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Lot 109

Sale 5890 - Books and Manuscripts
Jun 25, 2024 11:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$400 - 600
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$762
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[Food & Drink] Group of 13 19th Century English Cookbooks

1 Henderson, W.A.
The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family Cook
London: J. Stratford, 1805. The Thirteenth Edition. Full contemporary diced Russia stamped in blind and in gilt, rebacked; all edges trimmed; marbled endpapers; bookseller's ticket on verso of front free endpaper. 

2. (Rundell, Maria Eliza)
A New System of Domestic Cookery; Formed Upon Principles of Economy…
London and Edinburgh, 1807. Second edition. 12mo. Three-quarter brown sheep with black spine label over marbled paper-covered boards; all edges trimmed; book-plate of Samuel Fothergill Lettson on front paste-down; other book-plate on front free-endpaper. 

3. (Rundell, Maria Eliza)
A New System of Domestic Cookery; Formed Upon Principles of Economy…
London: John Murray, 1816. A New Edition, corrected. Quarter brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards with red morocco spine label, all edges untrimmed; contemporary ownership inscription on original first blank; bookseller's ticket on front paste-down. 

4. Hunter, A.
Receipts in Modern Cookery; With a Medical Commentary
London: John Murray, 1820. A New Edition. 12mo. Quarter tan calf over marbled paper-covered boards, all edges trimmed. 

5. Armstrong, John
The Young Woman's Guide to Virtue, Economy, and Happiness…
Newcastle upon Tyne: Mackenzie and Dent, no date (1825). Third edition. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates. Three quarter brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards, all edges trimmed.

6. Kitchiner, William
The Housekeeper's Oracle; or, Art of Domestic Management…
London: Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co, 1829. First edition. Original brown paper-covered boards, rebacked, new white paper spine label; book-plate of Eleanor Lowenstein on front paste-down. 

7. Holland, Mrs. Mary
The Complete Economical Cook, and Frugal Housewife…
London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1838. The fourteenth edition. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt; yellow endpapers; ownership signature on recto of frontispiece. 

8. Dods, Mistress Margaret
The Cook and Housewife's Manual…
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd/London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co, 1842. Seventh edition. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt. 

9. Smith, Albert
The Physiology of Evening Parties
London: Richard Bentley, 1846. A New Edition, with additions and corrections. Printed pictorial paper-covered boards, rebacked, yellow endpapers. 

10. (Rundell, Maria Eliza)
A New System of Domestic Cookery… 
London: T. Noble, 1851. Later edition. 12mo. Brown cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt; all edges trimmed; yellow endpapers. 

11. (Hayward, Abraham)
The Art of Dining; or, Gastronomy and Gastronomers
London: John Murray, 1852. First edition. Three-quarter black leather over marbled paper-covered boards; all edges speckled;

12. Acton, Eliza
Modern Cookery, For Private Families…
London: Longman, Green, et al., 1865. Newly Revised and much Enlarged Edition, Copiously Illustrated. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt; all edges speckled; ownership signature on verso of front free endpaper. 

13. Hobbs, Samuel
One Hundred and Sixty Culinary Dainties
London: Dean & Son, no date (1884). First edition. Publisher's blue cloth stamped in blind, black, and in gilt; all edges trimmed; yellow endpapers; 

Condition varies. Lot sold with all faults. 

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