The Amateur Cook (1905, first edition)

Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell, her first commission

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Printing Details

First edition. Hardback in decorative boards. 19 × 14cm, 296pp.

A light-hearted trial-and-error cookbook, with recipes ranging Beauregard Eggs to Shredded Wheat and Mushrooms, and with 12 illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell (4 plates and 8 tailpieces). This is believed to be her first book commission.

Condition

Poor. A reading copy only. This book has been through the wringer... There is water damage to the covers, heavy scuffing to the rear joint and pencil marks to the margins throughout. But, it remains readable and all illustrations are present as per the index.