alexis soyer cook extraordinary de ray elizabeth (4 résultats)

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xii + 178, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing (1991). 179pp. VG+ clean copy but for small crease to front top corner, publisher's ad sheet laid in.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good+. Condition Notes: Dust wrapper lightly sunned at the spine with rubbing to the spine ends. Leans vaguely. The contents complete, clean and tight.; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over red boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6½" (0.9 kg); pp (xii) 178; Index; Preface by Prue Leith; Includes: Black & white drawings; Illustrated lining papers; Frontispiece; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #199852 ||.

Hard Cover. Etat de la jaquette : Dust Jacket. First Edition. (Lewes, East Sussex: Southover Press 1991). First UK Edition. Foreword by Prue Leith. ISBN: 1-870962-05-2. Publisher's red boards with gilt lettering to the spine. A near fine copy in like dustwrapper. "Rarely has a man defined the spirit of an age as well as Alexis Soyer. A celebrity chef, bestselling author, entrepreneur, inventor and Crimean War hero. Soyer built the world famous kitchens of London's Reform Club and filled them with such ingenious inventions as the gas stove and steam lifts" (GoodReads). Photographs/scans available upon request.