A New System of Domestic Cookery; Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and Adapted to the Use of Private Families
by A Lady" (Mrs. Maria Eliza Rundell)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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edinburgh, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1807. A New Edition, Corrected . Half-Leather. Good. Hardback. A good copy in a half leather binding with rather worn marbled boards. Rebacked with old spine laid down. Small bookplate, ownership inscription dated 1852 and some ink writing on front end-papers. Pp.[xxiv],xxx,351 + 1 page publisher's adverts. Frontispiece and 9 plates. Some foxing. A comprehensive general cookery book with Part XII being "Cookery for the Sick and for the Poor" and Part XIII being "Various Receipts and Directions to Servants." Also included are "Miscellaneous Observations for the Use of the Mistress of a Family." Has been described as "the most popular English cookbook of the first half of the nineteenth century.
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- Bookseller
- Blacket Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18988
- Title
- A New System of Domestic Cookery; Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and Adapted to the Use of Private Families
- Author
- A Lady" (Mrs. Maria Eliza Rundell)
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- A New Edition, Corrected
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1807
- Keywords
- Cookery
- Bookseller catalogs
- The Arts;
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Blacket Books
Payment should be made in advance either by credit card (Mastercard, Visa, Delta, Maestro or Switch), or by UK � Sterling cheque, or through Paypal. Cheques should be made payable to E. Laing. Postage and packing will be charged extra. Any book may be returned within 14 days. We will refund the full original order amount and, if there has been a misdescription on our part, we will also refund any reasonable refund shipping cost.
About the Seller
Blacket Books
Biblio member since 2005
edinburgh
About Blacket Books
Blacket Books is the business name of Liz and Ian Laing, who have been selling second-hand and antiquarian books since 1985. We are general booksellers but with some emphasis on Scottish, military and childrens books, and modern first editions. We are members of the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) and sell at book fairs throughout Scotland and the north of England. Our aim is to offer for sale worthwhile, collectable books at reasonable prices.
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