Food And Drink from

Essex: 5M Books Ltd 2024. 8vo. xii, 348 pp. Illustrated softcover with photographic paste-downs. 'How has it come to this point in history that we hardly value the food we eat and the soil that it's grown in?' This book addresses the ecological costs of industrial farming: how it has impacted animals, the environment, farmers and the way we eat.… Read more about this item

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Limited 1927. 12mo. First edition. vii, 103 pp. Pictorial boards over cloth spine. Minor wear to extremities and marks to boards. Foxing to edges and occasionally throughout. Major Gorman was the Late Commandant of the Army School of Cookery for India. . Very Good. Illustrated Boards. First Edition. 1927.

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Limited 1927. Small 8vo. vii, 103 pp. Pictorial boards over cloth spine. Minor wear to extremities and marking to rear board. Ink and pencil ownership marks to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Major Gorman was the Late Commandant of the Army School of Cookery for India. . Very Good. Illustrated Boards. First Edition. 1927.

London: Ward, Lock and Co., Limited 1901. Large 8vo. 685th thousand. xlviii., (4) adverts, 1644, (20) adverts, (12) pub. ads. Lacks front advertisement leaf. Original gilt-decorated morocco spine panel over original green cloth boards. Binding loose at spine with a slight lean some splitting to the front board. Some light markings to boards and rubbing to corners. Light damage to… Read more about this item

London: Anne Cobbett 1843. 12mo. 182, [1 index], 12 [ads] pp. Original boards with cloth spine and paper title label from 1843. Some wear to edges and corners, spine slightly tilted, small loss to title label. Occasional foxing to prelims and very occasionally inside. Uncut pages. A guide to keeping livestock, baking bread, brewing beer, using grass and grain to… Read more about this item

Paris: Bernardin-Bechet 1873. 8vo. [iii], 462 pp. Original green illustrated paper-covered boards, with the spine laid down when recased. Rubbing and wear, including loss to paper covering at spine ends. Ink ownership mark to ffep. Internally quite clean. Recipes in French. . Very Good. Original Boards. 1873.

London: Grant Richards 1915. Small 8vo. 270 pp. Small tears to edges of joints, small dent to edge of front board, discolouration to spine and top edge. Inside is clean with the odd mark or annotation. '"Cuisin, c'est medicine", said Michelet ; and good cookery is a cure for the mind's as well as the body's ills, besides being cheaper… Read more about this item

Gloucester: The Gloucestershire Federation of Women's Institutes 1938. Small 8vo. 242 pp. Green limp cloth. Wear and some marking to covers and corners. Split at spine and some sections have partially detached. Some foxing throughout. Numerous newspaper clipping inserts. A great collection of recipes wich are 'old and tested in Gloucestershire homes'. . Good. Limp Cloth. 1938.

London: Chapman and Hall 1865. 8vo. xx, 266 pp. Beautifully bound by Bone and Son in very pretty gilt-stamped green cloth, with a lot of delicate floral block prints, all edges gilt, with a rather lovely crest depicting a censer and other smell-disseminating equipments, the motto to which is 'Non cuique datum est habere nasum', meaning 'it isn't given to… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts 1858. Small 8vo. xlvii, [+ 7 plates], 643, 32 ads. pp. Full maroon morocco with gilt lettering to spine; decorative endpapers, all edges speckled red. Slight wear to spine ends and corners, a few light marks to boards, spine a little faded. Slight splitting to front hinge, light foxing and offsetting to prelims,… Read more about this item

London: James Bowden 1897. 8vo. (iv), 160, (4) pp. Original pictorial boards, about two-thirds the width of an average 8vo. Light wear to extremities. Slight darkening to spine. Light rubbing and air bubbles to boards. Internally clean. . Very Good. Pictorial Boards. 5th Edition. 1897.

London: Kettners Ltd. 1912. 8vo. [xvii], 500 pp. Decorative cloth. Minor wear and bumping to extremities, with a more significant case of wear to corner of front board. Darkening to spine. Light scratches to fore-edge. Binding is a little loose in parts. Internally clean. An encylopaedia of kitchen and cooking terminology from by the renowned chef, Auguste Kettner who, after… Read more about this item

London and Sydney: Macdonald and Jane's 1979. Large 8vo. xii, 13-676 pp. Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust jacket. Some fading to the spine of the jacket.. Illustrations. History of English food. 0356006069 . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1979.

London: Ward, Lock and Bowden & Co 1892. Small 8vo. Half title, frontis, xlvi, [2] plate lists, 4 pp. adverts printed in red and black, 1644, 28 pp. adverts printed in red and black, 12 pp. publisher's catalogue. Modern red cloth respine with gilt lettering and decoration over original green cloth. Slight waterstaining to top edge. Light rubbing to boards.… Read more about this item

London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 1968. 8vo.Facsimile. Numbered limited facsimile edition of the 1861 first edition. This is copy no. 656 of an edition limited to 1,000 copies. xxxix, 1112 pp. Bound in full red morocco. Top edge gilt with some minor scratches to the top edge. Marbled endpapers. Slight rubbing to spine, which has very slightly darkened. Minor foxing to… Read more about this item

[London]: Merloo Publicity Service [1927]. Oblong 8vo. 72 pp. Cream cloth spine with navy card boards. Illustrations and advertisments throughout. Rubbing to spine and edges. Foxing to the cloth and throughout internally. A cookbook using ingredients sourced from around the British Empire - 'Learn to cook imperially'. . Very Good. Cloth Spine Card Boards. 1927.

London: The Medici Society Ltd. 1939. 8vo. First Edition. 56 pp. Colour illustrated boards with a red cloth spine. Some rubbing and marks to spine and extremities, and light scratches to boards. Occasional very minor spots, generally internally clean. Cute black and white illustrations along with recipes. . Very Good. Illustrated Boards. First Edition. 1939.

London: The Food and Cookery Publishing Co 1918. Small 8vo. 85 pp. Blue cloth. Rubbing and bumping to boards and spine, including loss of title at the latter. Foxing to edges and endpapers in particular, as well as scattered throughout. Occasional pencil annotations. Text clear. Proclaims the 'culinary possibilities' of the chafing dish, including many slow cooked dishes. . Very… Read more about this item

London: Practical Press Ltd. 1955. 8vo. First Edition. x, 138 pp. Green hardcover in a pictorial dustjacket (not price clipped). Jacket has some chipping to top edge, as well as slight tears to top and bottom edges. Some marking and rubbing to panels. Boards and spine of book are fresh and the binding is firm. Foxing along top edge, but… Read more about this item

New York: Richard R. Smith Inc. 1930. Small 8vo.Illustrated. 288 pp. Original Art Deco binding with decorations throughout, including endpapers. Faded gilt lettering to spine. Wear to the edges and spine, with an area of loss to the top of the latter. Binding is a little loose, but remains firm. Chip to the foil on the front board and scratching… Read more about this item