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Selected Cookery Books - March 2014 Catalogue (400 plus books) A Clergyman's Daughter. Young Cook's Assistant; Being a Selection of Economical Receipts and Directions. Publisher: Edinburgh: John Johnstone, 1848. Comment: Eighth Thousand. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardback. Good / No Jacket - as issued. 160 pages plus publishers catalogue. Adapted to the use of families in the middle rank of life. numerous members of the Dunbar family of Aberdeen have inscribed their names to the front pastedown and free front endpaper. Preface is dated 1843, British Library record a copy dated 1851. BOOK REF: 22386..... £200.00 Keyword: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes History 1 A Lady - Simpson, James (Foreword by) - Vegetarian Cookery. By A Lady Publisher: Fred Pitman, London, (1852) Fifth Edition Comment: Good, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall, No Jacket - as issued (Hardback) James Simpson was the first president of the Vegetarian Society. British Library only list a copy dated 1866, published after the death of Simpson in 1859. With an explanatory of the principles of vegetarianism. First published in 1821 with the title Vegetable Cookery. The Lady is the wife of Joseph Brotherton who was a prominent member of the Vegetarian Society and published his own cookery book in 1812. This title was first published in 1821. BOOK REF: 16892..... £750.00. KEYWORDS: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes Vegetables Vegetarian A Lady - Mrs Eliza Ketelby Rundell 1745-1828 - New System of Domestic Cookery: Founded Upon Principles of Economy; And Adapted to the use of Private Families. Publisher: John Murray, London, (1843) Sixty-seventh Edition Good, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, No Jacket - as issued (Hardback) . Comment: Green cloth with gilt titles to front board and spine. Both front and rear hinges have been repaired with tape, there is also a neat tape repair to the spine between pages 176 and 177. Some light foxing but generally a good clean copy of this very popular work. liv + 571 + 16 pages of advertisements. BOOK REF: 16938..... £50.00. KEYWORDS: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes A Lady - Mrs Eliza Ketelby Rundell 1745-1828 - New System of Domestic Cookery, A Publisher: John Murray, London, (1828) New Edition Good, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall, No Jacket - as issued (Full-Leather) . Comment: 446 pages. Several manuscript recipes to rear endpapers. Front hinge cracked, otherwise a good tight book. Raised bands to spine. BOOK REF: 17822..... £50.00. KEYWORDS: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes A Lady, By. Housekeeper's Book. Publisher:Philadelphia: William Marshall & Co., 1837. Comment:First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardback. Good / No Jacket - as issued. 217 pages. Comprising advice on the conduct of household affairs in general; and particular directions for the preservation of furniture, bedding &c.; for the laying in and preserving of provisions; with a complete collection of receipts for economical domestic cookery. The whole carefully prepared for the use of American housekeepers. Axford page 213. Original boards are scuffed, contents complete. BOOK REF: 22403..... £50.00 KEYWORDS: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes America American 2 Acton, Eliza - Modern Cookery Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, (1855) Newly Revised and Much Enlarged Edition Good, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, No Jacket - as issued (Hardback) . Comment: Modern cookery, for private families, reduced to a system of easy practice, in a series of carefully tested receipts, in which the principles of Baron Liebig and other eminent writers have been as much as possible applied and explained. Tape repair to front and rear hinge, and tape repairs to spine. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. BOOK REF: 16091..... £100.00. KEYWORDS: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes Acton, Eliza - Modern Cookery Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, (1852) Comment: Eleventh Edition. Good, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall", No Jacket - as issued jacket (Hardback) 608 pages plus 32 pages of publisher's advertisements. Modern cookery, in all its branches: Reduced to, A System of Easy Practice for the use of private families. In a series of receipts, which have been strictly tested, and are given with the most minute exactness. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Spine has a 6cm tear to front edge without loss. BOOK REF: 24631….. £100.00. KEYWORDS: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes Acton, Eliza - Modern Cookery for Private Families Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, London, (1865) Comment: Newly Revised and Much Enlarged Edition. Good, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall", No Jacket - as issued jacket (Hardback) 643 pages. Reduced to a system of easy practice, in a series of carefully tested receipts, in which the principles of Baron Leibig and eminent writers have been as much as possible applied and explained. Copiously illustrated. Bitting page 3. BOOK REF: 24836….. £100.00. KEYWORDS: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes English Aldred, Irene - Virtue Cookery Book, The Publisher: Virtue, London, (1966) Reprint Very Good, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall", Very Good jacket (Hard Cover) Comment: 896 pages. This book is complete with the original shipping box. BOOK REF: 24779….. £50.00. KEYWORDS: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes 3 Alexander, Stephanie. Cook's Companion, The - The Complete Book of Ingredients and Recipes for the Australian Kitchen. ill. Carter, Earl - Photography. Publisher: Viking, Ringwood, VIC (1998) Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback. Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-670-86373-4. Comment: 816 pages. Here is the food that Stephanie Alexander cooks for her family and friends and the recipes she learned from her mother. Overseas customers please contact us before ordering, this book has a shipping weight of 2.4kg. BOOK REF: 21839..... £90.00 KEYWORDS: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes Australia Australian ALI-BAB ( Henri Babinski ) - Gastromomie Pratique Études Culinaires Suivies Du Traitment De L'Obésité Des Gourmands Publisher: Ernest Flammarion, Paris, (1950) Eighth Edition Good, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall, No Jacket (Hardback) . Comment: 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. BOOK REF: 20258..... £75.00. KEYWORDS: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes French France Allen, Darina - Ballymaloe Cookery School, A Year at Publisher: Kyle Cathie Ltd, London, (1997) First Edition Very Good, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall, Very Good (Hardcover) . Signed by Author Comment: Signed 'Cooking is Fun, Darina Allen' to the short title page. There is small printers ink fault on the facing free front endpaper, not in any way affecting the contents. Containing over 100 Irish recipes using fresh ingredients, this book also records the author's energy and successes as founder of the Ballymaloe Cookery School in County Cork. Darina Allen makes use of the wealth of produce grown in her own vegetable, herb and fruit gardens. BOOK REF: 15462..... £60.00. KEYWORDS: Ballymaloe Cookery School Ireland Irish Cooking Food Recipes Cork Vegetable Herb Fruit Allen, Darina. Darina Allen's Ballymaloe Cookery Course. ill. Main, Ray - Photographs. Publisher: London: Kyle Cathie, 2001. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 1-85626-410-6. Comment: 639 pages. Darina Allen has organised her Ballymaloe Cookery Course to include classic and basic recipes, and also those that show how to use the very 'modern' ingredients from around the world that are readily available in super-markets today. Overseas customers please email us for shipping quote, this book weighs 2.4kg BOOK REF: 21932..... £50.00 KEYWORDS: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes Ireland Irish School 4 Amiard, Herve. Portraits De Chefs. Publisher: Paris: Contrejour, 1991. Comment: First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 2-859- 49137-6. 87 pages. This has to be one of the most classic records of French chefs. BOOK REF: 23297..... £50.00 KEYWORDS: French France Chef Chefs Photography An Old Housekeeper, Gooding, Ralph and Baird, James - House Book, The Publisher: Crosby Lockwood & Co., London, (1877) Good, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, No Jacket - as issued (Hardback) . Comment: Comprising 1. The House Manager - being a guide to housekeeping; practical cookery; household work; cellarage of wines, etc.; dairy and garden operations; stable economy, etc. etc. 2. Domestic Medicine - containing a description of the symptoms, causes and treatment of the most common ailments, extended as a family guide in all cases of accident and emergency. 3. Management of Health - a manual of home and personal hygiene. Some tape repairs to internal hinges. Blue leather spine with gilt titles, scuffed to top and bottom. Brown cloth boards. BOOK REF: 15848..... £50.00. KEYWORDS: House Domestic Medicine Health Cookery An Experienced Housekeeper. Family Cookery Book, The. Publisher:Coventry: Merridew & Son, 1812. Comment:First Edition.