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The Universal Cook, and City and Country Housekeeper: Containing all the Various Branches of Cookery: The Different Methods of Dressing Butchers Meat, Poultry, Game, and Fish; and of Preparing Gravies, Cullices, Soups, and Broths
by Francis Collingwood and John Woollams
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed by C. Whittingham for J. Scatcherd, 1801. 3rd Edition . Very Good. 5.75 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.5 cm). Full leather binding, rebacked retaining original title label. Tears to leather on rear board, boards restored, endpapers replaced. Former library copy with small square stamp to recto of frontis, verso of final plate and to several margins within the text. Single stamp with small withdrawn label to verso of title page. Complete with the half title page, portrait frontis (dated 1792), carving plate facing p320, and 12 Bill of Fare plates (one for each month). Foxing to plates, a few ink spots to prelims, clean text throughout. Originally published in 1792, a French language edition was issued in 1810. Bitting p94; Oxford p120. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. [28], 452
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1206C002
- Title
- The Universal Cook, and City and Country Housekeeper: Containing all the Various Branches of Cookery: The Different Methods of Dressing Butchers Meat, Poultry, Game, and Fish; and of Preparing Gravies, Cullices, Soups, and Broths
- Author
- Francis Collingwood and John Woollams
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by C. Whittingham for J. Scatcherd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1801
- Size
- 5.75 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.5 cm)
- Keywords
- , Cookery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Bindings; Cookery;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
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About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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