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An uncommon late Victorian cookery book with recipes for Desserts and supper dishes. Some of the desserts include, Bananas with rum, Champagne Jelly and a very old method for Iced Coffe. Very Good Condition. Patterned paper covered boards with blue cloth spine. Binding is firm and pages are clean except minor tanning and foxing. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Boards have moderate dge-wear with some bumping to coenrs and markings to edges. Small droplet stains to front board.

This is a first edition of Dickens' 7th serialized novel, 'Dombey and Son' smartly bound in contemporay half-calf. This edition carries several first state hallmarks, including the vignette of Captian Cuttle with hook on his left arm, no page entry for the frontis and title page on page ixv, p.14 'aint' has no apostrophe, p.582's last line has no full stop. The book includes 38 plates by H.K. Bronwe (Phiz) and an engraved frontispiece and vignette to title page. Very Good Condition. Half-bound in brown calf with marble paper covered boards. Bound by Simms & Dinham of Manchester. Binding is firm and pages are light tanned. Plates carry the usual light browning and foxing that is common with Dickens plates. Boards have light edge-wear with minor peeling to leather at corners and spine ends. Spine is sound and gilt lettering remains bright.

An early edition of Dickens' collected Christmas Stories, including 8 original black and white illustrated plates from John Leech and others. The Stories include: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man.Near Fine Condition. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Book has been rebound, suspected remainder binding. Binding and hinges are firm. Contents page is slightly loose. Pages and plates are clean with minimal tanning. Boards are clean with minimal edge-wear, light crushing to spine ends and bumping to corners.