Tabitha Tickletooth (16 results)

Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

paperback. Condition: New. 1st.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. A Facsimile Edition of the 1860 original. Condition near perfect.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. facsimile edition. 224 pages. 7.25x4.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Soft cover facsimile reprint of 1869 original in near fine condition, book label of former owners, Harlan and Delia Walker on front free endpaper, no other sings of previous ownership, small creasing to wrappers. Harlan Walker was the organiser for many years of the Oxford Food and Cooking Symposium, (Book ref. 9116).

Condition: New. 1999. Paperback. . . . . .

Condition: New. 1999. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Facsimile of the 1860 edn. Prospect Books, 1999. Paperback, (xiv), frontispiece (of the author in drag), vi, 192pp. very light wear to lower cover else v.g. Sage advice to young women setting up home, stoves, lighting, furniture etc. as well as giving clear and wonderful instructions in cookery. With an introduction by Alan Davidson.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Facsimile of the 1860 edn. Prospect Books, 1999. Paperback, (xiv), frontispiece (of the author in drag), vi, 192pp. v.g. Sage advice to young women setting up home, stoves, lighting, furniture etc. as well as giving clear and wonderful instructions in cookery. With an introduction by Alan Davidson.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. (5)-vi, (1), 8-192 pages; The Dinner Question advises the reader on myriad questions to do with dining, focusing on cooking and dining on an economical budget. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraving of "the author" - "From a photograph by Herbert Watkins." Publisher's advertisements on pastedowns and free endpapers. Bound in original publisher's paper covered boards. Still attractive, though lacks spine strip, corners rounded with some loss, edges rubbed. Some minor rubbing to the boards. Contents complete and clean, rear hinge intact, front hinge splitting with an amateur repair; first signature stands proud. A good example of this increasingly scarce work [see images]. "Tabitha Tickletooth" was the pseudonym of Charles Selby, a 19th century English comic actor and playwright. Though approaching the work with good humour, Selby was serious about this culinary and household guide for young housewivesNonetheless, the author peppered the work with witticisms and appears dressed as "Tabitha" in the frontispiece illustration. This book appeared at a time when middle-class couples were feeling increasingly insecure over the many details and decisions involved in running a modern household. Much of it pokes fun at the gastronomical snobbery of the time. The book provided 'plain instructions for the preparation of plain dishes at the least possible expense.' Isabella Beeton's more widely known Book of Household Management was published the year after, but Tabitha's The Dinner Question is quite informative and much more entertaining. The author proudly asserts the book to have been "stewed down from fifty cookery books [and] seasoned with the practical knowledge derived from nearly forty years' experience in housekeeping." There are also sections discussing Parisian restaurants, and suburban and London dining-houses. Useful instructions on processes such as killing and skinning an eel are keenly presented. An historical footnote: "Among [Selby's] works was The Marble Heart (1854), a translation of Théodore Barrière's Les Filles de Marbre. The play is best known today for a 9 November 1863 performance in Washington, D.C., where President Abraham Lincoln watched John Wilkes Booth, playing the villain Raphael. Booth directed some of his threatening lines directly to Lincoln, causing one of Lincoln's party to remark "he looks as if he meant that for you." Lincoln agreed, noting "he does look pretty sharp at me, doesn't he?" [Wikipedia].

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Second Edition. 192p, 18mo. A poor copy in pictorial boards. Significant wear to spine and hinges, webbing exposed. Rear board partially detached. Previous owners' names and a gift inscription penned on first two leaves.

Condition: Good. New Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed and darkened. Later blue cloth spine. Some foxing. 170mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 192pp. . Garnished with Anecdotes of Eminent Cooks and Epicures, as well as Wise Saws in Gastronomy from the Great Masters. Illustrated hardback board cover with blue cloth spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. This is an exceedingly rare copy of "THE DINNER QUESTION" - or, How to Dine Well and Economically by Tabitha Tickletooth. 1860 "New Edition" (stated) - published the same year as the 1st edition; Routledge, Warne, and Routledge; London. Hardcover. "Combining the Rudiments of Cookery with Useful Hints on Dinner Giving and Serving, and Other Household Words of Advice: Garnished with Anecdotes of Eminent Cooks and Epicures, as Well as Saws in Gastronomy from the Great Masters." "Tabitha Tickletooth" was the pseudonym of Charles Selby, a 19th century English comic actor and playwright. With an Index at the back, and three pages of publisher's advertisements at both the front and back. Rare in any condition. "Selby/Tickletooth provides recipes appropriate for the era along with a dose of tongue-in-cheek humor. Much of it pokes fun of the gastronomical snobbery of the time. As he says, the book provided 'plain instructions for the preparation of plain dishes at the least possible expense.' Tickletooth also provides advice on other items of domestic life, including, appropriately enough, care of the teeth. Restaurant in London and Paris are reviewed, and he quotes an older gentlemen's warning about eating rabbit in certain French establishments: 'the hares cooked in these cheap establishments have in general short ears, and are apt to mew.'" Condition: Soiling to the covers; worn corners. The leather over the spine is incomplete with pieces missing. Disbound - the front cover and opening pages up to page 32 have separated from the spine and are not attached. Despite being disbound, all pages are present including the opening advertisement pages, frontispiece, title & copyright pages, contents pages, introduction, and all numbered pages up to page 32. The remaining pages (page 33 and on) are attached to the spine. The pages are in great condition - clean with only a small chip at the outer edge of the title page, and a light stain at the inner edge of the frontispiece. A nice candidate for repair because of the clean interior.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce first edition of Tabitha Tickletooth's useful guide to dining well and economically, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first and only edition of this work.With the pictorial cover of Tabitha Tickletooth in well preserved condition.'Tabitha Tickletooth' was the nom de plume of Charles Selby, an actor and comic farce dramatist.Vanishingly scarce, last seen at auction in 1977 and then in a very parlous state (and also lacking the spine which seems fragile).'The Dinner Question' advises the reader on a myriad of different questions to do with dining, focusing on cooking and dining on an economical budget.Illustrated with a frontispiece.Publisher's adverts to the pastedowns and endpapers.Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart, though lacking the spine. A little bumping to the extremities. Minor marks to the boards. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean. Good. book.