Mrs. Beeton's Family Cookery
by Mrs Beeton
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
-
Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Ward, Lock and Co, 1907. Spine and hinges heavily cracked and chipped. Boards rubbed with stains. Newspaper cuttings and clippings adhered to front endpapers and last index page. Foxed throughout, gutters cracked, shaken, owner details to recto of frontis, text and plates clean.. Quarter Leather. Poor. 8vo Thick.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53559
- Title
- Mrs. Beeton's Family Cookery
- Author
- Mrs Beeton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Size
- 8vo Thick
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...