251 page hardback from B Jain Publishers of New Delhi.

Bargain secondhand in good condition.

First appeared in 1993. This is a reprint from 2000.

We have tried to find out who Frederick L Compton is but have drawn a blank!

Some of the text reads a little oddly to be honest.  For instance, page xviii of the forward states that the British Government has outlawed aluminium for cooking utensils 

The book is intended as a prophylactic guide and copiously quotes well-known and also some worthy but half-forgotten authorities from the past.