Cookery Books
5 titles
£630
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Henderson William Augustus. The Housekeeper's Instructor, or Universal Family Cook. London: W. and J. Stratford, 1795. 8vo,456, [ix], [iv]; frontispiece portrait, 11 plates (2 folding), lacks final leaf of list of subscribers at end, modern calf, some dampstaining to plates;
Macdonald, James. Food from the Far West, or American Agriculture, London: W.P. Nimmo, 1878, 8vo, blue half morocco, spine gilt;
Glasse, Hannah. The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy... the Twentieth edition. Edinburgh: James Donaldson 1791. 8vo, large folding 'Bill of Fare', lacking final leaf of index, modern half calf gilt, some dampstaining towards end;
Kitchiner, William. The Cook's Oracle; containing Receipts for Plain Cookery... the Fifth edition. Edinburgh: A. Constable, & Hurst Robinson, & Co., Cheapside, 1823, 12mo, some spotting and occasional light damp stains;
Francatelli, Charles E. The Modern Cook, a practical guide to the Culinary Art in all its Branches. London: R. Bentley, 1861, 13th edition, engraved frontispiece, small blindstamp at head of title and owner's name 'H. Wahond 1861' to title, 8vo, frontispiece loose, illustrations, original cloth, worn, one gathering standing proud
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