Description and condition:

Recently rebound in red cloth with gilt spine lettering and new EPs, 8vo, xxx 1056 pp., b/w engravings, fold-out plates.

Slight rubbing to the board edges. One of the plates has stuck to the opposite page which left a few letters missing, minor and still readable, there is also some repair to the outer edges of the fold-out plates, which would have been done at the time of re-binding. Occasional slight foxing but overall with crisp and clean pages. A nice copy of this hard to find title.

Contents:

Beeton's Housewife's Treasury of Domestic Information comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic, decoration, economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters. With every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home. A companion volume to 'Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management.' This title contains the same text as 'Ward and Lock's home book'.