1926 The Anglo-Chinese Cook Book, Vol. I.

Description

Early Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon

The second edition of this uncommon work, which was first published in 1916.

Volume I of this work, which signifies that this is in the English language. It was simultaneously published in Chinese, termed volume II.

Illustrated with twenty-one plates. Collated, complete.

An impressive cookbook with 1,000 recipes "adapted to the limitations of the local market, efforts having been made to exclude every recipe the ingredients of which can not be readily procured in China".

With chapters devoted to jellies, ice cream, cocktails, soups, macaroni and steak.

With advertisements to the front and rear of the work.

With the bookplate of Martin and Pamela Finch to the front free endpaper. They were antiquarian booksellers with an interest in antiquarian gastronomy.