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8vo., Twenty-Second Thousand, with a portrait frontispiece and plates; original pictorial cloth gilt, gilt back, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements (many illustrated). Contains almost one thousand recipes. Soyer's classic compilation was first published in 1849. Early issues are uncommon in this condition. Bitting p.443; Cagle 1004; Oxford, p.180; Vicaire 798 (all recor+ding the first edition)
8vo., Eighth Edition, text in French, with numerous illustrations in the text, pages lightly browning; original pictorial wrappers printed in blue, sewed as issued, covers lightly browned else a remarkably bright, clean well-preserved copy. With numerous trade advertisements (many illustrated and one printed on red stock) at front and rear. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL.
8vo., with title-vignette and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Her fourth book, David's classic collection was first published in 1955. A decade later she revised and enlarged it for its first issue in the well-known Penguin Handbooks series (which guaranteed its continuing success).
8vo., Second Edition, with a frontispiece and 16 plates on 6;original brown cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with loss at head of backstrip (affecting lettering) and front panel, and minor loss at front fold-in. Complete with front and rear trade advertisement endpapers. First published in 1924. This post-war edition lays the emphasis on economy - 'no lavish use of eggs, butter or other materials'. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION
8vo., First Edition, with 12 plates on 8 and a full-page illustration in the text, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Uncommon in this condition.
8vo., Third Impression, on laid paper, with frontispiece, illustrated title, and numerous full-page and smaller illustrations in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, fore-edges very lightly speckled; original holland cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in bright, clean, unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped with minor loss (just affecting lettering) at head of backstrip and with small loss at upper edge of rear panel. Published nine months after the first impression. David's second book, and to many the finest of the three classic titles that changed the nature of English cookery for ever. In common with her first work 'A Book of Mediterranean Food' this volume is greatly enhanced by the wonderful Minton illustrations. All early issues are very scarce in anything like this condition.
Sm. 4to., with coloured photographic title and numerous fine coloured photographs (the majority full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, gold endpapers, silk marker, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper; original orange cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Mary Eales's classic collection was first published in 1718. This is a high-quality and much-needed facsimile ( as opposed to a reprint) of the second edition. Includes a useful biographical and contextual introduction. Very scarce in its own right. Cagle 660 (1733 edition). Cagle 659; Maclean p.40; Oxford p.55 (all recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; some light offsetting from fold-ins to freer endpapers, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed (without material loss) at head of backstrip. Andre Maurois' son was by now living in the USA where the need was for a French cooking 'primer' written in straightforward yet witty style. Uncommon in this condition.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and illustrations in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly frayed at extremities With a pictorial personal bookplate. .This classic study in uncommon in the dustwrapper.
4to., First Edition, with 8 coloured plates and numerous line illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Grigson's classic collection is very scarce in this condition.
8vo., Second Impression; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Second impression of a work first published in the previous year. Sadly the projected series was never continued. Cover photograph by Anthony Denney.
8vo., with a coloured frontispiece, 31 coloured plates (2 double-page), 128 plates in monochrome and 15 full-page illustrations in the text, some light age-staining as usual, advertisement endpapers lightly browned, neat contemporary signature on frontispiece recto; original cloth boards, neatly rebacked with majority of old morocco backstrip gilt laid down, a very good, firm and unusually clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements (many illustrated and most in red and green) at front and rear, and with a number of recipe cuttings loosely inserted. The Edwardian issues are among the most comprehensive in coverage and are very well indexed.
8vo., with coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured plates, numerous plates in monochrome and illustrations and diagrams in the text, small neat contemporary inscription on half-title; yellow boards, burgundy cloth back blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt faded (but entirely legible) else a remarkably bright, well-preserved copy. With numerous advertisements printed in sepia at front and rear. Very nice copy of an early post-war issue of the 'family' derivative of Beeton's Household Management.
8vo., Tenth Edition [styled 'Ninth Edition' on title], on laid paper, free endpapers mildly browned, title lightly dust-soiled, some mild and inoffensive age-staining (principally at fore-margins and edges); in SIGNED BINDING BY BIRDSALL OF NORTHAMPTON of nineteenth century cloth boards, tree calf back, backstrip with six gilt rules, second compartment with original leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, label worn but gilt mainly legible, uncut, sometime neatly recased with new endpapers to style, joints cracked (but binding entirely sound), a very good, crisp copy. Vernor and Hood [and many others], 1805 Charlotte Mason's important collection was first published in 1773 and Maclean records a further seven eighteenth-century editions. Bitting adds a Dublin imprint of 1778 as a result of which subsequent copies are one edition later than that stated, hence that with 'eighth edition' on title in actually the ninth (Cagle 864) and the present issue (styled 'ninth edition') is actually the tenth (see Cagle pp. 621-3). The present edition retains the introduction to the first edition, the advertisement to the sixth edition, and the appendix on poultry, the dairy, the kitchen and fruit gardens. Scarce in any early edition.
4to., with a coloured frontispiece, coloured plates and numerous illustrations in the text; blue pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in white, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lavishly illustrated reissue with Daintrey's original illustrations augmented by well-chosen plates by Old and Modern Masters. This edition preserves David's introductions to the first edition (1955) and the expanded version published as a Penguin Handbook in 1965.
8vo., with a frontispiece and plates toned in sepia, small neat signature on front paste-down; tan cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, brown silk marker, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper,, the latter browned at backstrip and chipped with minor loss (just affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. With 3pp publisher's catalogue at end. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped, faintly browned dustwrapper. Bright copy of what is arguably Ayrton's finest work. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., with coloured frontispiece, 11 coloured plates and 48 plates in monochrome, fore-edges very lightly dust-soiled; original decorative brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked in blind and lettered in black, a remarkably well-preserved copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. With advertisement front endpapers in sepia and 11pp of similar advertisements at end. 'All About Cookery' (first issued under this title in 1871) is a derivative of Isabella Beeton's final work 'The Dictionary of Cookery'. The 'Dictionary' was first published in 1865 and designed to full the gap between her classic (but highly-priced) 'Book of Household Management' and the cheaper 'Cookery'. A key feature of the work is the arrangement of its subject matter - recipes, menus, implements and so on - in alphabetical order for easy reference. It is her only work so presented and to our belief the first compilation of its kind. The Edwardian and Georgian editions are particularly comprehensive in their scope and coverage. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. See Driver, p.101 and our own bibliography (in progress). Cagle 563 cites the 1903 edition with fewer plates.
Sm. 8vo., Twenty-Fourth Edition; original patterned boards printed in red, blue cloth back lettered in gilt, boards mildly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in 1884. All issues are scarce. Driver 8.17.
8vo., with numerous tinted illustrations in the text, a map and pictorial endpapers, gift inscription on front free endpaper verso; ivory cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver and red, red silk marker, covers very lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Revised version of the original edition of 1999
8vo., First Edition, free endpapers faintly spotted; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS ALREADY ELUSIVE IN THIS CONDITION.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous fine coloured photographs (many double- or full-page) throughout; white boards, backstrip lettered in silver, grey endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
4to., First Edition, with 16 coloured plates; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Marguerite Patten has always been passionate about the classic cooking of the British Isles; here she collects over 500 thoroughly British recipes which she describes with her usual aplomb.