Household Books Published in Britain


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BARKER, Mary Anne (Lady)   


  • Bedroom and boudoir
    • 1276.1 The bedroom and boudoir.
      1878
      18.0 x 12.0 cm   Pp [i-xi] xii [1] 2-116, 1-4 ads   6 full-page illus including frontis, illus
      GB:   *LoEN   LB  
      US:   MCR  

      Binding: blue cloth.@One of the "Art at home' series. The price is given in a publisher's advertisement. @The book is mainly concerned with the decoration and furnishing of bedrooms but also includes chapters on "The sick room' and "The spare room'.

  • Houses and housekeeping
    • 1277.1 Houses and housekeeping. A fireside gossip upon home and its comforts. By Lady Barker, author of "Station life in New Zealand", "Station amusements", etc.
      1876
      16.0 x 11.0 cm   Pp [i-vi] [1-3] 4-170 [1-14] ads  
      GB:   LoEN   LB   OB   *OPo(F)  

      Binding: cloth, gilt. @This collection of essays and anecdotes includes an eyewitness account of the pioneering cookery lectures given by J.C. Buckmaster and his assistants. There are also a few practical hints.


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