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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, purple cloth boards with gilt to spine. Exterior shows minor handling and spotting but spine is faded and rear cloth has two small holes, one near the bottom and the other at the spine edge near the top. Interior binding is good but small separation is present at page 96/97. Pages are toned due to age and foxing is present. Front end page shows previous owner's name lightly written in pencil as well as faint evidence of a price once penciled in the corner.

The Bodley Head, 1931. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This first edition is in good condition. Sunning and rubbing present to the spine and foxing to the title pages. Otherwise a good clean copy.

John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1931,. 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, xx,265pp, illustrated, somebrowning and foxing throughout, flyleaf removed and inner hinges cracked, purple cloth, worn, torn at top of spine, Fair condition / no dustwrapper. .

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1931 1st. Hardback, approx 9 x 5.5 inches. Purple/maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Top page edges yellow. In very good condition. Spine faded, a couple of minor handling marks to cloth. Authors inscription to front endpaper “For my dear, kind Addie, from Dorothy C. Peel.” Pages all very clean and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 265pp + 2pp adverts. B&W photo illustrations over 44 plates, plus smaller text ills. Dorothy Constance Peel, aka Mrs C.S. Peel, prolific journalist and writer of numerous books on household management and domestic social history. She wrote the weekly column “La Manage” on cooking and gave advice on economising during the First World War. She was appointed a co-director of the womens’ service in the Ministry of Food during this time along with Mrs Pember Reeves.