The Book Of Household Management

London: S. O. Beeton, 1861. First edition. First edition, first printing, first issue with "Bouverie St" on the illustrated title page; with the farmyard frontispiece. xl, 1112 pp. Complete with 12 color plates. Bound in recent purple cloth with black leather backstrip lettered in gilt, new endpapers. Very Good with foxing to endpapers, occasionally to plates, toning along edges.… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Hardcover. 1969. Facsimile repr. Thick 12mo 1112pp . Very Good+ in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations. Comprising information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen-maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, upper and under house-maids, lady's maid, maid- of-all-work , laundry-maid, nurse and nurse-maid, monthly, wet, and sick nurses, etc. Etc. Also, Sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda; With… Read more about this item

NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Bookplate on front free endpaper, . jacket lightly sunned at spine.. 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. 0374215138 . xxxix, 1,112 pages. Facsimile reprint of this 1861 cookbook and compendium of Victorian household advice. Red boards. Measures 7 x 5 x 2.5 inches. Fascinating and still relevant reading.; 8vo… Read more about this item