Cookery.- Smith (Mary) The Complete House-keeper, and Professed Cook, first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, both torn and offset, foxing and staining, heavy in places, contemporary sheep, worn, [Bitting p.439; Maclean p.136; Oxford p.106; Cagle 1000], 8vo, Newcastle, Printed by T. Slack, for the Author, 1772.
⁂ Quite scarce work by a woman who is described on the title-page as "Late House-keeper to Sir Walter Blackett, Bart. and formerly in the Service of the Right Hon. Lord Anson, Sir Tho. Sebright Bart. and other Families of Distinction, as House-keeper and Cook."
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