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Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; lxiv, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Cookery. Housekeeping. 1 Kg.

lxiv / 404 pp + adverts to endpapers and 2 pages of ads at either end, blue and red cloth with gilt titles, 4 guard mounted double page chromolithographic plates. Cloth marked and stained, corners and spine ends scuffed hard and eroded, backstrip torn down both sides with a little loss, hinges cracked, front hinge weak, one gathering loose and edge worn where proud of fore edge, some spots and marks to pages, inscription date 1875 verso frontispiece, a number of contemporary handwritten recipes laid in. The book is complete with bright plates but much worn