ELIZA ACTON: MODERN COOKERY FOR PRIVATE FAMILIES REDUCED TO A SYSTEM OF EASY PRACTICE IN A SERIES OF CAREFULLY TESTED RECEIPTS.. London, Longmans Green Reader & Dyer, 1873, new edition, 8 engraved plates as called for, contemporary half leather worn, plus ARTHUR GAY PAYNE: CHOICE DISHES AT SMALL COST, London, Cassell, 1888, cheap edition, lacks front free end paper, contemporary cloth, plus EMILY: HOME COOKERY AND COMFORTS, London, C Arthur Pearson, 1906, vol 11, 9 monthly issues in one, February, May to September, November to December, contemporary cloth soiled plus C J S THOMPSON: THE HOUSEWIFE'S HANDY-BOOK THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY USEFUL EVERYDAY RECIPES, London, John Hogg, [1896], first edition, original cloth plus MISTRESS A E CONGREVE: THE ONE MAID COOKERY BOOK, London, Herbert Jenkins, circa 1913, popular edition, original pictorial cloth worn and soiled, lacks back strip, dis-bound plus W EADES COLE (ED): HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES A BOOK OF RECIPES COLLECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF DONHEAD ST MARY CUM CHARLTON, Gillingham, Dorset, printed by T H Brickell, 1930, first edition, original pictorial wraps soiled, plus two other cookery titles in mixed condition (8)