MRS. BEETON'S ALL-ABOUT COOKERY 1920's - WARD LOCK & CO LIMITED

Mrs Beeton, Cookery, Cookbook, Food, Recipes, labour-saving, Household, Housekeeping, servants', Laundry, marketing, renovations, Carving, trussing, Leftovers, table decorations, table Napkins, menues, Beverages. 640pp inc index 8 plates in colour lots of illustrations plus  pages of adverts Undated. Perhaps the most ubiquitous and quintessential cookery book of the Victorian Age. The book includes lots of practical recipes and sections on labour-saving, household work, servants' duties, laundry work, marketing, renovations, carving and trussing, the art of 'using-up', table decorations, table napkins, meals and menues, beverages, etc."For similar undated unfaded copy please see and read description at:  http://www.star-dot-star.net/si/007924.html

Undated New edition 1920's Hardback  faded cloth, black titles on spine still visible, not on front (water-damaged) Hardback is still well-attached to pages. Please look at photo of bleached hardback.  Pages well-binded and clean, everything in place, one page has a small clean tear, no paperloss.  First past-down advertisement page little paperloss but advertisment is still very clear like all the other pages. There is 8 colour plates in this copy description with index and lots of black and white illustrations. Text clear so book can still be used.