Links are to online-available copies of these works, searchable, browsable and downloadable as PDF files, unless another format is noted here. Please feel free to contact me with questions or suggestions for additional texts to include. This list is a work in progress during my dissertation research.
Formatting is as follows:
Year: Title – (Publisher) [Notes.]
Link
Books written and edited by Isabella Mary Mayson Beeton (IMMB) prior to her death on February 6, 1865:
1861: Beeton’s Book of Household Management – (S. O. Beeton) [First edition, same pagination as magazine supplement parts published 1859-1861 with the Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine]
Archive.org – Leeds University
Archive.org – Wellcome Library
Archive.org – Oxford [including some covers from original serial publication in parts, but missing parts/pages]
Project Gutenberg [plain text HTML, E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, Sandra Brown, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders]
1863: Beeton’s Book of Household Management – (S. O. Beeton)
Archive.org – Bodleian Library
1865: Mrs Beeton’s Dictionary of Every-Day Cookery – (S. O. Beeton) [“Usque Ad Finem” notice, the only publisher acknowledgement of her death, included here]
Archive.org (PDF)
Project Gutenberg (multiple e-book formats to download)
Posthumous Editions and Works Attributed to Isabella Beeton after her death:
Here in the end matter of a different work is a list of books supposedly “Prepared by Mrs. Beeton” published after her death (from Ward, Lock, and Tyler)
1866: Beeton’s Book of Household Management – (S. O. Beeton) [new illustrations]
Hathi Trust – Univ. of Michigan
1869: Beeton’s Book of Household Management: Entirely New Edition, Revised and Corrected – (Ward, Lock, & Tyler) [note to the new edition by Samuel Orchart Beeton (SOB) here]
Archive.org
1870: Beeton’s Book of Needlework – (Ward, Lock, & Tyler) [Preface by SOB attributes its content to IMMB.]
Archive.org
Project Gutenberg (multiple e-book formats to download)
1875: The Englishwoman’s Cookery Book – (Ward, Lock, and Co.) [With “I.B.” signature on Preface]
Archive.org
1875: Beeton’s Young Englishwoman: A Volume of Pure Literature, New Fashions, and Pretty Needlework Designs – (Ward, Lock, & Tyler) [Not IMMB-specified, but Beeton-branded and similar in content to EDM / BoHM]
Archive.org
1879: Beeton’s Housewife’s Treasury of Domestic Information – (Ward, Lock, & Bowden)
Hathi Trust
Archive.org
Archive.org (incorrectly hand-marked 1865)
1883: Beeton’s Housewife’s Treasury of Domestic Information – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
Archive.org alternate copy, Leeds, marked 1880
1887: Beeton’s All About Cookery – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1888: The Book of Household Management: Entirely New Edition – (Ward, Lock) [Note title change, includes many advertisements and multiple dated prefaces]
Hathi Trust – black and white scan
Archive.org – color scan
1888: Mrs. Beeton’s Every Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book – (Ward, Lock) Archive.org
1891: Mrs. Beeton’s Every Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book – (Ward, Lock) Archive.org
1893: The Household Encyclopedia and Practical Home Physician by Mrs. Beeton and A. L. James, MD. – (National Book & Picture Co., Chicago) [Table of Contents says 1883]
Archive.org
Hathi Trust
1895: The Book of Household Management – (Ward, Lock & Bowden)
Archive.org
1898: Mrs Beeton’s Cookery Book: And Household Guide – (Ward, Lock, and Co.)
Hathi Trust
1899: The Book of Household Management – (Ward, Lock)
[includes many advertisements and multiple dated prefaces: 1861 IMMB Preface note here, 1869 SOB Preface note here 1899 new edition preface note here, advertisement specifically for multiple Mrs. Beeton books here]
Archive.org
1900: Mrs. Beeton’s International Cookery – (Platt & Peck, New York) [includes narrative preface here on the greatness of “Mrs Beeton” including Doyle quotations from Sherlock Holmes as evidence]
Hathi Trust
1901: Mrs. Beeton’s Cookery Book: A Household Guide, New Edition – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1905: Mrs. Beeton’s Cookery Book: New Edition – (J. S. Doidge, Blackpool) [includes many advertisements]
Archive.org
1906: Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management: New Edition Revised, Enlarged, Brought Up To Date and Fully Illustrated – (Ward, Lock, and Company)
Hathi Trust
Archive.org
1907: Mrs Beeton’s Every-Day Cookery: New Edition – (Ward, Lock, and Company)
Hathi Trust
Archive.org
1907: Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management: New Edition Revised, Enlarged, Brought Up To Date and Fully Illustrated – (Ward, Lock, and Company)
Archive.org
1909: Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management – (Ward, Lock, and Company)
Hathi Trust
1915: Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management – (Ward, Lock, and Company)
Hathi Trust
1923: Mrs Beeton’s Cookery Book – (Ward, Lock, and Company)
Hathi Trust
1923: Mrs Beeton’s Everyday Cookery – (Ward, Lock, and Company)
Hathi Trust
1950: Mrs Beeton’s English Cookery – (Crown, New York)
(search only) Hathi Trust
Hathi Trust
Archive.org
1950-59: Mrs Beeton’s English Cookery – (Crown, New York)
Hathi Trust
1951: All About Cookery – (Ward, Lock)
(search only) Hathi Trust
1960: Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Cookery and Household Management – (Ward, Lock)
(search only) Hathi Trust
1969: Facsimile Edition of the original 1861 Beeton’s Book of Household Management – (Facsimile published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York)
Hathi Trust
Archive.org
1971: Mrs Beeton’s Cookery in Colour – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1977: Mrs Beeton’s Favourite Party Dishes – (Bobbs-Merrill, New York) [Edited by Maggie Black]
Archive.org
1977: Mrs Beeton’s Poultry & Game – (Bobbs-Merrill, New York) [Edited by Maggie Black]
Archive.org
1977: Mrs Beeton’s Favourite Cakes & Bread – (Ward, Lock) [Edited by Maggie Black]
Archive.org
1982: Mrs. Beeton’s Cookery For All (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1983: Mrs Beeton’s Book: A Music-Hall Guide to Victorian Living by Michael Hurd – (Novello)
(search only) Hathi Trust
1986: Mrs. Beeton’s Traditional Cookery – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1990: Mrs. Beeton’s Everyday Cookery – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1990: Breakfast with Mrs. Beeton: Hearty Fare – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1990: Mrs. Beeton’s Cookery in Colour – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1990: Mrs. Beeton’s Christmas Book: Practical Ideas for Creating the Traditional Christmas – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1991: A Picnic with Mrs. Beeton: Outdoor Feasts – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1991: Mrs Beeton’s Complete Book of Fish & Seafood Cookery – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1992: Mrs Beeton’s Main Course Cook Book – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1993: Mrs Beeton’s Pantry – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1993: Mrs Beeton’s Complete Book of Puddings and Desserts – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1993: Mrs Beeton’s Traditional Cake Decorating – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1994: Beeton’s Book of Household Management: An Illustrated Facsimile of the First Edition – (facsimile published by Chancellor Press)
Archive.org
1994: Mrs. Beeton’s Healthy Eating: Easy Dishes for Entertaining – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1994: Mrs. Beeton’s Healthy Eating: Making More of Vegetables – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
1997: Mrs Beeton’s Best of British Home Cooking – (Ward, Lock)
Archive.org
2000: Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management – (Oxford University Press) [Abridged Edition, Oxford World’s Classics series, Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Nicola Humble]
Archive.org
2004: Essential Beeton: Recipes and tips from the original domestic goddess – (Summersdale) [Edited by Alastair Williams]
Archive.org
2005: The Best of Mrs. Beeton’s Easy Everyday Cooking – (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group)
Archive.org
2005: The Best of Mrs. Beeton’s Household Tips – (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group)
Archive.org
2006: Mrs Beeton’s Household Management – (Wordsworth Editions Limited) [Wordsworth Reference Series]
Archive.org
2006: Project Gutenberg plain text of The Book of Household Management [available for download in multiple formats]
Archive.org
Project Gutenberg
2007: The Best of Mrs Beeton’s Christmas – (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group)
Archive.org
2007: The Best of Mrs Beeton’s Easy Entertaining – (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group)
Archive.org
2011: The Campaign for Domestic Happiness – (Penguin Books) [Great Food Series]
Archive.org
2012: Mrs Beeton Classic Meat Dishes by Isabella Beeton and Gerard Baker – (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) [Forward by Fergus Henderson]
Archive.org
2012: Mrs Beeton Fish & Seafood by Isabella Beeton and Gerard Baker – (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) [Forward by Mark Hix]
Archive.org
2012: Mrs Beeton Soups & Sides by Isabella Beeton and Gerard Baker – (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) [Forward by Thomasina Miers]
Archive.org
2012: Mrs Beeton Puddings by Isabella Beeton and Gerard Baker – (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) [Forward by Dan Lepard]
Archive.org
