Five Victorian-era English cookbooks in original bindings.
* Child, [Lydia Maria]. The Frugal Housewife. Engraved frontis. of two women in a kitchen. 4¾x3, embossed cloth, gilt-tooled & lettered spine. (Expertly rebacked with original spine cloth laid-on. Very good). London: Thomas Tegg, 1839.
* Hooper, Mary. Little Dinners: How to Serve Them with Elegance and Economy. ¾ green calf & cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Fifth Edition. (Fading to spine, else very good). London: Henry S. King, 1874.
* Delamere, Edmund S. & Ellen J. Wholesome Fare or, The Doctor and the Cook. 794 pp. (!). Red & black cloth, gilt-dec. & lettered spine. First Edition. (Chipping to spine ends, short tears to cloth along upper front joint, else about very good). London: Lockwood, 1868.
* An Experienced Cook. Every Family's Cookery Book. Steel-engraved frontis. & title page. Illus. with wood engravings of carving instructions. Gilt-stamped green cloth. Likely First Edition. Wakefield: William Nicholson & Sons, c.1850's.
* Mrs. De Salis. A La Mode Cookery: Up-to-Date Recipes. Illus. with 24 color plates. Gilt-tooled red cloth. Likely First Edition. (Near fine). London: Longmans, Green, 1902.