London: Mitchell Beazley, 1978. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Superbly produced period piece giving intimate insight into the lives and works of the top French chefs of the time - for example, Bocuse, Pic, the brothers Haberlin and Troisgros. As well as the original and candid.....
Glasgow: Richard Drew, 1985. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. The trailblazing - and now classic - 1980s cookery book that brought previously neglected Scottish produce and technique to the forefront. Covering the full range and repertoire, Brown also writes interestingly about the social, geographical and sometimes literary.....
Hodder & Stoughton, 1985. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Totally of its time, a superb slice of social history through cooking. This book appears unused and rarely opened.
Chambers, 1953. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Our previous owner, thankfully, does not seem to have had this propped up in the kitchen, messy fingers daubing. Unless one was very careful. For apart from some scuffs and marks to the covers, this book is very clean.....
London: Cookery Book Club, 1968. Edition: Cookery Book Club. Book Condition: Very good. A later but still very attractive later edition to the classic 1950s introductions to these southern European cuisines. Book has some slight dustiness to text block edges but no foxing or spotting. No other marks or inscriptions.....
Edinburgh: The Moray Press, 1937. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Fascinating social and cultural artefact, with a slight Scottish twist, demonstrating and instructing in the art of correct pre-war entertaining. Book retains striking orange boards, clean with still fresh black lettering. Internally very clean with no.....
London: Bloomsbury, 2009. Edition: 1st UK thus; reprint. Book Condition: Finne. Part commentary, part recipe book, telling the story of the molecular gastronome's rise to fame and the inside stories of some of his signature dishes. Book is fine in all respects with no marks or inscriptions and just some.....
Leeds: The Stanhope Press, 1958. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Signed by the author to the title page "With best wishes". Unique account of the life of the Stanhope Hotel near Leeds in Yorkshire. The owner, Jack Showers, gives a fascinating account of his experiences as mine.....
London: Michael Joseph, 1967. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Her first book and a superb example of Jane Grigson's many seminal works. Written in her usual no-nonsense, slightly maternalistic style, but imbued with profound technical knowledge, this book is a treasure in very good to fine.....
London: Michael Joseph, 1971. Edition: 1st UK, 1st Impression. Book Condition: Very good. The accompanying illustrations of family life, produce and equipment elevate this book well above the ordinary and as Grigson's second book only, it prefigures what was to follow. In her meticulous but accessible style she draws our.....
London: Piatkus, 1985. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. A vintage item from the prolific and popular UK cookery writer. As with most cookery books, as much a reflection and commentary on its time as anything else. Book is fine with no marks or inscriptions, binding tight, possibly.....
Paris: Plon, 1977. Edition: Reprint. Book Condition: Very good. Lovely later edition of the 1964 classic, text in French, introducing children to the wonders of French patisserie making. The unjacketed hardback book is in very good condition. Spine tips and corners slightly bumped and worn with some wear along spine.....
London: Maclaren & Sons, undated. Edition: no remarks. Book Condition: Fine. Undated but probably 1950s, commercial cake decoration manual. In fine condition with numerous b/w photographs. Book produced to high specification on high quality paper. Boards very clean and binding sound. No marks or inscriptions except for jacket offset to.....
The Bodley Head, 1961. Edition: Reprinted. Book Condition: Very good. A commercial tie-in with the Prestige company, this amply demonstrates one-pot cookery. Harben was one of the UK's first 'celebrity chefs'. There is foxing to the front endpaper and to text block edges. There are no marks or inscriptions and.....
London: Faber, 1967. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. As much evoking times past and perhaps a lost time of the bonhomie involved in a true sense of hospitality, this very influential book came from the chef-patron of the Fortingall Hotel in Perthshire, known for its groaning tables.....