Mrs. Edwards — Mrs. Edwards&Apos; Cookery Book

London, T. Werner Laurie, Ltd, 1913. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this uncommon cookery book from food writer Mrs. Edwards First edition. Uncommon work. With a bookplate to the front pastedown which reads: "Award of Merit: Presented by the Editor of Pearson's Weekly." Pearson's Weekly was a British weekly periodical founded in London in 1890 by Arthur Pearson, who had previously worked on Tit-Bits for George Newnes. The paper's stated aim was "To Interest, to Elevate and to Amuse". A charming cookery book full of recipes intended to make cooking as easy, palatable, and inexpensive as possible. Intended for the beginner to learn to cook dishes from soups, fish, joints, and pies, to puddings, breads, cakes, ices, drinks, jams, and more. Written by Mrs. Edwards, a British cook book writer. With eight leaves of publisher's advertisements to the rear. Dated from the British Library. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and fading to the extremities. The odd small mark to the cloth with a small stain to the bottom of the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers and page edges. With bookplates to the front pastedown and front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .