192pp; 6pp black and white photographic plates. Orange cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Previous owner's label on front paste down. Pages starting to tan from outer edges inwards. Otherwise, internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, two small closed tears top front, light chipping to edges, price unclipped. 8vo. Biography of Isabella, of cookery-book fame, and Samuel, her publisher husband, with the author being given full access by members of the family to personal papers and letters. With a foreword by Sir Mayson Beeton.