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THE COOKERY BOOK COLLECTION OF RUTH WATSON
Lot 29•
HENDERSON (WILLIAM AUGUSTUS) The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family Cook, [1795?]; and 5 others (6)
19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £612 inc. premium
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HENDERSON (WILLIAM AUGUSTUS)
The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family Cook, fifth edition, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates (2 folding), contemporary calf, spine ends restored [ESTC T63893; Maclean, pp.68-69; Simon BG 832], J. Stratford, [1795?]--[RUNDELL (MARIA ELIZA)] The New Family Receipt-Book, containing Seven Hundred Truly Valuable Receipts in Various Branches of Domestic Economy, light browning and staining, lacks p.65/6 and 79/80, repair to p.161, untrimmed in contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt, sides with ornate leafy borders enclosing Royal arms, later gilt panelled spine, inner gilt dentelles [Oxford p.137], Squire and Warwick for John Murray, 1810--MURRAY (ALEXANDER) The Domestic Oracle; or, a Complete System of Modern Cookery and Family Economy, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 8 plates (foxed), contemporary diced calf, rebacked and recornered [Simon BG 1080], Fisher & Son, [c.1826]--COPLEY (ESTHER) The Housekeeper's Guide, or a Plain & Practical System of Domestic Cookery, wood-engraved frontispiece, title and 4 plates, publisher's cloth, joints torn, Joseph Hayward, 1845--HUISH (ROBERT) The Alphabetical Receipt Book and Domestic Adviser, engraved title and 36 plates only (of 40, some hand-coloured), periodic browning and staining, frontispiece foxed contemporary diced calf, joints cracked, John Williams, 1826--DODS (MARGARET) The Cook and Housewife's Manual, twelfth edition, illustrations, light browning, modern red half morocco, spine gilt, Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1870, 8vo (6)