Isobel Home Notes (14 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Stated. 114 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering. Heavy tanning to pages throughout. Some gutter cracking. Previous owner's name to front paste down. Front hinge slightly cracked. Some gutter cracking. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting to spine ends, corners and along rear joint. Notable scuffing, small stains and marking to boards.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Mint. First Edition. This copy is in fine, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dustwrapper is in mint condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly This book of handy hints for the new housewife was first published in the Edwardian era, and includes recipes, medical advice, fashion tips and the dangers that can lurk in the home (e.g. the unhealthiness of carpets and the poisonous colours of wallpaper). In this new edition, the most unusual entertaining pieces of advice have been collected together along with the charming contemporary advertisement and a fascinating section about folding serviettes. Revealed in this authentic Edwardian housewife's guide to life: why it is advisable to scatter lead around your home, the benefits of applying lard to your eyebrows, why you should break a raw egg into your walking boots, and how the teeth may be polished beautifully with cocaine. Ref KKK 1.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Believed First Edition . Boards somewhat worn and rubbed, quite heavy soiling. Hinges are tight, no loose pages. Previous owners signature to front end papers, no other inscriptions noted. Hinges tight, no loose pages. Light staining to top of first few pages and several page corners turned over.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Undated but 1st ed. Sm 8vo. 114pp + adverts.Isobel Handbook No. 2. Price One shilling. Useful hints for both the household & the inhabitants. Some are probably still relevant to this day, others not so. Some of the adverts are fascinating - you could treat yourself to a "Frank" Rippingille's patent stove for the princely sum of £ 2 12s 6d. The binding is a little strained & there is a little tanning & foxing. The boards are sl. rubbed & grubby but overall a decent copy for its age. Scarce.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Lightly marked boards. Overall a very good tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First or early edition. 128pp, endpapers foxed and pages tanned, but contents otherwise unmarked and in good clean order: includes some advertisements. In the original binding of green cloth printed in black. Boards firm, with some toning and soiling, upper joint fraying a little.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. pp 128. 3pp advert to front and rear, Original Grey cloth boards, lettered in black on front with 1s price on binding. THE ISOBEL HANDBOOKS no 1, Preface dated February 1895. Clean pages, slight offsetting. Rare true first with all points correct.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Title page undated, The British Library date this book to 1899 A very scarce Victorian book on women's health and beauty, with chapters on makeup, the art of dress, the complexion, hair and health, nails, teeth, eyes, eyebrows, perfumes, hair dyes, etc Bound in the original pictorial cloth, 7.5 inches tall approx., 152 pages, not illustrated The cover has some marking and rubbing wear else in good general condition, internally the cheap paper stock has browned throughout, some creased page corners, old ownership name (pictured) to top of first contents page, else in good general condition.