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19013554907242441901. First Edition. Hard Cover. New York and London: Physical Culture Publishing Co 1901. First Edition. Publisher's full brown cloth binding with very faded but still visible white lettering on spine. A clean tight and unmarked copy. 249pp. index advertisements. No inscriptions. Slightly soft spine tips. A VG or slightly better copy. No dustwrapper. Quite uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
1938355490724036London 1938. First Edition. Tunbridge Wells Kent: A Romary & Coy Ltd nd 1938. First UK Edition. A softback not issued with a dustwrapper. String-bound. The book is un-dated but from the web we believe that it was published in 1938 as per the copy in the New York Public Library. A VG copy with a faint crease to the bottom right-hand corner of the front cover. A no rubbing foxing or loss. A very nice copy indeed of this fragile production. Romary's had quite a reputation as a manufacturer of specialist biscuits and it is said that they continued to be made until the early 1980's as the late Queen Elizabeth the Second enjoyed them. They are now unavailable. Romary's were founded by Alfred Romary in 1986 in Tunbridge Wells in 1862 as Biscuit Makers and his fame spread when in 1876 Queen Victoria visited the shop and so they gained a coveted Royal Warrant. Uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request. unknown
1938355490724037London 1938. First Edition. Tunbridge Wells Kent: A Romary & Coy Ltd nd 1938. First UK Edition. A softback not issued with a dustwrapper. String-bound. The book is un-dated but from the web we believe that it was published in 1938 as per the copy in the New York Public Library. This copy is about VG with slight loss to the edges of the spine; faint creasing to the covers; and some foxing spots in places to the interior. Romary's had quite a reputation as a manufacturer of specialist biscuits and it is said that they continued to be made until the early 1980's as the late Queen Elizabeth the Second enjoyed them. They are now unavailable. Romary's were founded by Alfred Romary in 1986 in Tunbridge Wells in 1862 as Biscuit Makers and his fame spread when in 1876 Queen Victoria visited the shop and so they gained a coveted Royal Warrant. Uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request. unknown
19093554907240411909. First Edition. Manchester: Albert Broadbent 1909. First UK Edition. A softback with deckled edges. Hand-sewn binding. A VG copy with clean interior. 50 useful salad recipes. Quite scarce. Photographs/scans available upon request. unknown
193215476AB1932. Tokyo 1932 27 : 20 cm. 6 leaves 12 plates with many coloured illustrations. Coloured illustrated original wrappers. Beautiful sample book of Japanese sweets. A hugh varaity of different designs for sweets. - In front end paper there shows Chokudai: theme of the Imperial Poetry Contest. The theme is 'Morning Sea'. Some of Japanese song which match the theme. 1932 was the Year of the Dog so there are some sweets which use the Dog mark. - One corner a bit pumbed back wrapper missing. unknown
2008355490724144London 2008. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO BRITISH FOOD WRITER AND FOOD EDITIOR JILL NORMAN. Publisher's full deep red cloth binding with gilt spine title yellow end-papers 320pp. incl. 2-page frontispiece map of China. A fine copy in like dustwrapper. Inscribed by the Author to the title page: "To Jill/ Lots of love/ Fuchsia Dunlop/ with name underneath in Chinese characters". Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
1923355490724023London: Heinemann 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. 8vo. pp viii 120. Original Publisher's yellow cloth front cover and spine lettered in black and with designs blocked in black to both. Colour frontispiece by J. E. Laboureur. A VG copy lightly foxed and offset to both sets of end-papers. Interior contents clean. The dustwrapper is in several pieces and is laid inside the book. It can only be classified as poor although most of the front cover and front flap are present together with the back panel and rear flap and the spine somewhat diminished in 3 parts showing that the book was originally sold at 5/-. This first edition is exceedingly scarce. Photographs/scans available upon request. Heinemann hardcover
355490723598Travancore India: Privately Published nd 1940's. Produced to raise funds for Victory in WW2. Recipes provided by past and present Residents including some of the Indian ladies in the planting district of the High Range of Travancore nowadays referred to as the High Range of Kerala being at least 600 metres above sea level Includes a superb selection of curries and Indian dishes. Not in World Cat or Library Hub. Some surface loss to the spine otherwise a VG copy. Not issued with a dustwrapper as far as we are aware. Rare. Photographs/scans available upon request. unknown
355490724406First Edition. Hard Cover. Anerley: J Nichols "Press" Printing Works nd 1920's. First UK Edition. Publisher's hardback green boards lettered in black to the front board. 250 recipes contributed by well-known ladies and gentlemen. A VG copy. Quite uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
197928770New York:: Macmillan 1979. First Printing of this Edition . A Near Fine copy with faded remainder dot on top edge in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. This omnibus edition referred to as "the essence of M.F.K. Fisher by Julia Childs collects in a single volume five of Fisher's most important books on food and food culture: How to Cook A Wolf; Consider the Oyster; Serve it Forth; The Gastronomical Me; An Alphabet for Gourmets. Macmillan, unknown
1748355490723990London 1748. Hard Cover. London: Printed for the Author at Mrs Wharton's Toy-Shop nd 1748. The scarce third edition of this important and immensely popular cookery book by Hannah Glasse dated from 1748 as per ESTC. 330 pages. All publication information was taken from ESTC Reference T163724. First published in 1747. This cookbook was extremely popular upon publication and ran through at least forty editions some unauthorised. Written in plain and simple language for servants to understand and follow instructions easily it contains various useful hints for the kitchen with numerous recipes and techniques such as roasting boiling simple dishes for dinner dressing soups side dishes puddings sausages and more.Including directions for the sick and on distilling as well as such recipes to keep bugs away. Oberlé notes that the author "Severely condemns the extravagance of French cooking" although some French recipes are included in this book. Including an extensive list of subscribers at the front of the book. This copy has benefitted from a recent sympathetic and sumptuous re-bind in half brown morocco with title in gold to red label on panel 2. Foxing to the page block edges which has crept into the text block in places particularly to the early/late pages of the book. The title page - usually found missing - is present. Neat name in ink to the title page. The Art of Cookery is noteworthy for its emphasis on precision of cooking times and directions and clarity and simplicity of language. It went on to become the most successful and influential cookery book of the later half of the Eighteenth Century. NB: Glasse's authorship revealed in the fourth edition was disputed until 1937. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
19053554907242101905. Hard Cover. London and Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack 1905. Fourth Edition. Publisher's pale-blue boards with dark blue lettering to the spine and front board. Hardback. Advert end-papers to front of book. Slightly soft spine tips and minor wear to the corners otherwise a VG copy. No inscriptions. No dustwrapper. An early 20th century guide for nurses and others caring for invalids in the care to be taken "upon the preparation and securing of appropriate and appetising dishes" for the patient. A nice copy. Rare. hardcover
193619858AB1936. New York and London The Literary Digest 1936. 205 : 145 cm. XV 650 pages 1 leaf with 17 1 coloured plates and 5 illustrations. Original blue cloth. Contains Menus Recipes and house management. - A mint copy. hardcover
200327616New York:: Ballantine Books 2003. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. The nearly 200 recipes in this collection were culled from some our best known works of fiction and non-fiction including Buttermilk scones from All things Bright and Beautiful slapjacks from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow chicken noodle soup from Middlemarch Lentil-vegetable soup from Angela's Ashes carrot pudding from A Christmas Carol and Turkish delight from The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe. Ballantine Books, unknown
173723421London: A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch 1737. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition improved. 12mo. xii 52662 pp. Contemporary spotted calf spine gilt with red leather lettering pieces. Hinges neatly repaired some rubbing and scuffing of edges and bands else a very good copy. The first edition was published in 1736.<br /> <p><br /> Engraved fishing bookplate of Dean Sage on the inside front board.<br /> <p><br /> Contents:<br /> Part I. containing a . collection of above one thousand well-experienced practical family-receipts . Part II. containing I. Full instructions to be observed in hunting coursing setting and shooting . II. Cautions rules and directions to be taken and observed in fishing; with the manner of making and preserving of rods lines floats artificial flies &c. and for chusing and preserving several sorts of curious baits. III. A full . kalendar of all work necessary to be done in the fruit flower and kitchen gardens . Part III. containing practical rules and methods for the improving of land and managing a farm in all its branches. A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch hardcover
1926355490724026London: Heinemann 1926. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: New Impression January 1926; First Published Heinemann October 1925. Second Edition. Publisher's patterned boards with orange lettering to the front board and spine. Some foxing to the page block edges and the early/late pages of the book and a touch of wear/pushing to the tip and tail of the spine. Overall VG indeed. The good only dustwrapper is a tired example with minor loss to the spine ends with rubbing and creasing thereto and with historic repairs to the verso which have now been removed leaving tape residue. On the upside there is no major loss to the dustwrapper. A 1920s book with recipes but also with advice on purchasing good food economically using leftovers menu planning and of course dealing with servants. Quite uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request. Heinemann hardcover
18953554907241781895. Hard Cover. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1895. First published in 1883 this being the Second Edition. With supplementary recipes by Christine Terhune Herrick. Publisher's brown boards with dark brown lettering. Spine slightly faded; rubbing to spine tips and edges of the spine. Clean interior. A nice copy. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
355490725433First Edition. The Mill Little Theatre Druimard Dervaig Isle of Mull Scotland nd undated 1973. First UK Edition. A softback. Not published with a dustwrapper. 5 inches x 7.5 inches. 80 pages. Recipe book rom Druimard Guest House on the Isle of Mull. The book is undated. The suggested date is taken from the copy in the NSW State Library. No inscriptions. A near fine or better copy. Recipes of note: Baked luncheon meat page 18 and Lettuce sandwich page 76. Uncommon. Further photographs available upon request. unknown
1019634235.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1937355490724033London: Cassell 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: Cassell & Company Limited 1937. First UK Edition. ELIZABETH DAVID'S COPY WITH HER COMMENTS LAID IN. Illustrated by J.E. Laboureur. Xavier Marcel Boulestin 1878- 20 September 1943 was a French chef restaurateur and the author of cookery books that popularised French cuisine in the English-speaking world. Publisher's pastel-blue flecked buckram boards with red leather label to the spine lettered in gilt. 198 pages. Frontispiece and many other line illustrations by J E Laboureur full page in text and as chapter vignettes and end pieces. A good copy browned to the spine with pushing and wear at the spine tips and to the corners spine marked in places. No inscriptions. Elizabeth David's book-plate to the front paste-down. The dustwrapper is priced 12s 6d net to the inside flap and is in VG condition with the usual browning to the spine with creasing and minor loss at the head. This is an important copy as it includes the following Elizabeth David ephemera: a on page 71 is a piece of paper upon which Elizabeth David has written "p.71. Marks for the cook" referring to a paragraph on that page that 'in a good meal the marks awarded to the cook should be so divided - 60% for the preparation and 40% for the choice of the dishes and the buying of the ingredients'. There is true wisdom. b on page 82-83 Elizabeth David has written the letter x at the beginning and end of a passage concerning the origins of creme brulee which had been attributed by Boulestin to M. Hartmann the Swiss Chef of Trinity College Cambridge. Elizabeth David's response on the back of a letter inviting her in 1963 to stay at the Bell Inn Aston Clinton Bucks was "Creme brulee was absolutely not invented by Hartmann. It's been known early in the 18th century probably earlier". c Enclosed in an envelope at the front of the book is a Menu from Boulestin's French Restaurant dated 26.9.36. Elizabeth David comments in green ink on a separate piece of paper: "Menu decoration is Boulestin's house in the Landes "Leus Bignes" by Galamis". Photographs/scans available upon request. Cassell hardcover
1937355490724035London: Cassell 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. London: Cassell & Company Limited 1937. First UK Edition. Illustrated by J.E. Laboureur. Xavier Marcel Boulestin 1878- 20 September 1943 was a French chef restaurateur and the author of cookery books that popularised French cuisine in the English-speaking world. Publisher's pastel-blue flecked buckram boards with red leather label to the spine lettered in gilt. 198 pages. Frontispiece and many other line illustrations by J E Laboureur full page in text and as chapter vignettes and end pieces. A VG copy very slight toning to the spine offsetting to both sets of end-papers and some foxing to the page block and the end-papers. No inscriptions. Very clean interior. No dustwrapper but definitely good enough to take one. Photographs/scans available upon request. Cassell hardcover
1937355490724034London: Cassell 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: Cassell & Company Limited 1937. First UK Edition. Illustrated by J.E. Laboureur. Xavier Marcel Boulestin 1878- 20 September 1943 was a French chef restaurateur and the author of cookery books that popularised French cuisine in the English-speaking world. Publisher's pastel-blue flecked buckram boards with red leather label to the spine lettered in gilt. 198 pages. Frontispiece and many other line illustrations by J E Laboureur full page in text and as chapter vignettes and end pieces. A near fine copy in a VG dustwrapper which has a hint of tanning to the spine and creasing/fraying and a closed tear at the head of the spine neatly repaired/reinforced historically to the verso. The dustwrapper is priced 12s 6d net to the inside flap. Photographs/scans available upon request. Cassell hardcover
1937355490724486New York: Oxford University Press 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. New York: Oxford University Press 1937. First US Edition. Illustrated by J.E. Laboureur. Xavier Marcel Boulestin 1878- 20 September 1943 was a French chef restaurateur and the author of cookery books that popularised French cuisine in the English-speaking world. Publisher's blue boards with silver lettering to the spine. 198 pages. Frontispiece and many other line illustrations by J E Laboureur full page in text and as chapter vignettes and end pieces. Spine tips pushed and a dusty top edge otherwise a fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with very minor rubbing to the spine tips and a faded back panel. A charming volume designed to be a guide for the hostess - with recipes entertaining history and delightful anecdotes. Photographs/scans available upon request. Oxford University Press hardcover
19013554907235781901. Calcutta: Thacker Spink & Co Reprinted 1901. This is the Second Edition of this title. Written by "A Thirty-Five Years' Resident". Publisher's olive-green soft cloth boards with black lettering. A couple of former owner's inscriptions to the front paste-down and front free end-paper otherwise a VG copy with slightly soft spine tips. Firm hinges. Cloth in nice condition. No foxing. Firmly bound. Complete with 123 pages including faintly-lined tissue pages between each page of text for taking notes as issued. One of the tissue pages has a penned recipe on it. There is a 56-page catalogue of to the rear of Thacker Spink & Co's Publications. An early Indian cookery book compiled anonymously by a "Thirty-Five Years' Resident" and containing recipes and cooking methods on rice curries soups fish vegetables preserves liqueurs and more along with information on medicines perfumes and cosmetics. Originally published as a first edition in 1880 which is exceedingly uncommon. This - the reprint form 1891 - occasionally appears but this is a much nicer copy than normally encountered. NB: Not to be confused by any modern re-issue of this title. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover