The Practical Cook Frances Dale
1949. First Published. 306 pages. Illustrative jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Stamp to pastedowns. Sticker to rear free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Dents to edges. Minor marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Noticeable sunning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.