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1891ref. 22405Buffalo NY: Peter Paul & Bros. 1891. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 879 pages. Rebound with original decorated boards. A practical guide to good living. Overseas customers please contact us for shipping quote this book weighs 1.9kg. Peter Paul & Bros. Hardcover
1902ref. 22419London: H. Virtue and Company 1902. Book. Good. Hardback. New and Cheaper Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 486 pages plus 8 pages of publisher's advertisements. Red cloth with gilt titles to front and spine gilt to top edge. H. Virtue and Company Hardcover
1823ref. 22408Bungay: L. & R. Childs 1823. Book. Good. Full-Leather. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 495 pages. Including a system of modern cookery in all its various branches adapted for the use of private families: also a variety of original and valuable information relevant to Baking Brewing Carving Cleaning Collaring Curing Economy of bees Economy of dairy Economy of poultry Family medicine Gardening Home-made wines Pickling Potting Preserving Rules of health. L. & R. Childs Hardcover
1894ref. 22441Edinburgh: W. C. Butler 1894. Book. Good. Hardback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 314 pages plus advertisements. Red cloth with no titles. This book does not appear to lack any pages but there are no title pages or publishers details. Publication details from British Library records. W. C. Butler Hardcover
ref. 21077Budapest: R. Gergely Book. Illus. by Ilona Kelényi Kosalik. Good Reading Copy. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 103 pages. Not dated but former owners name to free front endpaper states Budapest 1937. Hussar's Kiss Covers are browned and chipped but contents are complete. R. Gergely Paperback
1891ref. 21089London: Marshall's School of Cookery and Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. 1891. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 656 plus 28 pages of advertisements. Green leatherette binding with gilt titles. One Guinea Nett to bottom of spine. Driver 688.1. Nice bright clean book. Marshall's School of Cookery and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Hardcover
1871ref. 20908London: Simpkin Marshall & Co 1871. Book. Good. Hardback. New and Revised Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 340 pages. Faded red boards with gilt and black titles and decorations. Spine is faded. Breakfast for Sunday May 22. Sheep's tongues sardines omelet honey - are you that brave. Simpkin, Marshall & Co Hardcover
1981ref. 21072London: Prospect Books 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardback. Facsimile. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 137 pages. This is a limited edition of 400 copies of which numbers 21 to 370 only are for sale - Copy Number 29. Promotional leaflet loosely inserted to front states - This is a limited edition of only 350 numbered copies; 50 bound in full bonded leather the rest in quarter bonded leather and green buckram. Prospect Books Hardcover
1973ref. 21398London: David & Charles 1973. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 288 pages. There are 52 species of edible fish - and Jane Grigson feels that most of us do not eat nearly enough of them. David & Charles Hardcover
1979ref. 19791New York: Gourmet Books 1979. Book. Good. Hardback. Eighth Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 820 831 pages both volumes contained within red slipcase.Red leatherette bindings with gilt titles and decorations. Small tear to top edge of volume I spine. A very attractive set aimed at the serious cook. Overseas customers please ask for shipping quote before ordering this set has a shipping weight of 5kg. Gourmet Books Hardcover
1956ref. 19749London: Caxton 1956. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 924 pages plus index. Red leatherette with gilt titles to spine spine is creased. In one volume containing nutritional values marketing menus timetables recipes preserving and entertainment. This book has a shipping weight of 3.6kg - overseas customers please contact us before ordering. Caxton Hardcover
2007ref. 20155London: Headline 2007. Book. Very Good. Hardback. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 245 pages. Filled with more than 100 recipes that look and taste delicious but are simple to make this collection will help cooks with every meal of the day every day of the week. From weekday breakfasts a summer smoothie and a winter warming brioche to indulgent Sunday brunches quick lunches impressive dinner party dishes and late-night snacks Jean-Christophe has thought of everything. Short title page is inscribed - Jean Lots of love Bon Chance 10.1.08 Jean-Christophe Novelli X. Headline Hardcover
1987ref. 20192New York: Rizzoli 1987. Book. Illus. by Wolf Reinhart. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 176 pages. This is not a recipe book but a wonderful image of Japanese food. Overseas customers please email us before ordering this book has a shipping weight of 2kg. Rizzoli Hardcover
1885ref. 20316Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1885. Book. Good. Hardback. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 430 pages plus numerous handwritten recipes to rear blank pages. Green cloth illustrated front board and gilt titles to spine. Boards are almost detached. Axford page 292. Originally published in 1881. Estes and Lauriat Hardcover
ref. 20260New York: Simon and Schuster - Book Club Edition Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 602 pages. An authorative and visual history and dictionary of the food of the world. From AA = aardvark to ZU = zucca. This will keep any food enthusiast occupied for hours. Dustjacket has some loss to bottom edge of spine. Overseas customers please email us before ordering this book has a shipping weight of 2.2kg. Simon and Schuster - Book Club Edition Hardcover
1950ref. 20258Paris: Ernest Flammarion 1950. Book. Good. Hardback. Eighth Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1281 pages. Boards are a little dusty but otherwise this is a good clean book. Printers date is given as 1950. Loosely inserted to front is a copy of The New York Times article by Craig Claiborne dated Thursday July 25 1974. This book has a shipping weight of 3.5kg additional postage may apply. Ernest Flammarion Hardcover
1983ref. 20334Waddesdon: Kylin Press 1983. Book. Good. Hardback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Medievalist and cook Moira Buxton revives one hundred important 14th and 15th century recipes which she has tried and tested for cooking today - Salt Baked Eggs should prove a challenge for most cooks. Dustjacket now in protective sleeve is water stained to bottom edge not affecting contents. This is number 13 of a limited edition of 500. Kylin Press Hardcover
1856ref. 20267Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers 1856. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 410 pages. Black embossed leatherette with gilt title and decoration to spine. Hinges have been professionally repaired. Good tight clean book. Bitting page 495. T. B. Peterson and Brothers Hardcover
1969ref. 20290Strasbourg: Saisons D'Alsace 1969. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 341 pages. French text throughout. Illustrated pictorial boards cloth spine with red/gilt title label. Library number to bottom of spine although there are no internal library references. This is a limited edition with the following notation:- Of this work: Fourth of the collection Knowledge of Alsace edited by the journal Seasons of Alsace printed on the presses of the Strasbourg printers Istra 7th May 1969 it was published for the Interprofessional Committee of Alsace wine on the occasion of the Congress for the International Federation of Gastronomy which took place in Colmar in May 1969 a special not for resale edition of 500 copies marked H.C. and numbered 1 to 500. This is number 149. Committee of Alsace wine. Saisons D'Alsace Hardcover
1889ref. 20342New York: Charles L. Webster & Company 1889. Book. Good Reading Copy. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 432 pages. Very tired white cloth boards with green titles and green page edges. Boards and spine are complete but detached from contents which are complete. This book needs some careful restoration. Charles L. Webster & Company Hardcover
ref. 20639Warrington: Fletcher Russell & Co. Ltd. Book. Good. Hardback. Thirteenth Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 374 index xvii together with numerous illustrated advertisements to both front and rear. Yellow boards with black titles and decorations. Wonderful illustrated advertisements between pages 38/39 - Novelty Sauce and Lime Fruit Juice. The Lime Fruit Juice - Lord Kitchener ordered its use in the Soudan also in South Africa. It has been supplied for the United States troops in Cuba and the Philippines. Driver 1191.1 list various versions. Fletcher, Russell & Co. Ltd. Hardcover
1952ref. 20630Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1952. Book. Illus. by Bemelmans Ludwig. Good. Hardback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224 pages. Lüchow's was founded in 1882 when a waiter August Lüchow purchased the German restaurant and beer garden he had been working at and remained in operation for a full century closing in 1982 after a suspicious fire gutted the building. Doubleday & Company Hardcover
ref. 20487London: Edmonston and Douglas Book. Good. Hardback. Ninth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 368 pages. Wonderful recipes from the Victorian era - why not try Veal Cake or Fastnacht Krapfen. British Library gives the eighth edition as 1878. Edmonston and Douglas Hardcover
1796ref. 20545London: Scatcherd and Whitaker 1796. Book. Good. Full-Leather. Eighth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 459 pages. Housekeeper's complete assistant on a new plan. More plain and easy to the understanding of every housekeeper cook and servant in the Kingdom. Pages are foxed but complete with the Bills of Fare for January to December. Bitting pages 152/3. Scatcherd and Whitaker Hardcover
ref. 20476London: Standard Art Book Company Book. Good. Hardback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 987 across two volumes. Blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine. Spine of Volume I is almost detached from front board but complete. Driver 710.3 describes this as 38 colour plates in volume I this set has 39 colour plates in volume I but in total 57 coloured plates as called for. publication date 1907 Shipping weight is 3.2kg please contact us before ordering. Standard Art Book Company Hardcover