Lot 111
  • 111

Science, nutrition and retail--

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Description

  • Collection of 38 mostly nineteenth-century volumes, mostly in original bindings and generally in good condition, comprising:
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Accum, F. A Treatise on Adulerations of Food, and Culinary Poisons... the second edition... London: Longman et al., 1820, 8vo, original illustrated boards--Liebig, J. Organic Chemistry and its applications to Agriculture and Physiology... London: for Taylor and Walton, 1840, 8vo, original cloth, corners of two leaves torn without affecting text, worn--Anon. The Art and Mystery of Curing, Preserving, and Potting... London: Chapman and Hall, 1864, original cloth, bumped--Thomson, D. Handy Book of Fruit Culture under Glass. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1873, 8vo, original pictorial cloth, splitting and repairs to hinges--Oldfield, J. A Groaning Creation [Butchery and its Horrors]... London: Ideal Publishing, [c.1895], 8vo, original cloth, worn--Mortimer, W.G. Peru History of Coca... New York: Vail, 1901, 4to, numerous illustrations, original pictorial cloth--Fernie, W.T. Kitchen Physic... Bristol: Wright, 1901, 8vo, original cloth--Simmonds, W.H. The Practical Grocer... London: Gresham Publishing, 1909, 4 vol., 4to, original pictorial cloth--together with 27 others (38)

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Catalogue Note


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.


Newlands, John A.R. and Benjamin E.R. Sugar, a Handbook for Planters and Refiners (E. & F.N. Spon, 1909)
Simmonds, W.H. The Practical Grocer, Volume One (Gresham Publishing Company, 1909)
Simmonds, W.H. The Practical Grocer, Volume Two (Gresham Publishing Company, 1909)
Simmonds, W.H. The Practical Grocer, Volume Three (Gresham Publishing Company, 1909)
Simmonds, W.H. The Practical Grocer, Volume Four (Gresham Publishing Company, 1909)
Chittenden, Russell H. The Nutrition of Man (William Heinemann, 1907)
Liebig, Justus. Organic Chemistry in Its Applications to Agriculture and Physiology (Taylor and Walton, 1840)
Thompson, Henry. Food and Feeding... 'sixth edition, partially rewritten and considerably enlarged'... (Frederick Warne and Co., 1891)
Haig, Alexander. Diet and Food (J. & A. Churchill, 1898)
Vine, Frederick T. Saleable Shop Goods... fourth edition... (Baker and Confectioner, 1907)
Blyth, Harry. Magic Morsels (T.H. Roberts & Co., n.d.)
[Anon]. The Tricks of Trade... 'A New Edition with emendations and copious additions'... (Routledge, Warne, & Routeldge, 1859)
Thudichum, J.L.W. The Spirit of Cookery (Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 1895)
[Anon]. Paris – No.II, Specialized Restaurants [no publishers, n.d.], original wrappers
Watkins, Henry George. Affectionate Advice to Apprentices... 'the third edition'... (L.B. Seeley and Son, 1827)
D.D. Rural. Contributions to Natural History (William Blackwood and Sons, 1845)
Sawer, J. Ch. Odorographia... second series... (Gurney & Jackson, 1894)
Fielding, Sir Charles. Food (Hurst and Blackett, [c.1923])
Thompson, Sir Henry. Food and Feeding... eleventh edition... (Frederick Warne and Co., 1901)
[Anon]. Report from the Select Committee on Preserved Meats (Navy) (The House of Commons, 1852)
[Anon]. The Natural History of Common Salt (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1850)
Cuthbertson, D.P. Progress in Nutrition and Allied Sciences (Oliver and Boyd, 1963)
Williams, W. Mattieu. The Chemistry of Cookery... third edition... (Chatto & Windus, 1898)
Thomson, David. Handy Book of Fruit Culture Under Glass (William Blackwood and Sons,1823)
Oldfield, Josiah. A Groaning Creation (The Ideal Publishing Union, n.d.)
Fernie, W.T. Kitchen. Physic (John Wright & Co., 1901)
[Anon]. The Art and Mystery of Curing, Preserving and Potting... (Chapman and Hall, 1864)
Mortimer, W. Golden. Peru History of Coca (J.H. Vail & Company, 1901)
[Anon]. Notes on Digestion (John Morgan Richards, 1886), original wrappers
[Anon]. 100 Dainty Dishes (C.E. Fulford, n.d.)
[Anon]. Piggott Brothers (Piggott Brothers, 1870)
Smith, Edward. Practical Dietry... 'third and fourth thousands'... (Walton and Maberly, 1865)
[Anon]. Official Catalogue of the Twenty-Seventh Universal Cookery and Food Exhibition (The Food and Cookery Publishing Co., 1923)
Macé, Jean. The History of a Mouthful of Bread... 'First American edition, reprinted from the above, carefully revised and compared with the seventeenth French edition'... (Harper & Brothers, 1868)
Accum, Fredrick. A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons... second edition... (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, 1820)
Ryan, Catherine. Convalescent Cookery... a new edition... (Chatto & Windus, 1884)
Rabagliati, A. Air Food and Exercises (Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, n.d.)
Fernie, W. T. Meals Medicinal (John Wright & Co., 1905)