Encyclopaedia of the Dinner Table; Lightning Cookery; The Canape Book; Dinners for Beginners; Four Hundred Prize Recipes for Practical Cookery; Housekeeping; The Cannon Cookery Book; Food Values at a Glance and How to Plan a Healthy Diet; "Home Notes" Complete Cookery

Various; E. F. Wood; Countess Morphy; Rachel Bell Maiden; Rachel and Margaret Ryan; Elizabeth Craig; D. D. Cottington Taylor; Violet G. Plimmer; Lilian Mattingly

Edité par Country Life Ltd.; D. Appleston-Century Company; Hamish Hamilton; Daily Telegraph; Collins; Cannon Iron Foundries Ltd.; Longmans, Green and Co.; [Unknown]; C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. 1916–1947, London, 1916

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A charming nine-volume collection of early-to-mid 20th century British cookery and household guides. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.One copy, Housekeeping by Elizabeth Craig, comes with the original unclipped dust wrapper.A charming collection of early-to-mid 20th century British cookery and household management books, with three first editions and several with delightful period illustrations, consisting of:Encyclopaedia of the Dinner Table by E. F. Wood (c1916). This copy is undated; dated here using Jisc, from a copy held at the University of Leeds Library. The publisher is not known. A concise reference work on dining etiquette, table arrangements, and the art of entertaining.Lightning Cookery by Countess Morphy (1931). First edition, illustrated with charming in-text cartoons by the author. A light-hearted yet practical guide to quick, elegant cooking. The Canape Book by Rachel Bell Maiden (1934). First edition, illustrated with in-text decorations by Lucina Smith Wakefield.An inventive collection of canapé recipes for refined entertaining. Dinners for Beginners by Rachel and Margaret Ryan (1934). First edition. Published by Hamish Hamilton. This is a economical and practical cookery book aimed at those cooking single-handedly. Four Hundred Prize Recipes for Practical Cookery (1934). Reprinted from The Daily Telegraph. This copy is undated, dated here from a copy held at the University of Leeds Library. Published by the Daily Telegraph. This is a compilation of tried-and-tested prize-winning recipes for home cooks. Housekeeping by Elizabeth Craig (1937). This volume comes with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with 7 monochrome plates, including a frontispiece, and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. This is a concise manual for household maintenance, with money and time saving tips. The Cannon Cookery Book by D. D. Cottington Taylor (1937). This is the fifth enlarged edition. Illustrated with two double-sided monochrome plates. Collated, complete. This is acompany-issued recipe book highlighting practical cooking with Cannon appliances. Food Values at a Glance and How to Plan a Healthy Diet by Violet G. Plimmer (1938). This is a New Edition by Novographic Process, published January 1938. Includes 35 charts, 27 in colour, including a colour frontispiece. Collated, complete. "Home Notes" Complete Cookery compiled and edited by Lilian Mattingly (1947). This edition is the fourth reprint. This is a comprehensive cookery book offering a wide range of recipes from the post-war period. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart. The odd slight handling mark to boards. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Small sticker to front paste down of "Lightning Cookery". "Complete Cookery", and "Dinners for Beginners". Previous owner"s inscription and blind stamp from Dewsbury, Yorkshire to front free endpaper of "Values", "400 Recipes". Bookplate from "Matin & Pamela Finch: Exlibris Gastronomique" to front free endpaper of "Food Values", "Housekeeping". "400 Recipes", and to front paste down of "encyclopaedia". Previous owner"s inscription to front free endpaper of "400 Recipes". Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with one or two spots, heavier to fore edges and first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed.

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• Titre: Encyclopaedia of the Dinner Table; Lightning Cookery; The Canape Book; Dinners for Beginners; Four Hundred Prize Recipes for Practical Cookery; Housekeeping; The Cannon Cookery Book; Food Values at a Glance and How to Plan a Healthy Diet; "Home Notes" Complete Cookery
• Éditeur: Country Life Ltd.; D. Appleston-Century Company; Hamish Hamilton; Daily Telegraph; Collins; Cannon Iron Foundries Ltd.; Longmans, Green and Co.; [Unknown]; C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. 1916 1947, London
• Date de parution: 1916
• Reliure: Cloth
• Illustrateur: Lucina Smith Wakefield; Various
• État de l'article: Very Good Indeed
• Type de livre: book
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Cookery