Search Results: Cookery from lobstabooks

Pelham, 1972 VG/VG dj is a little rubbed to top edge. not price-clipped. no inscriptions.

Harrap London 1964 VG/G (dj is heavily repaired at top front and rubbed at all edges but with minimal loss) Large octavo 240pp illustrated with 'cartoon' line drawings. At the time this was written chicken had emerged from being a luxury dish but cooks were uninspired when using it. Here are wonderful recipes from France, Spain, Italy, Scandinavia, Greece and other European countries as well as the Far East, the United States and North Africa. You may have no need for Invalid Chicken Broth but Cherkes Tavagu (chicken with walnut sauce) should make your mouth water.

Chatto & Windus London 1933 G (much of external brown cloth binding overlaid with brown paper but overall wear is light) 12mo. 191pp

Octopus Books London 1989 Near fine/fine (fine unclipped dj, new copy with bump tail of spine and a little shelfwear bottom edge, contents fine) quarto 79pp. First edition. Colour photographs throughout.

Hammond-Harwood House Association Annapolis 1963 VG/VG (slight isloated wear to dj) Octavo 374pp illustrated throughout. Very nice publication. 145 illustrations from the Maryland scenes which inspired the book

Macdonald and Co London 1988 Near fine/Vg (few small marks to generally clean dj, price clipped, slightly yellowed at top edge, clean blue cloth with bright silver titles on spine, slightly darkened at base of spine and bottom edge, one tiny spot front free endpaper, no other marks or inscriptions, contents tight and clean throughout) quarto 256pp. First edition. Exclusive menus from 51 chefs from 10 European countries. Beautiful colour photographs. Easy to follow instructions. Photographs and addresses of all the restaurants. Introduction by Raymod Blanc and foreword by Egon Ronay. A heavy item.

Ward Lock and Co London undated Fair (no dj, worn brown cloth boards both heavily bleached (?damp), back hinge broken but board still attached by unbroken endpapers, no foxing and pages generally clean but several pages in last chapter and index are lightly stained and very dusty and grubby) 12mo 128pp. No date of publication but looks 1930s. Jellies, creams, fruit dishes, cold puddings and ices. 350 recipes. B/w frontis and 7 b/w plates. Adverts to endpapers.

Ward Lock London 1925 GOOD+ (original green cloth, minimal wear. pages 52 qnd 53 have small ink staines) some marked foxing to title page and internal pages - but not too unsightly - ask for scans if required. 12mo 128pp plus advertising illustrated. 350 recipes

Ward Lock and Co London c1908 Fair (no dj, olive green cloth with black wheatsheaf decoration spine and front board, spine reinforced round all sides with sturdy green tape with only central portion of cloth showing, corners bumped, both front and back hinges heavily cracked but held by the spine tape, spine wobbly and contents skewed, textblock binding firm and pages clean, shabby but still a usable copy) 12mo 752pp plus 10pp adverts. New edition with colour plates and other illustrations. Undated but advert refers to award in 1906. Period adverts front and back.

The Apple Press London 1994 Near fine/near fine (fine copy, appears new, no signs of use, few dust speckles on clipped dj, minor shelfwear under bottom edge of boards) large square quarto 144pp. Printed on gloss art paper, salsas for all dishes from soups and appetizers to main courses and desserts. Colour photographs throughout.

James Clarke 1894 Circa softback - like heavy cardboard, but not hardback. attractive red boards with raised white titling and artwork. however, it is showing its age - all corners and edges are rubbed with some chipping and loss, and some creasing. rear board white panelling is grubby and tarnished. internally the ffeps are heavily browned but the text itself is not - but the paper is dark cream . no inscriptions, but there are the odd pencil lines and marks in the text - nothing too unsightly. collectable period piece for a catering library - try the "salmis of blackcock"

W H Allen London 1957 VG (full vellum binding lined in red and brown, slightly marked. Extra recipes pasted at endpapers) Octavo 208pp