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1896 · rif. 973Y18 — London: Constable and Company; George Newnes; T. Nelson and Sons et al 1896-1954. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Not Stated . A pleasing collection of cookery books and various guides to home management with authors including Lucy H. Yates and P. H. Ditchfield. This collection features sixteen volumes the majority of which are various cookery books. Interspersed are guides on hosting homely hints and gardening as well as a biographical work on Isabella Beeton by her niece Nancy Spain and a very scarce autobiography of "international hotelier" Auguste Wild. In the original cloth bindings. The entirety of this set comprises the following: Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time by P. H. Ditchfield 1896 A Younger Sons" Cookery Book by A Younger Son"s Daughter 1896 Andrew Glendinning"s Apple Tree Cookery Book and Guide to Rational Diet Edited by Albert Broadbent 1902 Homely Hints on Food and Cooking Digestion and Indigestion 1902 The Gardener and the Cook by Lucy H. Yates 1912 More Ways of Entertaining Your Guests by Dorothy Dickinson 1913 A Handbook of Cookery for School and Home by Ada T. Pearson 1914 Easy-to-Make Confectionery and Sweets 1922 The New Butterick Cook Book Revised and Enlarged by Flora Rose 1924 – Third printing American Women"s Club Cookery Book Compiled and Edited by Pearl Droste Plogsted 1928 Tit-Bits Book of Wrinkles: A Complete Library of Invaluable Hints on Every Home Subject Edited by A. C. Marshall c1930 Rural Rides by William Cobbett 1932 The Edinburgh Book of Advanced Cookery Recipes 1933 Magic in Herbs by Leonie de Sounin 1946 – Fifth printing Mrs Beeton and Her Husband by Her Great Niece Nancy Spain 1948 Mixed Grill in Cairo: Experiences of an International Hotelier by Auguste Wild 1954 In the original cloth bindings. Externally smart with moderate rubbing and bumping across the set most notably to the spine of 'Younger Sons'. Damp spots and marks to the cloth of 'American Women's Club' 'Handbook' and 'Confectionery'. Fading to the spines of 'Advanced' and 'Rural Rides'. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd spot through the majority of volumes. Ownership bookplate tipped-in to the front free endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper of 'Old English'. Very Good Constable and Company; George Newnes; T. Nelson and Sons et al hardcover