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Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration and Practical Pastries. With a foreword by John J.N. Mackman.
by LAMBETH, JOSEPH A.:
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Virtue & Co. london. 1936 1st. edition.. Tall hardback, 12 x 9 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt embossed design/lettering to spine and front. In very good condition. Some rubbing/nicks to cloth on corners and ends of spine. Some minor handling marks to boards. Previous owner inscription to front endpaper. Some minor light handling marks to pages, Else a very good clean and tight copy. 308pp. Profusely illustrated with over 100 photo plates, plus 20 plates in colour (e.g.: "Easter Eggs"/ "Advanced Floral Design"/ "Cake Novelties"/ "Wedding Cake"/ etc.). Adverts to prelims. A style of decorating that was popular in England where chefs and cake decorators would use intricate piping to create 3-D scrollwork, leaves, flowers, and other decoration on a cake. The Lambeth Method is still popular today and is frequently one of the methods used by wedding cake designers on ornate wedding cakes.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94074
- Title
- Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration and Practical Pastries. With a foreword by John J.N. Mackman.
- Author
- LAMBETH, JOSEPH A.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Virtue & Co. london. 1936 1st. edition.
- Keywords
- COOKERY, WINE and DRINKS cookery, lambeth method, cake decorations, pastries, easter eggs, wedding cake, bon voyage cake,danish pastry, novelty cakes, chocolate, desserts, macaroons, tea breads, petits fours, french pastries,
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Dorchester, Dorset
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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