Mrs beeton s original

Hardback. English. Cassell. 1999. ISBN:. 352pp. In good condition. Book No: 45845

 MRS BEETON'S ALL ABOUT COOKERY WITH OVER 2000 PRACTICAL RECIPES WITH 8 PLATES IN COLOUR AND OVER 100 ILLUSTRATIONS WITH SECTIONS ON........ Labour Saving Household Work Servants Duties Carving and Trussing The Art of "Using-Up" Meals & Menus & many more. Published by Ward, Lock & Co, no publishing date (1940?), H/C, 640 pages, includes beautiful advertising plates both front & back. Minor staining on front cover, spine very good, large stain on back cover, no stamps, names, signatures, foxing or spotting, binding very good, O/A in good condition. POSTAGE R55.00

Hardcover. English. Ward Lock & Co. No Date. 768pp with several pages of adverts at the back. Good condition in slightly worn olive boards, corners bumped. 1 small bite out of front page and foxing on endpapers. Cooking classic from the doyen of etiquette and food.

Facsimile of first edition (originally published in 1859-61). 1984, reprinted. Hard cover with dust cover. 1112 pages. Very good condition: tightly bound, neat and clean. Over 1kg..   

  Postcard addressed to Mrs.Ernest Oppenheimer, Kimberley, South Africa, 1906, original, text in french, postmarks Kenley (London) and Kimberley (South Africa), 135 x 87 mm, condition: good.   Translation of text from French to English (with errors), 'Thank you for your card, Am happy that you had a good trip, Your new life is starting, Be Happy!  Raymond sends his best wishes (friendship, love) with the thanks (sic) of the both of us. Affectionately yours,  (Pino or Dino or Jino).   Sir Ernest Oppenheimer joined Dunkelbuhler & Company, a London diamond brokerage, in 1897, and was sent out to South Africa in 1902.    Mary Lina "May Lina" Pollack, the daughter of an english stockbroker married Ernest Oppenheimer in London in June of 1906 and left for the diamond center of Kimberley in the Northern Cape (South Africa) shortly afterwards. This postcard arrived in Kimberley on the 15th August 1906, less than two months after the wedding. The couple had two sons. It is noteworthy that the London postmark is Kenley, to the south of the capital and lying in what is known as the stockbroker belt, a' green'  residential corridor or belt favoured by the professional classes. The offices of Dunkelbuhler & Company were in Hatton Garden.  The Hatton Garden Diamond District is an area within Holborn, depicted in pictorial on the card.                 Sir Ernest Oppenheimer was associated with De Beers and founded the Anglo American Corporation                  De Beers is currently (2016) responsible for approximately 35% of the world's diamond production.                             Sir Ernest Oppenheimer is regarded as the founder of modern South Africa.                                                                                                    Offered by an established dealer in rare books and documents located in Johannesburg.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days This exquisite collector's edition, celebrates the original, 1958, edition of the best-loved story of Paddington, the classic bear from Darkest Peru, now a major movie star. "A bear? On Paddington station?" Mrs Brown looked at her husband in amazement. "Don't be silly, Henry. There can't be!" Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him on Paddington station. Since then their lives have never been quite the same...for ordinary things become quite extraordinary when a bear called Paddington is involved. Features Summary This exquisite collector's edition, celebrates the original, 1958, edition of the best-loved story of Paddington, the classic bear from Darkest Peru, now a major movie star. Author Michael Bond Publisher HarperCollins Children's Books Release date 20151006 Pages 128 ISBN 0-00-815401-5 ISBN 13 978-0-00-815401-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days This exquisite collector's edition, celebrates the original, 1958, edition of the best-loved story of Paddington, the classic bear from Darkest Peru, now a major movie star. "A bear? On Paddington station?" Mrs Brown looked at her husband in amazement. "Don't be silly, Henry. There can't be!" Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him on Paddington station. Since then their lives have never been quite the same... for ordinary things become quite extraordinary when a bear called Paddington is involved. Features Summary This exquisite collector's edition, celebrates the original, 1958, edition of the best-loved story of Paddington, the classic bear from Darkest Peru, now a major movie star. Author Michael Bond Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20151008 Pages 128 ISBN 0-00-815401-5 ISBN 13 978-0-00-815401-1

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) With an introduction by Jeanette Winterson This unique collection of poems from the Poet Laureate, filled with her characteristic wit, is a feminist classic and a modern take on age-old mythology. Who? Him. The Husband. Hero. Hunk. The Boy Next Door. The Paramour. The Je t'adore. Behind every famous man is a great woman - and from the quick-tongued Mrs Darwin to the lascivious Frau Freud, from the adoring Queen Kong to the long-suffering wife of the Devil himself, each one steps from her counterpart's shadow to tell her side of the story in this irresistible collection. Original, subversive, full of imagination and quicksilver wit, The World's Wife is Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy at her beguiling best. Format:Paperback Pages:96

Original adventures of the classic bear from Darkest Peru, soon to be a major movie star! Paddington is in charge of the "EYETINNERY" and, as Mrs Bird mutters darkly, "There's no knowing where we might end up." But Paddington is planning some very good holiday 'doings' indeed for the Browns. And he even becomes the only bear ever to ride in the famous Tour de France bicycle race! Paddington Bear has touched the hearts of adults and children worldwide with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for more than fifty years. Format:Paperback Pages:144