Learning to Cook : The Book of 'How' and 'Why' in the Kitchen by Peel, Mrs. C. S - 1915

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, purple cloth boards with gilt to spine. Exterior shows minor handling and spotting but spine is faded and rear cloth has two small holes, one near the bottom and the other at the spine edge near the top. Interior binding is good but small separation is present at page 96/97. Pages are toned due to age and foxing is present. Front end page shows previous owner's name lightly written in pencil as well as faint evidence of a price once penciled in the corner.

Frederick Warne & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 297 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains colour plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Front free endpaper is removed. Thumb-marking present. Scuffing to front pastedown. Brown marks to rear pastedown. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Notable crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Dents to edges. Water staining to boards. Marks overall. Textblock is shaky.

John Lane Bodley Head, 1931. Hardcover. Good. 1931. First Edition. 265 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1926. Reflections on a century's progress in ordinary persons' lives, rather thn an account of kings and wars; topics include transportation, communication, education, royalty, the wealthy, the middle classes, servants, the poor. Second printing, in the year of original publication. Stout hardcover, full green cloth, gilt titling. Shows some wear, corners rubbed, minor scuffing to rear cover; big shop rubberstamp inside front cover and page 115, part of jacket pasted to free endsheet, light foxing. Text clean; xxii, [2], 258 pages + 6 pages ads; index, brief bibliography, 48 b/w plates as called for.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Thick Octavo.

Associated Newspapers, Ltd, 1920. Hardcover. Good. 1920. No edition remarks. 200 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to title page. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine.

Constable & Co Ltd, 1923. Hardcover. Good. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 245 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to hinges and gutters. Binding loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces.

The Bodley Head, 1931. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This first edition is in good condition. Sunning and rubbing present to the spine and foxing to the title pages. Otherwise a good clean copy.

Soft Cover. Very good. 46pp. orig. wrappers, some staining on covers, Dorothy Peel, who was Editor of The Queen Household Department, gives advice on running a household, handling domestic servants and etiquette at table. No Jacket

London: Associated Newspapers, Ltd., 1919. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Firmly bound, decorated green cloth boards. Spine surface is missing, scuffing, creases and dust spotting on covers. No jacket, reading copy only.

London Archibald Constable 1.