Nineteenth-Century Cookery Books

[Rundell, M.E.K.] A New System of Domestic Cookery... sixty-eighth edition... Murray, 1845, frontispiece and nine plates, recased with repairs to spine--Napier, Mrs. A. A Noble Boke off Cookry ffor a Prynce Houssolde or eny other Estately Houssolde, reprinted verbatim from a rare ms. in the Holkham Collection, inscription "with Mrs Napier's compliments, Feb. 1st 1882" on loosely inserted leaf, Elliot Stock, 1882, uncut, original decorated boards, binding slightly soiled--Soyer, A. The Modern Housewife... second edition. Simpkin et al., 1849, recased with repairs to spine and new endpapers--Soyer, A. The Modern Housewife… [thirty second thousand]. Simpkin et al., 1856, original cloth, binding worn, slightly spotted--Bishop, F. The Illustrated London Cookery Book and Complete Housekeeper. J. Haddon, printer, 1852, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional title, folding plate of the kitchen at Windsor castle and numerous illustrations, original blind- and gilt-stamped cloth, occasional light spotting, slightly soiled--Acton, E. Modern Cookery, for Private Families… newly revised... Longman, et al, 1858, 8 engraved plates, later half calf, plates slightly soiled--Acton, E. Modern cookery... newly revised... Longman, et al, 1860, 8 plates, slightly worn--Brillat-Savarin, J. A. A Handbook of Gastronomy. New and Complete Translation. J.C. Nimmo and Bain, 1884, 52 etchings by A. Lalauze, number 43 of 300 copies printed for sale in England, original quarter vellum gilt, spine slightly soiled--[Cook, C. H.] The Curiosities of Ale and Beer: An Entertaining History. By John Bickerdyke [pseudonym], Field & Tuer, The Ladenhall Press, E. & C., et al., [1886], first edition, presentation copy from the author to Frederic M. Halford, original boards gilt, folding box, slightly soiled--[Anon]. Finchley Manuals of Industry... Cooking... third edition. Masters, 1851, contents loose, lacking front free endpaper--[Anon] "Crey-Fydd". Meals for the Million... suited to incomes varying from £100 to £250 a-year... Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1867, contents shaken--Marshall, A.B. Larger Cookery Book of Extra Recipes... [sixth thousand]. Marshall's School of Cookery, [c.1890s], slightly worn--Phillips, H. Pomarium Britannicum… second edition. T and J Allman, 1821, later quarter calf, slightly browned in margins--together with 51 others including volumes by Mrs [I.M.] Beeton, Mary Davies, C.E. Francatelli, Alphonse Gouffé, Mary Hooper, Mary Jewry, A.B. Marshall, J. Milner Fothergill and Alexis Soyer--mostly 8vo, some bindings worn

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We are happy to provide an indicative listing of individual books in this lot as a general guide to our clients, but the listing may not be exhaustive. Please note that the sale is subject to our conditions of business which cover the lot description as provided in the printed catalogue, and it is the catalogue lot description that governs the sale not the additional listing.

Nutt, F. The Complete Confectioner... third edition (Mathews and Leigh, 1806)

Schnebbelie, J. C. The Housekeeper’s Instructor… the seventeenth edition. (printed for Thomas Kelly, [1811]), contemporary tree calf

Schnebbelie, J. C. The Housekeeper’s Instructor… the seventeenth edition. (printed for Thomas Kelly, [1811]), later half calf

Phillips, H. Pomarium Britannicum… second edition. (T and J Allman, 1821)

[Jarrin, G.A. Italian Confectioner. (John Ebers, 1829)]

[Humelbergius, Dick, secundus., pseud]. Apician Morsels… (Whittaker, Treacher and Co., 1834)

[Rundell, M.E.K. A New System of Domestic Cookery... c.1840s]

Rundell. A New System of Domestic Cookery... sixty-eighth edition... (John Murray, 1845)

Viart, Fouret et Delan. Le Cuisinier Royal… vingtième edition… (Paris: Gustave Barba…,1846)

Soyer, Alexis. The Modern Housewife or Ménagère... second edition... (Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1849)

[Anon]. The Finchley Manuals of Industry, No.1: Cooking... third edition... (Joseph Masters, 1851)

Bishop, F. The Illustrated London Cookery Book and Complete Housekeeper. (J. Haddon, printer, 1852)

[Anon]. A New System of Domestic Cookery... a new edition... (Milner and Sowerby, 1854)

Soyer, A. The Modern Housewife… [thirty second thousand]. (Simpkin et al., 1856)

[Anon]. Modern Domestic Cookery... 'an entirely new and revised edition'... (John Murray, 1857)

Acton, E. Modern Cookery, for Private Families… newly revised... (Longman, et al, 1858)

Simmonds, P. L. The Curiosities of Food… (Richard Bentley, 1859)

Simpson, L. F. The Handbook of Dining or how to Dine… (Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1859)

Acton, Eliza. Modern Cookery for Private Families... newly revised and enlarged edition... (Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860)

[Anon]. The Family Save-All (W. Kent & Co., 1861)

[Anon]. The Family Save-All (W. Kent & Co., 1861)

[Anon]. The Oyster; Where, How, and When to Find, Breed… second edition (Trübner & Co., 1863)

Soyer, Alexis. A Shilling Cookery for the People... "Two Hundred and Fifty-Second Thousand"... (George Routledge & Son, 1865)

[Watts, E.]. Fish: and How to Cook it. (Frederick Warne & Co., 1866)

[Anon]. A New System of Domestic Cookery... a new edition... (William Tegg, 1867)

Cre-Fydd. Meals for the Million... (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1867)

Blot, P. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery, for Ladies and Professional Cooks… (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1868)

[Anon]. The Kitchen Directory, and American Housewife… (Dick and Fitzgerald, 1869)

[Rundell, M.E.K.] A New System of Domestic Cookery... a new edition... (Milner and Sowerby, [c.1870s?]) 30.  

[Rundell, M.E.K.] A New System of Domestic Cookery... a new edition... (Milner and Sowerby, [c.1870s?])

Gouffé, Jules. The Book of Preserves (Sampson, Low, Son, and Marston, 1871)

[Anon]. Cookery and Domestic Economy for Young Housewives... new and improved edition... (William and Robert Chambers, 1871)

Francatelli, Charles Elmé. The Cook's Guide... 'fourtieth thousand'... (Richard Bentley & Son, 1875)

Dumas, A. Dictionnaire de Cuisine… (Paris: Librairie Alphonse Lemerre, 1882)

Napier, Mrs. A. A Noble Boke off Cookry ffor a Prynce Houssolde or eny other Estately Houssolde, reprinted verbatim from a rare ms. in the Holkham Collection, (Elliot Stock, 1882)

[Anon]. A Cup of Coffee… (T Fisher Unwin 1883)

Hooper, Mary. Every Day Meals... sixth edition... (Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1884)

Brillat-Savarin, J. A. A Handbook of Gastronomy. New and Complete Translation. (J.C. Nimmo and Bain, 1884) 39.  

[Cook, C. H.] The Curiosities of Ale and Beer: An Entertaining History. By John Bickerdyke [pseud.], Field & Tuer, The Ladenhall Press, E. & C., et al., (1886)

Hooper, Mary. Nelson's Home Comforts... eighth edition... G. Nelson, Dale, & Co., 1887)

[Anon]. Buckmasters Cookery... new edition, carefully revised... (George Routledge & Son, 1887) [Anon]. The Pytchley Book of Refined Cookery and Bills of Fare... third edition... Chapman and Hall, 1887)

Fothergill, J. Milner. Food for the Invalid... second edition, revised and enlarged... (Macmillan and Co., 1887)

Davies, Mary. Invalid Cookery (J. S. Virtue & Co., 1888)

[Anon]. Soups, Savouries, Sweets… (Richard Bentley and Son, 1889)

Thomson, H. Food and Feeding… sixth edition (Frederick Warne and Co. 1891)

[Anon]. Recipes for the Million (T. Fisher Unwin, 1891)

Harrison, M. Mary Harrison’s Guide to Modern Cookery… (Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1891)

[Anon]. Home Cookery. (Raithby, Lawrence & Co., 1892)

Marshall, Agnes B. Mrs. A. B. Marshall's Larger Cookery Book of Extra Recipes... 'sixth thousand'... (Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1894)

Isobel. Dainty Dishes for Slender Incomes (C. Arthur Pearson, 1895)

[Anon]. Anglo-Indian Cookery at Home: A Short Treatise for Returned Exiles. (Horace Cox, 1895)

Hérissé, E. The Art of Pastry Making… second edition (Ward, Lock, & Bowden, Limited, 1895)

[Young, Mrs. H.M.]. Liebig Company’s Practical Cookery Book… (Liebig’s Extract of Meat Company, Limited, 1897)

Beeton, Isabella. The Englishwoman's Cookery Book... new and improved edition... (Ward, Lock & Co., n.d.)

Beeton, Isabella. All about Cookery (Ward, Lock & Co., n.d.)

Jewry, Mary ed. Warne's Model Cookery and Housekeeping Book... (Frederick Warnes & Co., n.d.)

Hart. High Class Cookery Made Easy (Lorimer & Gillies, n.d.)

Rundell. A New System of Domestic Cookery (T. Allman, n.d.)

[Anon]. The practical housewife, forming a complete encyclopaedia of domestic economy… (Ward and Lock, [n.d.])

Jewry, Mary ed. Warne's Model Cookery... new edition... (Frederick Warne and Co., n.d.)

Jewry, Mary ed. Warne's Model Cookery and Housekeeping Book... (Frederick Warne & Co., n.d.)

Marshall, A.B. Mrs. Marshall's Cookery Book... revised edition... (Robert Hayes, n.d.)