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1940-1975 A Collection of Classic Cookery Books
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
Six volumes. This set contains: The Master Book of Poultry and Game, c1940. From the 'Master' cookery series. A comprehensive work on the cooking of poultry and game with now fewer than seventy-nine examples of birds and furred game included. Written by Henry Smith, a British cookery book writer. The Salad Book, 1952. First edition. A collection of two hundred and fifty salad recipes for healthy diet and slimming for the whole year round, including sauces and dressings. Written by Du Bois. The Man in the Kitchen, 1952. First edition. A guide to cooking painlessly and agreeably with every prospect of success, containing a subtle and pointed chapter entitled "how to tech a woman to cook". Written by Malcolm LaPrade. Secrets of Russian Cooking, 1962. First edition. A collection of over two hundred of the most treasure Russian recipes, using ingredients which are inexpensive and easily obtainable. Written by Kyra Petrovskaya. Good Cookies, 1963. First edition. A collection of recipes for cookies of all types, shapes, and sizes, for every occasion. Showing the versatility of this delightful treat. Written by Annnette Laslett Ross and Jean Adams Disney. Natural Cooking the Old-Fashioned Way, 1975. Later edition. An innovative and exciting cookery book providing a collection of guides to simple food preparation and usable recipes from days gone by. Written by Robert W. Pelton.
Condition
In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than The Man in the Kitchen and Natural Cooking which have been price-clipped. Wrappers are sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the panels. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges with loss to the head and tail of the spines of The Master Book of Poultry and Game and The Man in the Kitchen. Sympathetic repairs with tape to The Master Book of Poultry and Game. A 2" closed tear to the rear panel of The Man in the Kitchen, with light creases. A library sticker to the tail of the spine of Natural Cooking. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light age toning to the extremities with the previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper.
Very Good
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