Manual of Household Work Annie Butterworth 1922 New Impression Illustrated
 
Bibliographic Details
Title: Manual of Household Work and Management
Author: Annie Butterworth, Domestic Arts Department, University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff
Illustrated: With small illustrations in the text, including illustrations on pages 13, 36, 37, 42, 53, 77, 82, 98, 181 and 199, with slightly larger illustrations on pages 69, 70 and 119.
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
Place: London, New York, Toronto, Bombay, Calcutta and Madras
Printer: William Clowes and Sons, Limited, Beccles
Date: 1922
Edition: New impression
This is not a first edition. The work was first published in 1902, followed by a second edition, revised and enlarged, in 1906, and a third edition, revised and enlarged, in 1913. Bibliographical records also identify a 1922 Longmans edition of 235 pages, corresponding to this copy. 
 
Historical & Bibliographical Context
Annie Butterworth's Manual of Household Work and Management is a detailed early twentieth-century handbook of domestic economy and household administration, originally intended particularly for students and those undertaking formal instruction in domestic science. The 1922 impression is especially interesting for its insight into the practical expectations, technologies and domestic routines of the period.
Its 36 chapters range from choosing a house and managing a larder to household accounts, servants' duties, lighting, fuel, bedding, table appointments, carpets, wall coverings, metals, glass, china, laundry, clothing and household cleaning. It also addresses infectious disease, disinfectants, first aid and the care of infants, demonstrating how domestic management encompassed both practical housekeeping and contemporary ideas of hygiene and health.
The 1922 preface is particularly useful historically, noting revisions concerning the thermal reckoning of gas and the fluctuating prices of household commodities. The book therefore captures a period in which household management was becoming increasingly systematised and informed by domestic science. Google Books confirms the 1922 Longmans edition and its 235-page extent. 
The work is also significant for women's educational history. Butterworth's position within the Domestic Arts Department of University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire reflects the growing institutionalisation of domestic science as an area of formal education. Contemporary descriptions emphasise that the manual was intended not simply for housewives but also for those training as teachers of domestic science. 
Today, copies are of interest to collectors of domestic history, women's history, social history, household manuals and the history of everyday life, as well as those interested in the development of domestic science education.
 
About the Author
Annie Butterworth was a British writer and teacher of domestic science associated with the Domestic Arts Department of University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff, where she taught practical household management. Her manual was used as an educational text and went through several revised editions, reflecting its sustained usefulness. 
 
Binding & Exterior
Original green cloth binding over boards and spine, with black borders and lettering to the front board and spine. The binding remains intact and robust. There is rubbing to the edges, a few marks, white pen numbering to the spine reading "613-51", slight discolouration to the spine, a very small split at the head of the spine and very soft bumping to the corners.
 
Interior Condition
The pages are lightly tanned and generally neat, clean and predominantly uncreased. There is only occasional light foxing or small marking, without obscuring the text. There is slight rubbing near the lower margin of page 17 and a couple of very small edge tears which do not affect the text. There is a little pen marking on page 119; please see the photograph provided.
All pages are secure. There is very light rubbing and an extremely light, partial crack at the front pastedown gutter, together with an extremely light partial gutter crack between pages 110 and 111. These are minimal. No pages are missing and the book has been checked for completeness.
 
Physical Details
Pages: xvi + 235 pages, including additional pages 55A and 55B
Dimensions: Approximately 19 × 13 × 2.4 cm
Weight: Approximately 271 grams
 
Provenance
No significant provenance identified. The white pen numbering "613-51" on the spine appears to be an institutional or shelving reference rather than personal provenance.