Title page and 86 pinted pages (some spotting throughout). Printed by Petter and Galpin, La Belle Suvage Yard, Ludgate Hill. Undated but 1855 or after (the publication date of one of the books in the back page advertisement, 'How to woo, when, and to whom', London : Ward & Lock, 1855). Includes a large number of recipes for cooking and remedies, cleaning, clothing, french polish, homeopathy, wigs, wine and ink &c. all arranged alphabetically.
Original printed endpapers with publisher's adverts. Some contemporary pencil notes on the verso of front and rear free endpapers.
110 x 160 mm. Original orange waxed cloth binding; spine titled in black; front cover titled in black with triple black mitred border; back cover with publisher's adverts. Covers slightly worn and wrinkled with old marks and stains from handling.
Priced at one shilling, this was a relatively inexpensive book. Once popular but now quite uncommon. No editions located in WorldCat. Not found in any edition in commerce.