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1910-1975 A Collection of Cookery Books, Pamphlets and Booklets
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Description
Publishers' Original Binding
A varied collection of cookery pamphlets and booklets, the majority of which are publications from ingredient brands including Borwick's, Cox's Gelatine, Whitworth's Sugar, Symington's and Pillsbury. Also with guides to specific types of cooking, including 'Cold Cookery', which encourages the use of an electric refrigerator, and 'Waterless Cooking' by Elizabeth Craig, which promotes the use of the "Milbro" water-less cooker.
Majority of the volumes are in the publishers' wraps. With 'Cooking by Magic' in the original cloth, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. 'Borwick's Cookery' in the original cloth-backed boards.
The entirety of this set comprises the following:
One Hundred and One Luncheon Dishes by Rose Brown (1910)
Reliable Recipes and Helpful Hints (Calumet Baking Powder) (c1914)
The Pillsbury Cook-Book (1914) - New edition
Symington's Recipes (c1930)
Borwick's Cookery Book (c1930) - Thirteenth edition
International Cookery by Lilla Deeley (1933)
The Epicure's Monthly Companion: A Gastronomical Guide Compiled by Kathleen Talbot (1933)
More Every-day Dishes Edited by Elizabeth Craig (c1935)
Cox's Manual of Gelatine Cookery (1935)
Cold Cookery: The Electric Refrigerator Home Handbook (1938) - Second impression
All About Cakes and Candies for Pleasure and Profit (c1939) - Eighth edition
Food for the Future by Josephine Terry (1942) - Second impression
Rational Cookery: Being a Collection of Simple Receipts (1943) - Third edition
A Cook's Tour of the Soviet Union (1944)
A Collection of Tested Recipes in Plain Cookery by Miss Mason (1946)
A Guide to Marketable Fish by R. J. Daniel (1948)
Cooking by Magic by Marjorie Baron Russell (1949) - Third impression
Whitworth's Spice of Life Cookery Book (c1950)
Waterless Cooking by Elizabeth Craig (1953)
More Yorkshire Recipes Collected by Mrs. Appleby of "The Dalesman" (1967)
Quick Canapes (1969)
The Little Brown Book of Greens (1975)
Condition
Majority of the volumes are in the publishers' wraps. With 'Cooking by Magic' in the original cloth, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. 'Borwick's Cookery' in the original cloth-backed boards. Externally, generally smart, with most notable wear being to 'Pillsbury', which is chipped around the edges. With handling and tide marks to 'International Cookery' and tape reinforced to 'Waterless', which is chipped to the spine head. Remaining volumes have moderate edge wear or handling marks to their extremities. Sunning to the spine of 'Food for the Future'. Dust wrapper of 'Cooking by Magic' is chipped to the spine head, with scattered spotting and sunning to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with any instances of scattered spots largely concentrated to the first and last few pages, or occasionally throughout. Ownership bookplate of ones Martin and Pamela Finch tipped-in to the majority of the volumes to the front endpapers.
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