first edition, 144pp, 15 full colour plates, large octavo, original blue cloth, gilt, decorative full-colour d.j., price-clipped otherwise fine. Receipes collected by The Marchioness of Cambridge. View More...
222pp. Introduction by Elizabeth David. Artiles for the Gourmet Magazine published as book for the first time.. Colour illustrated d.j. NO inscriptions, clipping, wear or fading. Trifle creased. In a new mylar protective cover over the d.j. View More...
ND [1949]. xvi, 1680, [16,[ii] adverts] pp, advert end-papers, over 350 illustrations, 16 colour plates. A trifle rubbed to boards, a little light foxing. Original dark red cloth spine with cloth boards. Sound and tight. A nice copy.Speckled fore-edges [foxed]. No inscriptions or marks. View More...
xvi, 1680, [16,[ii] adverts] pp, advert end-papers, nearly 700 illustrations, 32 colour plates. A trifle rubbed to boards, a little light foxing. Original dark red cloth spine with cloth boards. Sound and tight. A nice copy. Speckled fore-edges [foxed]. Neat owners name dated 1924 View More...
First edition, fourth issue. Plain black cloth, gilt titles and rules to the spine. Frontis. [pl 112-113], 12 plates as called for. Title-page [1] [i-xxxix] , Wood-cuts throughout. 1st edition preface, General Contents and the Analytical index, colour plates index, [i],2-1108pp. Ninetieth thousand dated 1866. Some wear and soiling but a nice tight copy. LACKING LAST TWO LEAVES. Very scarce 4th issue of the first edition.The last of the original 1st edition plates before the 2nd edition with new plates in 1869. The 3rd and 4th issues have a different border on the plates from the first 2 issues... View More...
xiii, 381pp. Proceedings of the second International Symposium. Jointly sponsered by: The University of Maryland, The Agricultural Reseach Service, USDA, and E.I.du Pont de Nemours & Co.Spine a triffle sunned, otherwise a fresh copy. View More...
..prepared with great care, and a proper attention to economy, and embodying all the latest improvements in the culinary art . Combined with useful hints on Domestic ...xiv, 398pp, [ii pub. ads] Original cloth binding with attractive blind embossed patterned and gilt decorated title and illus. to the front board and spine with the decoration continued to the rear board. Frontis. plate and half-title page present but lacking the title-page and p15/16. [both reproduced in facsimile now and loosely inserted].This would read 'THE WIFE'S OWN BOOK OF COOKERY containing upwards of fifteen hundred ori... View More...
276pp."Being a collection of upwards of five hundred of the most ancient & approved recipes in Virginia cookery". Deluxe full leather with 4 raised bands on spine, also red leather title label stamped in gilt on spine. Speckled page edges. 5 full page engraved illustrations. Printed in an eighteenth century style. Lovely clean un-used copy View More...
196pp. Pub. red cloth hardback binding. Ads to the front and rear end-papers.A lovely unfaded and complete copy with no wear or markings. Detailed descriptions and recipes for making mineral drinks, wine and beer etc. A very rare wartime issue. View More...
ND(c. 1925), 3 vols: 252,xvi,pp + 22 b&w pls; 278,xii,pp + 16 b&w pls; 300,xii,pp + 19 b&w pls. The three vols:.Comprehensive analysis of all aspects of pub & hotel management, design, furnishing & fitting out. A brillant insight into the social history of Britain between the wars especially pubs. A very nice set with a little rubbing to the gilt lettering and occassional edge rubbing. Some light foxing View More...
78pp. Plates. The Carlsberg Art Foundation history. Danish text. Quarter 'vellum' spine with blue gilt titled baords. No inscriptions. A love copy of a scarce book View More...
Recipes translated from the French and adapted by Narcissa Chamberlain. Illustrated and designed by the author. lii,619pp. Illus. end-papers.Illustrated throughout by the author. White cloth, with gilt, red and blue dec. to the board and spine. No inscriptions, fading or wear. Samuel Chamberlain (1895-1975). Printed in the USA View More...
