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The Gentleman's Companion: Volume I Being an Exotic Cookery Book or, Around the World with Fork and Spoon by Baker, Charles H., Jr - 1946
by Baker, Charles H., Jr
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The Gentleman's Companion: Volume I Being an Exotic Cookery Book or, Around the World with Fork and Spoon
by Baker, Charles H., Jr
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New York: Crown Publishers, 1946. Hardcover. Fair. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xix, 220pp. Wear to red cloth over boards with rubbing, soiling, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Slight lean to spine. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Lacks front free endpaper. Toning to gutters of endpapers. Light foxing to pages. Binding is sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Long before Julia Child introduced French cooking to American palates, Charles Baker and The Derrydale Press published a highly unusual collection of recipes for its day: exotic recipes from around the world for unusual hors' d'oeuvres, soups, fish, shellfish, poultry, game, meat, vegetables, fruits and desserts. From avocado salad recipes discovered by the author in Cuba to grouse recipes from the Scottish moors, the author's tour de force belongs on the shelf of every serious cook.(Publisher).
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Long before Julia Child introduced French cooking to American palates, Charles Baker and The Derrydale Press published a highly unusual collection of recipes for its day: exotic recipes from around the world for unusual hors' d'oeuvres, soups, fish, shellfish, poultry, game, meat, vegetables, fruits and desserts. From avocado salad recipes discovered by the author in Cuba to grouse recipes from the Scottish moors, the author's tour de force belongs on the shelf of every serious cook.(Publisher).
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- Date Published 1946
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The Gentleman's Companion (Two Volumes): Volume I - Being an Exotic Cookery Book; Volume II - Being an Exotic Drinking Book.
by Baker, Charles H. Jr
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The Gentleman's Companion: Volume 1 Being an Exotic Cookery Book or, Around the World with Fork Knife and Spoon
by Charles H. Baker, Jr
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New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 1946. 2nd. Poor. 2nd edition, 1st printing. 6.5x9.5" octavo. Poor Condition. Boards faded but originally red with gold lettering on spine and gold logo on cover. Front board loose. Pages clean and tight. Spine worn from being pulled of a shelf. Corners bumped. Volume one of two. 207 pg. + appendices: appendix and index. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!
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THE GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION.
by CHARLES H. Jr. BAKER
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Crown, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Gentleman's Companion
by BAKER, Charles H., Jr
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1939. BAKER, Charles H., Jr. The Gentleman's Companion. Volume I: Being an Exotic Cookery Book or, Around the World with Knife, Fork and Spoon. Volume II: Being an Exotic Drinking Book or, Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask. New York: The Derrydale Press, 1939. 1st ed. 2 Vols. xix,220;xix, 217pp. Frontises. Orig. cloth. Very good or better. Siegel 147. One of 1250 numbered copies. Presentation inscription from the author on front free endpapers. Vol. One: "For my good friends Ted and Mary Rogers, and let's pray for 200 alarming alimentary emergencies. Charles H. Baker, Jr., Java head, April 15, 1953." Vol. Two: "For my good friends Ted and Mary Rogers, and if the morning after blues arrive, consult Page 81 et al. Charles H. Baker, Jr., Java Head, April 15, 1953.
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The Gentleman's Companion
by Baker, Charles H., Jr
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New York: Derrydale Press, 1939. First edition, no. 478 of 1250 copies. 220; 217 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth, oxblood buckram spines. Bookplate. A near fine copy, lacking the card slipcase. First edition, no. 478 of 1250 copies. 220; 217 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED. Vol. I: Being an Exotic Cookery Book or, Around the World with Knife, Fork and Spoon. Vol. II: Being an Exotic Drinking Book or, Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask One cookery/drink book that has never gone out of style, and is still very much sought after. Inscribed in each volume on the flyleaf, "To Robert P. Habgood Jr. with best wisghes Charles H. Baker." Siegel 147; Frazier B-3-a
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