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    By Nicholas Soyer; Mary Hooper; Mrs. H. M. Young; Mrs. Ronald Taylor; Mrs. Beeton; F. Marian McNeill; None Stated
    London; Glasgow,; Leeds   Goodall, Leeds & Andrew Melrose, London; G. Nelson, Dale & Co., Ltd.; Liebig’s Extract of Meat Company, Limited; Henry J. Glaisher; Ward, Lock & Co., Limited; Blackie & Son Limited
    7.5" by 5" 103 [3]; 112 [6]; 120 [2]; viii [1], 104; 238 [4]; xv, 311, xvii–xxii; xvi, 259 pp.
    A bright seven-volume collection of British cookery and household guides from 1893-1934, including works by Mrs Beeton, Mary Hooper, Nicholas Soyer, and F. Marian McNeill.
    By Nicholas Soyer; Mary Hooper; Mrs. H. M. Young; Mrs. Ronald Taylor; Mrs. Beeton; F. Marian McNeill; None Stated

    1893-1934 7 Vols Early British Culinary and Domestic Works

    London; Glasgow,; Leeds   Goodall, Leeds & Andrew Melrose, London; G. Nelson, Dale & Co., Ltd.; Liebig’s Extract of Meat Company, Limited; Henry J. Glaisher; Ward, Lock & Co., Limited; Blackie & Son Limited
    7.5" by 5" 103 [3]; 112 [6]; 120 [2]; viii [1], 104; 238 [4]; xv, 311, xvii–xxii; xvi, 259 pp.
    A bright seven-volume collection of British cookery and household guides from 1893-1934, including works by Mrs Beeton, Mary Hooper, Nicholas Soyer, and F. Marian McNeill.
    £180.00
    : 1kgs / : 984H23
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    Description

    Colour Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

    In the publisher's original red cloth bindings.

    A charming seven-volume collection of late Victorian and early twentieth-century British cookery and domestic guides, offering a survey of changing culinary tastes, household advice, and food culture from 1893 to 1934.

    The set includes notable names such as Mrs Beeton, Mary Hooper, Nicholas Soyer, and F. Marian McNeill, alongside scarce and lesser-known practical works. 

    Compromising of: 

    Liebig Company’s Practical Cookery Book compiled by Mrs. H. M. Young (1893).

    Good Things, Made, Said & Done (c.1897), lacking the title page.

    Nelson’s Home Comforts by Mary Hooper (1903), twenty-second edition, revised and enlarged.

    Mrs. Beeton’s Cookery Book: A Household Guide (1907), a new edition, illustrated.

    Soyer’s Paper-Bag Cookery by Nicholas Soyer (1911).

    Amongst the Pots & Pans (Dainty Cookery) [1899] by Mrs. Ronald Taylor. 

    The Scots Kitchen: Its Traditions and Lore with Old-Time Recipes by F. Marian McNeill (1934), a reprint.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, generally smart. The odd handling mark and spot of damp staining to boards. Spines slightly faded, Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, occasionally resulting in slight loss to cloth. Frontispiece of “Soyer’s” disbound, but present. Title page of “Good Things,” lacking. Front and rear joints of “Liebig” reinforced. Addendum to publisher information affixed to title page of “Amongst the Pots.” Front board and spine of “Mrs Beeton’s” fully disbound with binding materials exposed, but with rear board holding. Rear free endpaper and final leaf of advertising torn out of “Mrs Beeton’s.” Previous owner’s inscription to front free endpaper of “Scots Kitchen.” Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean if typically age toned with the odd spot and handling mark heavier to fore edges and first and last few leaves.

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