Cookery/Foods/Wine

Wakefield: EP Publishing Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Card Cover. 0715804537 . 72pp. Pictorial covers, slight wear to edges, slight creases but overall very good. Page edges browned. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Black and white line drawings. Internally CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT.; 104992; 4to (small) . more information

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Privately Printed. Very Good with no dust jacket. Paperback. 48pp Plus index, No Date (? 1940s? ) covers slightly grubby, book has neat biro amendments on some pages, where the original had spelling or other errors in the print - that those; who long to hurry; east; to feast; on forms of curry; or whose wishes; are for dishes; of exotic eastern fable; should by a look; within this book; produce them all on their own table. Numerous recipies. hinges sound, clean bright and tight.; 107007; 8vo . more information

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London: The Amalgamated Press Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. The Bestway Series, fourth book. Four full page colour pps, sepia illustrations and text. No date, c 1930/50?, I would say pre war? Too many ingredients for war time/post war and the clothes seen in the illus seem 1930's? Previous owners name scribbed out on front endpaper, Orange boards/clear titling and illus to front board, covers slightly grubby, corners and head/tail of spine bumped, 156 pp plus index,; 107305; 8vo (large) . more information

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London: The Amalgamated Press Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. NO DATE c 1910. In publisher's original blue cloth covers, black lettering to the spine and the front board, Birds Custard to the rear board, slightly rubbed. Edges have been recoloured with pen where previously rubbed. Atora advertisement to the front paste down. Pages browning with age. Hinges sound. Includes loosely inserted written recipe for 'Rock Buns Jimmy's' 146pp, NO INSCRIPTIONS. BRIGHT AND TIGHT.; 107454; 8vo . more information

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Oxford: Pergamon Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1965. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Red boards with bright gilt titling on black blocking to the spine. In the original publisher's decorated dustjacket. Ex- Reference Library with minimal library markings protected in the usual clear plastic library jacket. (xi) + 420pp. Illustrated in b/w with photo illustrations, line drawings and charts/diagrams etc. Text clean and tight condition. HB book = Good plus to Very Good, DJ near VG but has had the front flap cut off and put in the back under the rear flap - a common but rather odd occurence in UK Libraries in the 60s/70s and 80s! ! Overall a Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . more information

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Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1912. 5th Imp. Softcover. Very good + condition for its age and particularly as it is a cookbook! Light tan/brown boards with clear white titling to front cover and to spine, blue/white plate decorations to front cover, black fleur de lys to front cover and to spine, illus to tail of spine, corners bumped, browning to endpapers, NO INSCRIPTIONS, foxing to page edges, 280pp, index, hinges sound. Unillustrated. internally CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. Contents include; soups, gravies, fish, beef, mutton, eggs and farinaceous dishes, souffles, fritters, compotes de fuits, cakes etc. An Attractive copy.; 107336; 8vo . more information

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Madrid: SIMPEI S.L. Madrid. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. First English Edition. Hardcover. 8460502783 . Jerez is best known of course for Sherry, but it has been a thriving brandy producing area for hundreds of years; the very best of their product can easily hold its head up in the company of the more celebrated cognacs and armagnacs. This book is alll about Brandy, It's History and Production in Jerez. Illustrated throughout in colour, and with examples of many different brands and manufacturers. There is a short section with recipes for using brandy, and cocktails to be made with it. Text is in English. A comprehensive reference book on the subject. Excellent condition. Black boards with bright white titling to the spine and to the front cover. In the publisher's decorated dustjacket which is complete and VG with the usual light shelfwear/surface wear. Size: 23 x 25 cms. 160 pages. No Inscriptions or Marks. A Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 168 pages . more information

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London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good with no dust jacket. Presumed First Edition?. Cloth Bound Boards. no date. Foxing to fore edges, e/p's browning. White titling to front board and to spine, spine sunned blending to boards. Corners and head/tail of spine bumped. 198 pp. INTERNALLY CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. Contents include; various recipes for soups, fish, poultry, game, forcemeats, savoury butters etc etc.; 002710; 8vo . more information

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London: Cassell Petter & Galpin. Good+ with no dust jacket. ?1st. Hardcover. Brown Cloth / Black stamped decorative Boards. Gilt titling to spine and front board. All edges gilt. Some 'fading'/old staining to front and rear boards Probable FIRST EDITION - No date but no mention of 'thousands' either - states in the Preface that ...."The Papers contained in this bookappeared originally in Cassell's Family Magazine. They are now published in a handy form in the hope that they may find favour with a still larger circle of readers". Tall. no date circa 1870/80. SCARCE. The Ladies Household Library. 255 pp. Covers everything from House-Cleaning, Making Ends meet (Budget of £15 a Year for Dress, £5 a Year for Baby ....etc, on an Annual Income of £250 ) Child rearing, The Art of Shopping, Jam making, Ailments, Managing Servants, Going to the Seaside, Lodgers, How to spend the Winter Evenings(!) How not to waste (Bread and butter pudding and similar recipes) and How to do a picnic, etc, etc. In protective plastic film. Internally Excellent, very clean, tight, and bright.; 61046; 8vo (small) . more information

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London: Frederick Warne. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. No date, (c.1880?) The Eighteenth thousand - with tissue guarded colour frontis - array of dishes including artichokes, asparagus, beetroot, spinach and eggs, Jerusalem artichokes, caulifower, vegetable marrow. Brown cloth covered boards with red cloth spine, small scuff to rear cover, few spots, corners and head/tail of spine lightly bumped, spine sunned, bright gilt titling to spine. Adverts to endpapers. 408pp. Light foxing spots mainly to endpapers, NO INSCRIPTIONS, overall an EXCELLENT copy. Contents include; cooks/gardeners calendar, window gardening, house choosing, furnishing, lighting, sick room cookery, cider and homebrewed wine, food for children, medical receipts, poisons and their antidotes, notes on sleep, needlework, washing, archery, cards, home pets, picture cleaning, shorthand, legal notes etc etc.; 105964; 8vo . more information

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London: HMSO, Norfolk Museum Service and Twinings. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1992. 2nd Impression. Card Covers (pbk). 0117015091 . Large format Heavy Thick 4to pictorial covered paperback. (xii) + 330 pages. (10-page bibliography). Illustrations in b/w. & with 24 colour plates. VG plus to Near Fine copy, with slight fading to spine and part of front cover, (as usual with this pale coloured background book unless kept in the dark! ) but all titling clear. With a small area to the page fore-edges that seems to have been guillotined slightly roughly! Looks to be Unread. From the rear cover: - "Tea-drinking became a British passion about 1700. This book charts the rise of the great national habit, and shows how and why an exotic luxury came to become part of the staple diet. It evokes the splendour and etiquette of the Georgian tea ceremony and its lasting effects both on patterns of social behaviour and on fine tableware........ The 564 teapots described and illustrated here range in date from 1720 to 1850. They are drawn from the Twining Teapot Gallery at Norwich Castle Museum, which houses the greatest specialist collection of British ceramic teapots in the world.....covering the whole range of pottery & porcelain from the stated period. Includes drawings of moulded details for identification." No Inscriptions or Marks. A Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Thick 4to 11" - 13" tall . more information

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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd.. Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. "Contains recipes for the famed corned-beef hash, junket and bread jelly as well as recipes for invalids and the young. Also lists a recipe for corned beef curry!" "In War-Time the second line of defense is the food for the fighting forces and the civilians. Many wars have been lost through starvation, and although this country has never been in any such danger, many nations on the continent of Europe have experienced it." And so begins the Introduction to Eat Well In War-Time." Index. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, dustwrap is grubby, torn/chipped to edges. Clean red cloth covered boards with clear black titling to spine, light fading to bottom edge of front board, corners and head/tail of spine slightly bumped. All hinges secure. NO INSCRIPTIONS. 158pp. Foxing, mainly to page edges. Overall internally clean tight and bright.; 107881; 8vo . more information

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London: Robert Hale. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1981. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. 0709186479 . In the original publisher's glossy pictorial laminated boards. 175 pp. Including Index. Illustrated Title Page plus Black and white illustrations throughout on every page. Contents cover : - What is Honey; How is Honey Made; Honey in Myth and History; Honey as Medicine and Cosmetic; Cooking with Honey - Recipes - Recipe Index. There is a former owner's name written to the top of the front free endpaper. A few very slight foxing/brown marks to the page fore-edges and one corner crease, o/w No other marks. Overall an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . more information

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Bucks: Open University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1993. Revised Edition. Paperback. 0335190782 . In the original publisher's glossy pictorial card covers. Ex Reference library usual MINIMAL stamps, marks, etc, protected in the usual clear plastic library jacket. A global view of human health . It traces some of the major changes in the health and disease patterns affecting human kind and sets these in the context of demographic change and economic development. An OU text originally for Course U205. Overall despite its status as an Ex-Lib copy a Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Health and Disease Series Book 3; Ex-Library; 4to . more information

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London and Dublin: Arthur Guinness, Son & Co. Fine with no dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Paperback. Designed by S. H. Benson Ltd. Illustrated by MICHAEL FFOLKES. In light card, brilliantly bright coloured fully pictorial covers. The Head/Tail/Corners of the spine are the tiniest bit bumped/rubbed but the covers are overall FINE. Internally Immaculate with 14 brilliantly coloured pages, which includes the endpapers/reverse of the covers, with most amusing (Guinness) Verses by A. P. Herbert - Lovely! . "The Judge" - .........But Counsels' clerks deliberately plan; To get old Gander - 'He's a Guinness man; A good judge, clearly, and his diet breeds; The golden qualities a good judge needs. ", etc, etc. Also with this copy, loosely enclosed, is a 'Compliments slip from 'Arthur Guinness Son & Co. (Park Royal) Ltd. Park Royal Brewery, London, N. W.10'. One of a much larger series of Guinness Advertising Booklets. An Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall . more information

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London and Dublin: Arthur Guinness, Son & Co. Fine with no dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Paperback. The Guinness Birthday Book. A Wonderful Alice Parody designed by S. H. Benson Ltd. In light card, brilliantly bright coloured fully pictorial covers with Alice in Wonderland / Mad Hatter Tea party characters all sat around a huge Guinness Aniversary cake, with bottles of Guinness all around each layer etc, etc. The Head/Tail/corners of the spine are the tiniest bit bumped/rubbed but the covers are overall FINE. Internally Immaculate with 14 brilliantly coloured pages, which includes the endpapers/reverse of the covers, with a most amusing (Guinness) Parody of Alice in Wonderland - Lovely! . " Twas Birthtag and the Slicy Loaves; Did crisp and crackle in the bake; ....." , etc, etc. Also with this copy, loosely enclosed, is a 'Compliments slip from 'Arthur Guinness Son & Co. (Park Royal) Ltd. Park Royal Brewery, London, N. W.10'. Printed to Celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Guinness this is part of a much larger series of Guinness Advertising Booklets. An Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall . more information

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London: NORMAN RODGER. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Original publisher's white/cream buckram binding with gilt lettering & gilt ruling to the front board and spine. The white is sl. discoloured (sunned) around the edges and on the spine and a few sm. marks to the boards - but all lettering still very clear and overall in VG condition - now protected by a clear plastic cover.. No Inscriptions. viii + 168 pages. Translated from the Second Revised Dutch Edition by James P. Ogilvie. Internally Excellent. Very Clean, Tight and Bright.; 9436; 8vo . more information

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Sydney, NSW, Australia: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Australian Edition. Hardcover. 0732909023 . NOT PRICE CLIPPED, NO INSCRIPTIONS, clean dark blue boards with bright white titling to spine, bottom edge slightly rubbed, illustrated endpapers, 248pp, colour illustrations, internally excellent, sound copy, CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT. "...a feast for the senses, a book that feeds and warms the heart as well as the stomach."; 107015; 8vo (large) . more information

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London: The Rubicon Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1996. Reprint. Hardcover. 0948695153 . Black boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's decorated dustjacket. The dustjacket has a few closed tears but is 100% complete and near fine. Internally the book is also fine except for a red stamp on the title page stating "This book was slightly damaged in transit and is now being sold at a special bargain price". Apart from this and the closed tears to the dustjacket the book is 'As New '. (xii) + 177 pgs. Black and white photo and line drawn illustrations throughout, plus a Map of Ancient Egypt. Includes a List of Tombs at Thebes. A VERY Clean crisp copy in near 'as new' condition. Probably unread. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 177 pages . more information

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London: Wolfe Publishing. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Paperback. 0723417423 . In the original publisher's decoraated card covers. No dustjacket as issued. Ex- Reference Library with minimal library markings. 193 pp. Illustrated in b/w. Overall despite its status as an Ex-Lib copy this is an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages . more information

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London: Maclaren & Sons Ltd. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Cloth Bound Boards. No date, possible first. Gilt titling to front board and to spine. Boards rubbed, corners and head/tail of spine bumped. Spine faded. Correction fluid on e/p. Thumbing. Illustrated in colour and black/white. 270 pp. Contains 1468 recipes by a master craftsman. Clean tight and bright.; 001612; 4to . more information

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London: Century Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0712600876 . Previous owner has decided to 'improve' this book and has strengthened/tidied the edges of dust wrap with cream coloured masking tape. Boards bright. 263 pp. Over 500 recipes from the italian Alps to the Umbrian Hills from Venice to the isle of Sardinia, chart identifying more than 50 types of pasta, instructions and drawings for making pasta, pastry dough, bread and ravioli, full colour photographs of italian sausages and cheeses, glossary of Italian ingredients and cooking terms. Clean tight and bright.; 001309; 4to . more information

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London: Pavilion Books Limited. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 185145571X . Black cloth boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which is Not price clipped. (Original price £17.99). The background colour to the spine is slightly faded but it has bright, distinct gilt lettering, and there is one small closed tear to the foot of the front cover of the spine. Approx 9.5cm x 9.25cm. 160 pages. With colour photographs by John Ferro Sims of scenes of Tuscany, its produce, peoples, foods, drink and dishes. 1 map in colour. Includes numerous recipes and an index. Photography by John Ferro Sims. Internally 'As New', A Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Squarish 4to . more information

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New York: Clarkson N Potter, Inc/Publisher. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. 0517524945 . (1976) Most attractive book. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, chipped to edges. Clean two tone boards with bright gilt titling to spine, advertisements to endpapers. Hinges sound. 272pp, Numerous colour and black/white illustrations. "Drawing on Native American plant knowledge and keeping extensive records, the Shakers became the first people in America to produce herbs on a large scale..."; 107404; 4to (small) . more information

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New York: Van Nostrand Rheinhold. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0442234651 . Ex- Reference Library with minimal library markings. Overall an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; 47084; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . more information

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London: Collins. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner has substantially reinforced dustwrap to reverse at edges and spine. Blue covers, head/tail of spine bumped, faded. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. Family tree of the Beetons-Maysons and Dorlings on e/p's. Black/white frontis portrait of Mrs Beeton and her husband. Slight foxing spots. 256pp. Illustrated in black and white. NO INSCRIPTIONS. INTERNALLY CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT.; 003389; 8vo . more information

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London: Elsevier Science Publishers. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 1851663177 . In the original publisher's glossy pictorial laminated boards. Ex Reference library usual Minimal stamps, Marks, etc. (xv) + 330pp. B/w Tables diagrams, Contents include: - Theme 1. Public Perception and understanding; Theme 2. Implications for Education; Theme 3. Implications for Technology; - Fruit and Veg; , Dairy Products, Meat, Oils and Fats, Cereals, etc; Theme 4. Implications for Policy. Etc. Overall despite its status as an Ex-Lib copy etc, this is an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Ex-Library Usual stamps/marks; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . more information

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Cambridge: The University Printing House. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1965. First Edition - Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies only. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb. One of the Cambridge Christmas books presented to friends by the University Printer, Brooke Crutchley. Original decorated and illustrated paper covered boards with a cloth spine and bright gilt titling. Some rubbing/chaffing to the corners and a very little to the inner edge of the paper boards. There is a litttle pinkish 'offsetting' to the front board, presumably from another book that was on the shelf next to it at some time in the past. The book is now protected in a clear book plastic cover and this is not noticable unless 'up close and personal'!. ALL hinges tight and secure. Plain endpapers. No Inscriptions. vii + 63pp. Illustrated title and 10 full-page line illustrations by Lynton Lamb. Internally Immaculate. Overall a Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy .; 50424; Small 4to . more information

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London: Conde Nast Publications Ltd. Very Good-. 1958. First Edition Thus. Paperback. May 1958 original issue of this iconic magazine, profusely illustrated in colour and black and white, 250 pp, 11.5 x 8. 75 Inches. Full colour pictorial paper wrappers as issued. Staple bound. Slightly soiled and some light wear to covers including small tears/chips with quite some surface loss to the head/tail of the spine. Also a small c inch x 5 mm long 'nibble' to the front corner of the magazine and the first few pps. Interior in very good condition. Full of great 1950s period fashions in articles and advertisements. Cover image of a model, rear advert for Jaegar, and with 3 front cover headlines " Holiday Clothes in Morocco; Special Portfolio: New Ways to look beautiful; Get thin on good food". Contents/Articles include: - " Morocco by Royal Air Maroc, Clothes for the Sun - all easy packers"; "Food in Italy. No. 1. Antipasti" by Elizabeth David; "Beauty in Vogue." ." The Woman at the Wheel" by Nancy M<itchell; "Making an Exhibition of ourselves: the Brussels Fair" by Sir Hugh Casson; " Paris..." Persian Prints....Rainbow colours...Roses worn high"; " The new bathing cap" ; " Tennis..." ; " Young Idea: Cherry Pinks, Cherry Reds"; " American Musical Comedy" by Leo Bernstein; , etc, etc. No Inscriptions or Marks. Overall a Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . more information

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