| Acanthus Books features cookbook and food history titles from antiquity to the early 20th century, as well as historical household management, gardening, landscape design, architecture, and interior decoration titles. Whether you're looking for affordable culinary or home & garden reference in the form of historical reprints, or hard-to-find titles like the Leeds Symposium and Oxford Symposium papers, and the culinary journal Petits Propos Culinaires (PPC), Acanthus Books has something interesting for everyone. Scroll down to view site navigation instructions.  To move around this site use the links found on the NAVIGATION BAR in the upper left corner. See ONLINE CATALOG to browse by category, or BROWSE BY ERA to view books grouped by historical period, such as Middle Ages, English Civil War, Victorian, &c. If you know the title, author, or subject of a book you're searching for, use SEARCH BY KEYWORD, or browse our alphabetized title list using the INDEX. At the bottom of every page you'll find hyperlinks to the various categories within our ONLINE CATALOG, use these for easier navigation. If you've BOOKMARKED any pages be sure to "refresh" them each time you visit. SEARCHING for something you don't find here? Ask us! We have many used books available, and conduct book searches free of charge. We'll obtain any US or UK titles you're searching for, at competitive prices. 
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Secure Ordering: Your ordering details will remain safely confidential because they're submitted to Acanthus Books via Yahoo's secure server. Privacy Policy: Acanthus Books does not send promotional materials nor sell, rent or trade any of the personal information you provide as a result of your purchase or inquiry.  A page from our featured book, Beeton's Book of Household Management. This beautiful facsimile reprint of the 1861 Bouverie Street first edition contains reproductions of all the original chromolithograph plates. |
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