The Work of the House. by PEEL, Mrs C.S.:

Constable & Co Ltd, 1923. Hardcover. Good. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 245 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to hinges and gutters. Binding loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces.

London: Associated Newspapers, Ltd., 1919. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Firmly bound, decorated green cloth boards. Spine surface is missing, scuffing, creases and dust spotting on covers. No jacket, reading copy only.

Constable & Company, 1916. New Revised Edition. Hardback. Fair. 276pp Red cloth spine with Green cloth boards. A fair reading copy. Hinges cracked. Binding rubbed and dust soiled contents mostly clear with an odd foxing spot.

London: Archibald Constable, 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good copy in original green boards with title in black to front board, red cloth spine. xvpp + 252pp + 4pp advertisements. Recipes for cooking on a budget..

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1931 1st. Hardback, approx 9 x 5.5 inches. Purple/maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Top page edges yellow. In very good condition. Spine faded, a couple of minor handling marks to cloth. Authors inscription to front endpaper “For my dear, kind Addie, from Dorothy C. Peel.” Pages all very clean and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 265pp + 2pp adverts. B&W photo illustrations over 44 plates, plus smaller text ills. Dorothy Constance Peel, aka Mrs C.S. Peel, prolific journalist and writer of numerous books on household management and domestic social history. She wrote the weekly column “La Manage” on cooking and gave advice on economising during the First World War. She was appointed a co-director of the womens’ service in the Ministry of Food during this time along with Mrs Pember Reeves.

Constable & Company, 1918. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Folded paper covers. Text is toned but sound. Covers are shelf worn with nicks to corners and spine. Size: Small octavo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; .

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd., 1933. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). First printing. Lacking jacket. Blue cloth binding. Browning to page edges. Foxing to first and last few pages, text is otherwise clean throughout. Autobiography of the celebrated domestic economy author. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xvii, [1], 296

United Kingdom: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1905. 1st Edition . Paperback. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Mrs C.S. Peel's Cook-Books series No IV. Includes: Bread & Cakes, Home-made Wines, Jams, Preserves & Pickles, and a short chapter of Toilet Recipes. First Edition. Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, London 1905. 96 + 4pp adverts pb covers discoloured & stained, pages browned, fair

United Kingdom: Constable & Co Ltd, 1923. Hardcover. Good/NO Dustwrapper. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Constable & Co Ltd, London 1923. illus viii + 246pp hb covers discoloured, pages browned, couple of illustrations loose, good

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1917. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 5.25 x 7.75 inches (14 x 20 cm). Blue buckram binding, outer and lower page edges untrimmed. Browning to spine and board edges. A couple of light stains to boards. Bumping to corners. Page edges browned. Scattered foxing to text. Good solid binding. A classic cookery title issued during the First World War, when meat was rationed at 2.5 lbs per head per week. Scarce. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.25 x 7.75 inches (14 x 20 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. 207, [1], [4] (ads)