Complete Illustrated Cookery by Chef (6 results)

Condition: Good. 1934. No edition remarks. 704 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Books has a backward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. (UK) Green cloth with black titles, 704pp, index. Colour frontis showing three desserts, and 3 other coloured plates showing prepared dishes; 24 numbered B&W plates. There are over two thousand recipes, which, according to the introduction, "have been simplified without producing confusion, and in every case is given the correct weight and measure, the exact time ofr preparing each dish, the number of persons the recipe is to provide for, and. the name of the dishes in French". The recipes are French-based with ingredients in British measure. A very good collection of recipes dating from the 1930s with a chapter on game, as well as on curry; the meat pies and recipes for puddings seem quite good. There are 44 recipes for eggs and omelets alone. Here is the chef's method for killing lobster: :run a skewer or sharp knife into the spinal cord at the joint between the body and the tail shells.or tie the claws together and plunge it head first into a pan of absolutely boiling water." No markings, a bit of very light foxing to the endpapers, tight copy with minimal rubbing to corner tips and edges, about VG; no Dj. First Edition (2.8 JM HOQ 101/0 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 704pp, very good tight copy with owners signature inside, a few marks on boards otherwise an exceptionally clean example of a cookery book of this age.

Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. Over two thousand recipes and hints on: Housework. Labour-Saving Devices. Kitchen Equipment. Gas, Electric, and Other Methods of Cooking. Marketing. Vegetable Cookery. Invalid Cookery. Pickles & Preserves. Beverages. Carving. Table Service. The illustrations have been reproduced from dishes prepared from recipes given in the book. The directions have been simplified without producing confusion, and in every case is given the correct weight and measure, the exact time for preparing each dish, the number of persons the recipe is to provide for, and also, for assistance in preparing menus, the name of the dishes in French. Suggestion are also made for the economical working of the kitchen, and for the use of good and nutritious food at resonable costs. Illustrated. 704 pp.Foxing to end pages and to some pages. Slight browning to pages. Cooking marks to a few pages. Wear to cloth.

Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. Over two thousand recipes and hints on: Housework. Labour-Saving Devices. Kitchen Equipment. Gas, Electric, and Other Methods of Cooking. Marketing. Vegetable Cookery. Invalid Cookery. Pickles & Preserves. Beverages. Carving. Table Service. The illustrations have been reproduced from dishes prepared from recipes given in the book. The directions have been simplified without producing confusion, and in every case is given the correct weight and measure, the exact time for preparing each dish, the number of persons the recipe is to provide for, and also, for assistance in preparing menus, the name of the dishes in French. Suggestion are also made for the economical working of the kitchen, and for the use of good and nutritious food at resonable costs. Illustrated. 704 pp.Foxing to end pages . Slight browning to pages. Slight wear to bottom edge of cloth.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First UK edition. Good condition.Associated Newspapers,1931.First UK edition.Green hardback(small stains,marks,dents and writing on the cover and spine,two tears on the edges of the spine and cover,black lettering on the front cover and spine) in GC, no Dj cover.Illustrated with colour,b/w photos (half page of plate 11 is missing).Clean pages with ink marks,aged and tainted on the outer edges,some foxing marks,creases and tears on the edges of the pages,tear in the middle of page 67,previous owner's name written on the edge of the the first blank page of the book,small foxing marks inside the front and back cover.The book is in GC for its age with some shelf wear.702pp including List of illustrations,index.Heavy book(approx 1.3 Kg).