LORD PETER WIMSEY COOKBOOK by RYAN, Elizabeth Bond and William J Eakins - 1981

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1981. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Brand: Houghton Mifflin, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

New Haven, Connecticut: Ticknor & Fields, 1981. Book. Illus. by Francesca Greene, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean orange cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No fraying or wear; very slight bump to both board fore-edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean but there is one instance of underlining a sentence in ink. Illustrated with drawings by Francesca Greene. 138 pages with index. Dust jacket is not price clipped, light soiling and edge wear; now enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. "From the most formidable and elegant of dinners in a dilapidated chateau owned by the Comte de Reuil (a six-course meal that started off with oysters and Chablis Moutonne 1915 and proceeded to Epinards a La Creme and Napoleon Brandy) to a New year's Day lunch at the Fenchurch St. Paul Rectory (in 'The Nine Tailors', starting with Shepherd's… Read More

New Haven and New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/G; gray spine with ivory text; first edition; first printing; dust jacket exterior shows slight wear spine and head edges have sunned mildly; protective Brodart wrap to jacket; cloth exterior has minimal wear; light edge wear; tight binding; text block exterior edges lightly toned; interior clean; illustrated; pp 138. 1354675. FP New Rockville Stock.

Ticknor & Fields. Collectible - Very Good. New Haven, CT and New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1981. 1st edition. Sm 4to. xii,138pp. Illus. Very Good book. Near Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket worn at spine ends; small tear at top rear flap fold. (English cooking, private investigators in literature, Dorothy Sayers) [ISBN 0899190324] Inquire if you need further information.

NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1981. NEAR FINE condition in NEAR FINE dust jacket. NY. Ticknor & Fields. HARDCOVER. 1981. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing. AS NEW, bound in persimmon cloth with poppy-seed black titles in tan pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD. Small bump to front top point and dust jacket price is clipped, else FINE. Pen and ink drawings by Francesca Greene. Delightful.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New Haven, Connecticut: Ticknor & Fields, 1981. First Edtion, Second Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Greene, Francesca. From Dorothy L. Sayers's tales of Peter Wimsey, the authors have selected sketches around food & wine. They provocatively set the scene, introduce the characters, & everyone, including the reader, sits down to enjoy a repast with Lord Peter.'' In 138 pages with Index & scattered pen-and-ink illustrations throughout text. A FIRST EDITION, Second Printing from 1981, this hardcover book has colorful orange textured cloth over boards with black lettering to spine. Condition is Near Fine: extremely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked. Very mild dampstain to top outer page edge, affecting rear endpapers & top outside page edges. The unclipped DJ is just Good, marred by a large missing section at top edge of back cover, slight darkening & soiling, rubbing to extremities. Looks nice protected now in new… Read More

Paulton, Bristol, England: Purnell & Sons. 1970. Staple-bound magazine. Very Good. Color photo-illustrated thick paper covers. Lavishly illustrated. Cover and internal pages are tightly secured by three clean staples. Interior is unmarked. Cover shows shelf and reading wear. Not from a library. 24 pages. Part 1 of a weekly cookery course by two of the earliest TV chefs. Contents: The Key to Simple Cooking with Poultry; How to Make Perfect Featherweight Swiss Roll; A Simple Souffle; We take the sting out of Meringues; Crunchy Pork Crackling and Proper Roast Potatoes; Non-sink Cherry Cake.

Random House, 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Spiral bound hardback cookbook with dishes inspired by Dr. Seuss and the dishes photographed by Frankie Frankeny. Very light shelf rubbing to covers of book. .

Los Angeles: California Fruit Growers Exchange, 1938. Very good. A promotional packet of recipes using Sunkist lemons, the trademark of the California Fruit Growers Exchange. SUNKIST LEMONS - BRING OUT THE FLAVOR! [32p.] Stapled wraps. Very good. Staples oxidized, name and date on first page. Booklet with recipes for appetizers, beverages, desserts, fish, meat, garnishes, pies, salads and dressings, and vegetables. Black & yellow illustrations. (7-1/4"x5") 5 STAR LEMON RECIPES: THE BEST SERVINGS OF THE SEASON BY FAMOUS HOME ECONOMISTS. Very good. Name on front. Leaflet with seven recipes using Sunkist lemons. Single sheet, double-sided, folded into 3 panels. Blue text and illustrations. (Folded - 7-1/2"x4-1/4"; unfolded - 7-1/2"x12-1/2") SUNKIST PRESENTS THE YEAR'S BEST LEMON RECIPES FOR 1938. Very good. Name on last panel. Leaflet with eleven recipes using Sunkist lemons for entrees, vegetables, and desserts. Single sheet, double-sided, folded into 6 panels. Green text and illustrations. (Folded -… Read More

New York: D. Appleton And Company, 1869 Chipped top and bottom of the spine, badly bumped corners, mesh binding still tight, Couple of news paper clippings inside the front board, one attached to the board and one newspaper clipping attached to the inside back board, 351 pages. Each page has an inch margin around it. Classically, Poetically, and Practically. Contains numerous curoius dishes and feasts of all times and all countries besides three hundred modern receipts.

NY: Harper & Row, 1982. NEAR FINE condition in VERY GOOD dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1982. FIRST EDITION. Bound in creamy white boards with gold titles in bountifully illustrated black wraps. Square and tight, original price intact, 304pp. Light toning of edges and small abrasion to spine heel. Dust jacket has some toning to interior edges and two missing pieces at spine heel, see image. Full color photographs throughout.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday Page & Co. Collectible-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1907. Hardcover. Sm 4to., 1059 pp., Manuscript recipes and margin notes .

284 Pages. This classic old cook book's exterior has worn areas on all for corners and at the top and base edges of the spine as well in one place on the rear cover's bottom edge. The interior pages, though yellowed a bit, have no visible extraneous markings on them until the back inside cover where a past book owner wrote some extra recipes. The is also a small piece missing from the bottom of the title pageThis book will be carefully wrapped up, padded, and then boxed and shipped right away to you from here in New Jersey and will come with our absolute appreciation for your order.

NY: Gourmet Books, Inc., 1978. FINE condition. HARDCOVER. 1978. SEVENTH PRINTING. AS NEW, bound in spinach green leatherette with decorative gold titles. Square and tight, UNREAD, no dust jacket as issued. Previous owner's name 'Light Fingers Lil' in small type gilt. Light rub to upper edge front, else FINE. 'A collection of epicurean menus and recipes.' Line drawings and color photographs throughout. Oversize, octavo/8vo. 648pp plus Special Acknowledgements and Index. Quite a nice gift.. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued.

Portland, Oregon: U.S. Bakery, 1930. Oblong booklet, stapled in wrapper (16 x 24 cm.), 16 pages. Illustrations (some color). Title from cover. A product cookbook for this Pacific Northwest commercial bakery. Includes an introduction titled "Concerning the Earl of Sandwich" and sixty-six recipes for sandwiches and canapés (here spelled "canapis"). Some age-toning and wear to corners of illustrated wrapper. Very good. [OCLC locates two copies].

Meredith Corporation, 1973-74. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket as Issued. All volumes have clean, unmarked text. No owner attribution. Volumes 1-5, 1973 stated second printing, special edition; Volumes 6-8, 10-15 and 17-19 1974 stated second printing, special edition; and Volumes 9, 16 and 20 stated first printing, special edition. The Complete Encyclopedia Set has over 2,500 pages, over 4,200 recipes, over 1,500 photographs (many in full color), hundreds of "how-to" illustrations. A classic, rare example of Better Homes and Gardens' most complete cookbooks. Scarce, Out of print. Large multi-volume set will require extra shipping.