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Perham, Molly (edited by)-Cookie Gifts - Lavish treats to make at Home-Illustrated Laminated Boards  ..........contents cookie; biscuit; cooking; cookery; food; snacks; as issued; fully illustrated; very good;"   BOOK ID 9536.......£8.00

Roundell, Mrs. Charles ( Julia)-Mrs. Roundells Practical Cookery Book-Hardback  ..........contents Cookery Cooking Food Recipes   BOOK ID 15793.......£95.00

Fance, Wilfred J. - Editor-International Confectioner, The-Hardback  ..........contents Confectioner Sweets Puddings Desserts Sugar Cookery Cooking Recipes   BOOK ID 15559.......£100.00

Acton, Eliza-Modern Cookery in all its Branches-Hardback  ..........contents Cookery Cooking Food Recipes   BOOK ID 16090.......£120.00

Glasse, Mrs Hannah-Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, The: Which Far Exceeds Any Thing of the Kind Yet Published Full-Leather  ..........contents Cookery Cooking Recipes Receipts Food   BOOK ID 15693.......£300.00

Robinson, James-Whole Art of Curing, Pickling, and Smoking Meat and Fish - Hardback   ..........contents Curing Pickling Smoking Meat Fish Cookery Cooking Food Recipes   BOOK ID 16540.......£500.00

Francatelli, Charles Elme-Modern Cook, The - A Practical Guide to the Culinary Art in All Its Branches -Hardback  ..........contents Francatelli Cookery Cooking Food Recipes   BOOK ID 16639.......£100.00

Wong, Nellie C.-Chinese Dishes for Foreign Homes -Hardback  ..........contents Cooking Cookery Food Recipes China Chinese   BOOK ID 16689.......£75.00

Floyd, Keith-Floyd on Spain -Hardcover  ..........contents Cooking Cookery Food Recipes Spain Spanish   BOOK ID 15745.......£75.00

[16892] A Lady - Simpson, James (Foreword by). Vegetarian Cookery. By A Lady . London: Fred Pitman, 1852. Fifth Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardback. Good / No Jacket - as issued. ISBN: B001710042. James Simpson was the first president of the Vegetarian Society. British Library only list a copy dated 1866, published after the death of Simpson in 1859. With an explanatory of the principles of vegetarianism. First published in 1821 with the title Vegetable Cookery. The Lady is the wife of Joseph Brotherton who was a prominent member of the Vegetarian Society and published his own cookery book in 1812. This title was first published in 1821. £750.00published in 1821. £750.00

Skeats, A. C.-Commercial Confectionery - A Practical Guide for Practical Men-Hardback  ..........contents Cookery Cooking Food Recipes Confectionery   BOOK ID 16624.......£60.00

[16089] Acton, Eliza. Modern Cookery. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865. Newly Revised and Much Enlarged Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardback. Good / No Jacket - as issued. Modern cookery, for private families, reduced to a system of easy practice, in a series of carefully tested receipts, in which the principles of Baron Liebig and other eminent writers have been as much as possible applied and explained. Tape repair to front hinge. Brown cloth board with dark brown spine and gilt title. Pages 147-154 have loss to bottom spine corner with some loss of text, pages 155-160 have been repaired to the hinge with sellotape. £60.00

[14371] Alden, Zita. Italian Recipes. London: Albany Books, 1979. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. Free front endpaper inscribed by the author. £20.00

[16408] Alfonse, Monsieur. Homely Hints on Food and Cooking, Digestion and Indigestion. Leeds: Alf Cooke, 1902. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardback. Good / No Jacket. ISBN: B00131ZX7K. With over one hundred and forty simple, economical and practical recipes (English, French and American). Green cloth, illustrated vignette in centre of French cook holding a steaming pie. Driver 6.1. £12.00

Law, Ruth-Indian Light Cooking : Delicious and Healthy Food from One of the World's Great Cuisines-Santoshi, Vineeta Hardback  ..........contents Cookery Cooking Food Recipes India Indian   BOOK ID 16655.......£30.00

Kuo, Irene-Key to Chinese Cooking, The-Moy, Carolyn Hardback  ..........contents Cookery Food Recipes Cooking China Chinese  BOOK ID 16789.......£30.00

Hospodar, Miriam Kasin-Heaven's Banquet: Vegetarian Cooking for Lifelong Health the Ayurveda Way -Hardcover  ..........contents Vegetarian Vegetables Food Cookery Cooking Ayurveda   BOOK ID 15332.......£30.00

[15462] Allen, Darina. Ballymaloe Cookery School, A Year at. London: Kyle Cathie Ltd, 1997. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 1-85626-256-1. Signed 'Cooking is Fun, Darina Allen' to the short title page. There is small printers ink fault on the facing free front endpaper, not in any way affecting the contents. Containing over 100 Irish recipes using fresh ingredients, this book also records the author's energy and successes as founder of the Ballymaloe Cookery School in County Cork. Darina Allen makes use of the wealth of produce grown in her own vegetable, herb and fruit gardens. £60.00

Wasserman-Miller, Norma-Soups of Italy - Cooking Over 130 Soups the Italian Way-Hardcover  ..........contents Italy Italian Soup Food Cooking Cookery   BOOK ID 15345.......£25.00

The Council of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts-Virginia Celebrates: Recipes and Ideas for Entertaining-Hardback  ..........contents Cookery Food Recipes Cooking Virginia America   BOOK ID 12289.......£25.00

[15848] An Old Housekeeper, Gooding, Ralph and Baird, James. House Book, The. London: Crosby Lockwood & Co., 1877. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardback. Good / No Jacket - as issued. Comprising 1. The House Manager - being a guide to housekeeping; practical cookery; household work; cellarage of wines, etc.; dairy and garden operations; stable economy, etc. etc. 2. Domestic Medicine - containing a description of the symptoms, causes and treatment of the most common ailments, extended as a family guide in all cases of accident and emergency. 3. Management of Health - a manual of home and personal hygiene. Some tape repairs to internal hinges. Blue leather spine with gilt titles, scuffed to top and bottom. Brown cloth boards. £50.00

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