Undated (circa 1880s). 16pp publisher's ads, xiv, 306pp. Brown cloth-covered boards, black design and gilt titles on front spine. Bumped spine ends, cloth wearing through at ends and edges of cover. Lightly bumped corners and edges, cloth rubber. Text block edges dusty, tanning and starting to fox. Small ink stain on top text block edge. Cocked. Endpapers tanning and foxing. Front gutter cracked. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 12mo. Brown cloth decorated boards. A dictionary of food by the consulting chemist of The Pure Comestibles Company. Intended to be of some practical value and interest to ladies superintending their housekeeping, superior hotel-keepers, or their managers, and to all who concern themselves with the delicacies and necessaries that find their way to the table.
