Buy this book on-line Beeton : HOUSEWIFE'S TREASURY of Domestic InformationWard, Lock & Bowden Ltd, London, 1881
8vo. Folding frontis. [fine], 1056pp. Pub. red cloth with gilt decoration and titles to the spine. Illus. throughout with folding and single plates and vignettes to the text. An advert for Whelipton's Pills states 'Estab. 1835' and forty-six years of production confirms the date as c 1881. Very few adverts as this was the first edition. Packed with social information of late Victorian England including The House and Its Furniture; Artistic Homes; Economical House-Keeping; Children and what to do with them; The Toilet; Etiquette of Modern Society; Home Needlework;Art Needlework; Our Leisure Hours. The full title reads: Title: Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration ... 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". Only 4 copies on Copac and only one edition appears to have been published. A scarce item.. Book Condition: V.g.. Binding: Hardback Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Beeton : HOUSEWIFE'S TREASURY of Domestic Information. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres rares, collectables, antiquarian books, out-of-print books and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |