F. A. Steel; G. Gardiner — The Complete Indian Housekeeper & Cook

London, William Heinemann, 1904 . Cloth. The 'New and Revised Edition' of Flora Annie Steel and Grace Gardiner's colonial domestic manual intended to guide British women in managing households in British India. First published in 1898, this is the December 1904 'new and revised' edition of this work, which is scarce in all contemporary editions.A fascinating volume which offers detailed advice on supervising servants, maintaining hygiene, and coping with the unfamiliar climate and customs, alongside recipes adapted for Anglo-Indian tastes.With advertisement leaf to the rear.With the inscription of Bc. Carter to the title page head.Former owner's recipe notations to rear free endpaper, with age toned recipe clippings to front free endpaper.Written by two British women with extensive experience living in colonial India, the book served as an essential guide for British 'memsahibs' (wives of colonial officials) managing households in the region. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Shelf wear to back strip tail, with light fraying to joints, and front joint head and tail starting, with board a touch tender. Former owner's inscriptions to rear free endpaper, recipe clippings pasted to front free endpaper. Internally, binding a touch strained. Inscription to title page head. Pages clean and bright. Good . Ill.: None. Good .