Nineteenth-Century English Household Management--

[Anon]. The Housekeeper's Receipt Book... London: for the editor, 1817, frontispiece and numerous plates, rebacked--[Anon]. The New Family Receipt Book... new edition. London: Murray, 1824, original boards, worn with some loss--Cobbett, W. Cottage Economy... new edition. London: for the author, 1824, original boards, some dampstaining, loss to head of spine--Kitchiner, W. The Housekeeper's Oracle... London: Whittaker et al., 1829, frontispiece, original boards, worn with some loss; another copy in contemporary calf, rebacked--Sears, M.U. The Female's Encyclopaedia... London: Sears, 1830, numerous illustrations, modern cloth--Worrall, J. The Domestic Receipt Book... Todmorden: Walton and Chambers, 1832, modern wrappers--together with 32 others including works by S.A. Barnett, F.L. Calder, W. Lauzun-Brown, E.E. Mann, A.G. Payne, L.F. Simpson, J.H. Walsh and Jenny Wren (39)

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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.

Worrall, Joseph. The Domestic Receipt Book... (J. Walton, 1832), original wrappers
Cobbett, William. Cottage Economy... new edition... (Charles Clement, 1824)
Walsh, J.H. The English Housekeeper's Book... (Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860)
[Anon].The New Family Receipt Book... a new edition, considerably improved... (John Murray, 1824)
Walsh, J. H. A Manual of Domestic Economy... new edition... (Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1861)
[Anon]. Guide to Happiness [no publisher, n.d.]
[Anon]. Hostess and Guest (Ward, Lock & Co., n.d.)
[Anon]. Selfridge's Household Encyclopaedia (Selfridge's, 1929)
Kitchiner, William. The Housekeeper's Oracle (Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., 1829)
Calder, F.L. and E.E. Mann. A Teacher's Manual of Elementary Laundry Work... second edition... (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892)
Kitchiner, William. The Housekeeper's Oracle (Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., 1829)
Simpson, Leonard Francis. The Handbook of Dining (Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1859)
Payne, A.A. Common Sense Papers on Cookery... 'fourth thousand'... (Cassell Petter & Galpin, [1889])
Sears, M.U. The Females Encyclopaedia of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge (Sears & Co., 1830)
[Anon]. The Housekeeper's Receipt Book... ([no publisher], 1817)
[Anon]. Spon's Household Manual (E. & F.N. Spon, 1887)
Wren, Jenny. The Complete Art of Dinner-Giving (Alexander Gardener, [1891])
[Anon]. The Best Way Book No.3 (The Amalgamated Press, n.d.)
[Anon]. The Best Way Book No.2 (The Amalgamated Press, 1909)
[Anon]. Coelebs in Search of a Cook (James Blackwood, n.d.)
Lauzun-Brown, W. Useful Information for the Home (S. Trenner & Son, n.d.)
Pierce, Charles. The Household Manager (Geo. Routledge &Co., 1857)
Barnett, Mrs. Samuel A. The Making of the Home... 'sixty-fifth thousand'... (Cassell and Co, n.d.)
[Anon]. The Best Way Book (The Amalgamated Press,1907)
Langley Moore, June & Doris. The Pleasure of your Company (Gerald Howe, 1933)
[Anon].The Dictionary of Daily Wants (Houlston and Sons, [c.1870])
[Anon]. The Book of the Household (The London Printing and Publishing Co., n.d.)
[Anon]. The Dictionary of Daily Wants in Three Volumes, Vol. I... 'sixtieth thousand' ... (Houlston & Wright, [c.1859-60])
[Anon]. The Dictionary of Daily Wants in Three Volumes, Vol. II... 'sixtieth thousand' ... (Houlston & Wright, [c.1859-60])
[Anon]. The Dictionary of Daily Wants in Three Volumes, Vol. III... 'sixtieth thousand' ... (Houlston & Wright, [c.1859-60])
Barnett, Mrs. Samuel A. The Making of the Home... 'fifth-fifth thousand'... (Cassell and Co, n.d.)
Thomas, Annie. The Modern Housewife (Ward, Lock and Co., n.d.)
Garrett, Theodore Francis. The Encyclopaedia of Practical Cookery, Division II. – Cak to Cro (L. Upcott Gill, n.d.)
Garrett, Theodore Francis. The Encyclopaedia of Practical Cookery, Division III. – Cro to Gri (L. Upcott Gill, n.d.)
Garrett, Theodore Francis. The Encyclopaedia of Practical Cookery, Division IV. – Gri to Mus (L. Upcott Gill, n.d.)
Garrett, Theodore Francis. The Encyclopaedia of Practical Cookery, Division V. – Mus to Pin (L. Upcott Gill, n.d.)
Garrett, Theodore Francis. The Encyclopaedia of Practical Cookery, Division VI. – Pin to Ser (L. Upcott Gill, n.d.)
Garrett, Theodore Francis. The Encyclopaedia of Practical Cookery, Division VII. – Sha to Tut (L. Upcott Gill, n.d.)
Garrett, Theodore Francis. The Encyclopaedia of Practical Cookery, Division VIII. – Twe to Zwe (L. Upcott Gill, n.d.)