Search Results: The Cook's Guide, and Housekeeper's & Butler's A… by Charles Elme Francatelli

London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1884 58th Thousand .Owner's signature and date on fep, binding a little tender, foxing on tissue guarding portrait of author but otherwise internally pretty fresh; cover a little marked with slight wear to extremities of spine; overall a tight attractive copy.

London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1880. A Practical Treatise on English and Foreign Cookery in all its Branches; Containing Plain Instructions for Pickling and Preserving Vegetables, Fruits, Game, &c.; the Curing of Hams and Bacon; the Art of Confectionery and Ice-Making, and the Arrangement of Desserts. 524 pages, clean and clear. Rebound in 1947. Brown cloth cover with black titles. Corners bumped and worn, edges worn. VG. Hardcover. Very Good.

London: Bentley, 1861. First Edition. Hard Cover. (London: Richard Bentley 1861). Presumed First UK Edition. A book-plate to the front paste-down. Re-bound in dark green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. This copy has an additional section at the back (bound in) on trussing and carving. There are no ads at the rear of this book. A VG copy. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: Richard Bentley, 1865. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. First blank removed. Frontispiece tissue-guard loose. Pages gently tanned with scattered spotting throughout. . Hardback. Physically 7” x 4½” (1 kg); (xx) 524 (16 ads.)pp; Index; 18th thousand. The full title being The Cook's Guide, and Housekeeper's & Butler's Assistant: A Practical Treatise on English & Foreign Cookery in All Its Branches, Containing Plain Instructions for Pickling & Preserving Vegetables, Fruits, Game, &c., The Curing of Hams and Bacon, the Art of Confectionery and Ice-making, and the Arrangement of Desserts: With Valuable Directions for the Preparation of Proper Diet for Invalids, also for a Variety of Wine-cups and Epicurean Salads, American Drinks, and Summer Beverages. Includes: Tissue-guarded Frontispiece; Line drawings; Menus; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the… Read More