Dods, Matilda Lees. Handbook of Practical Cookery. New and Enlarged edition. In which special prominence is given to the preparing of new cakes, jellies, etc. ; to very simple recipes for cottage cookery ; also to various modes for preparing food for the sickroom. Eyre & Spottiswoode (Bible Warehouse), Limited. 33, paternoster Row, E.C. London, Edinburgh and New York. 1906. India paper, 50 leaves of plates, pages: xix, 836. Rounded corners. All edges gilt. Original marbled endpapers. Front endpapers glued together. 47 x 58 mm. Original full brown reverse calf; spine with titling in gilt and embossed horizontal lines. Extremely light handling wear, particularly at the foot of the spine. Matilda Lees Dods was one of the pseudonyms of Scottish author Christian Isobel Johnstone (1781-1857), a name originally used in Walter Scott's novel St Ronan's Well. Bondy, 139. Welsh, 2511. OCLC, 13987563. WorldCat locates 22 copies worldwide.