) Royal 8vo. 10 coloured plates and Illustrations throughout the text. Some foxing. Original half morocco, minor wear. A handsome copy of this classic cook book, complete with the 10 coloured lithographs. More
London: J. Walter, 1778. 8th Edition. 12mo. Hardcover. Pp. vii, 238, [2 - publisher's catalogue]. Ink stain at fore-edge affecting margins on most pages. Original full calf, sympathetically re-spined. A handsome binding of this popular book advising ladies how they should conduct themselves. More
London: Virtue & Co, 1827. 8vo. Quarter Morocco. pp.iv,838. (c.1827) Lacks frontispiece, 10 plates. Early brown quarter morocco binding, raised bands. An handsome copy of this interesting and fullsome work on the household management. More
London: Henry G. Bohn. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.560 Frontispiece + plates & illustrations throughout. Original cloth binding, neatly recased. A very good copy. More
Paris: Alfred Degorce, 1889. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.650,vi (advertising). Some page edges fragile. 8vo. illustrations in text. Original cloth neatly respined in oasis morocco. A very good copy of this French Cook Book. More
London: Scatcherd and Whitaker, 1792. Seventh Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp.xxxii,467,vi (advertisments). 8vo. Frontispiece and 12 copper plates. Early full calf binding, neatly rebacked. Stained, possibly from smoke damage. A very good complete copy of this rare and early cook book. More
London: Bentley & Son, 1875. Original Half Calf. pp.xx,524,16 (illustrated advertising). Lacks frontispiece portrait, but includes numerous illustrations and plates in text of recipes completed. Original red half calf binding. A very good copy of this rare cook book. More
London: Bentley, 1886. 8vo. Hardcover. pp.xv,560,1 (advertising). illustrations in text of dishes and cakes. 8vo. Original cloth, gilt decoration on spine, a very good, clean copy. More
London: D Francis, 1848. Royal 8vo. Hardcover. pp.348,(advertising). Royal 8vo. Original green blind stamped cloth, neatly recased. A very good, sound copy of this rare work. More
London: J. Johnson, 1803. New Edition. 8vo. Full Roan. pp.xl,419. Original full brown roan boards, showing some wear, neatly re-cased with matching colour calf. New Edition. A good, sound copy of this classic work. More
Brentford: P Norbury, 1803. 8vo. Full Roan. pp.viii,263,i(advert). 8vo. Frontispiece engraving. Original full roan, joints cracked, but firm. An interesting work with various activities at a country fair, opinions on slavery, the pyramids and even mention of the souths seas fisheries and whales. More
London: Stratford, 1800. 11th Edition. 8vo. Full Roan. pp.ii,440,(index), 24 (catalogue of new books). 8vo. (c.1800) Frontispiece & 11 plates, some folding, some foxing. Original full roan neatly recased but showing some wear. A very good, complete copy in the original binding. More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1876. 4to. Hardcover. 2 vols. Plates and iIllustrations throughout. Detailed and well illustrated history of costume.Contemporary half morocco.Occassional foxing and minor discoloration on exterior. Handsome well-bound copy. More
London: Constable. Fourth Edition. Small 8vo. Half Calf. pp.xviii,545. Sm 8vo. Early half calf neatly recased. A good near original copy of this popular work which was first published in 1822. It is said to be "the only English cookery book which was written from real experiments of a housekeeper."..... More
Auckland: Brett, 1902. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. pp 1208. A fascinating and interesting work overing all aspects of self-sufficiency, gardening and farming. facsimile title page. Illustrated with numerous diagrams. Fine in original decorated cloth, gilt. Illustrated with 553 plates. More
London: Ward & Downey, 1890. Seventh Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp.viii,243,16 (book list). 8vo. Illustrations throughout. Largely uncut. Original decorated red cloth binding. A very good copy of this rare work describing conduct, correct etiquette and furnishings in the home. More
London: Forman, 1915. 8th Edition. 8vo. Orig. Cloth. pp 58 + advertising. With 5 b&w full page illustrations plus in text. Original cloth, puckering on spine. A good copy. More
