Thomson Winifred Hope Someone to Dinner:Chef Cooking for Little Kitchens
Cobden-Sanderson, 1935. First Edition. Hardback. A very good copy which has a previous owner's signature on the front board hidden by the dustwrapper which shows some foxing and edge chipping.The author supplies a real need giving recipes, although of the highest class, that can be carried out in the modern flat or small house, where labour and storage room are limited and where economy has to be considered. 208 pages. (Book ref. 14490) £12.00
NIMMO, Derek (ed): Memorable dinners. Portentous, outrageous, exuberant. Recollected by the rich and rare.
London: Quiller, 1991. Foreword: HRH the Duke of Gloucester. 1st. Nr fine cream cloth h/b with gilt lettering to spine; VG+ beige d/w with col illus & red lettering, not pc or chipped. 20cms x 29.25cms, 160pp. Col & b/w illus throughout. Clean, unmarked copy. Weight 856g. 1870948483. (Book ref. 2711) £5.00
CONRAN, Terance: Terence Conran's new house book.
London: Conran Octopus, 1988. Reprint. VG+ grey cloth h/b with blue lettering to cover & spine; VG white d/w with col illus & red/grey/black lettering, not pc or chipped. 24cms x 28.5cms, 368pp. Col illus throughout. Clean, unmarked copy. Weight 1872g. 185029013X. (Book ref. 2539) £8.00
Lucas Elizabeth Mrs. Lucas's French Cookery Book. With Some Additional Hints from English and American Kitchens
London: Christophers, 1929. 1st. Cloth Cover. Very Good/No Dustwrapper. 8vo 231 pages including the index tightly bound in light blue cloth covers, 8" tall, with gilt titles on the spine & embossed titles on the front. (Book ref. 032341) £5.00
Prizeman, John Kitchens a Design Centre Publication
London: Macdonald & Co., (Publishers) Ltd. In Association with the Council of Industrial Design, 1972. New and Revised Edition. Card Covered. Very Good ++/No Dustjacket. 8vo 356 03266 3 A very tidy 8 1/4" by 6 "card covered book of 64 pages. There is an owner's name written on the title page. (Book ref. 020048) £7.00
Curtis, Tony Town & Country Kitchens
London: Bracken Books, 1992. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio 1 85170 913 4 One of the "Collecting for pleasure" series. An excellent condition book and wrapper (Book ref. 007592) £9.00
AYRTON Elizabeth: ROYAL FAVOURITES Recipes From Palace Kitchens
Folio Society, 1971. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth (Fine). Pp. 80 (no inscriptions). (Book ref. 54537) £5.00
Bloomfield, Andrea: Food and Cooking in Victorian England.
Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2007 First edition (published in US and UK at same time). HB. Cloth & dustjacket. 201pp. With b & w illustrations from contemporary sources in text. Fine in Fine protected jacket, which has tiny nick to lower back edge. (Book ref. 19859) £20.00
"Brears, P. " "ALL THE KING'S COOKS: THE TUDOR KITCHENS OF KING HENRY VIII AT HAMPTON COURT PALACE"
"Souvenir Press, 201pp, 2011" "New paperback copies. Revised, updated and expanded edition. : A practical guide to the running of the kitchens in the last year's of King Henry VIII's reign. Includes period recipes adapted for today's cooks. Illustrated. " (Book ref. 35927) £15.00
Prizeman, John Kitchens: Design, Layout and Equipment
London: Macdonald & Co., in association with the Council of Industrial Design, 1966. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall B0000CMVHK (Book ref. 034688) £9.99
Conran, Terence Terence Conran's Kitchen Book: A Comprehensive Source Book and Guide to Planning, Fitting and Equipping Your Kitchen
London: Conran Octopus, 1994. Third Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 185029561 Written with Elizabeth Wilhide, Deborah Smith-Morant. (Book ref. 027698) £9.99
Gilliatt, Mary Making the Most of Kitchens & Dining Rooms: A Creative Guide to Home Design
London: Orbis Publishing, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0856135569 (Book ref. 027548) £8.00
"Denny, R. " "THE TUDOR KITCHENS COOKERY BOOK: HAMPTON COURT"
", 32pp, " "Booklet, crease to corner of pages, edge of pages a little yellowed otherwise very good in card covers. No published date or publisher details (circa 1990s) ; produced for Hampton Court Palace. : A selection of popular Tudor recipes adapted for the moder" (Book ref. 25998) £9.50
DENNY, ROZ: The Tudor Kitchens Cookery Book. Hampton Court Palace.
London: for Hampton Court Palace, n.d. Illustrated in colour and black & white. Tall 4to, pp.32, original glazed paper wrappers, an excellent copy. (Book ref. 6405) £10.00
Past and Present: a Nostalgic Look at Five Decades of Change. Vol.1 No.1
Kettering: Past & Present, 1993. Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 64pp, photos. Includes articles on Coventry city centre; Bill Oddie; Scouting Days; Seaside Entertainment; Nursing; Roads in Devon; Kitchens and Cookery; Birmingham Trams; Open Tennis; Railways in Cumbria. (Book ref. 004644) £5.00
Page, E. B. and Kingsford, P. W.: The Master Chefs: A History of Haute Cuisine
London, Edward Arnold (Publisher) Ltd., 1971 This book is full of culinary delights and a wealth of interesting, surprising and fascinating details of the history of catering and especially of the "Metier", the finest of English, French and Italian cooking as it is practised today. Hb with dust jacket. 1st ed. viii, 248pp. Many B&W illustrations. Minor creasing to top front of DJ and one larger crease to top rear. Occasional rubbing and staining to DJ. Signed ' with love from one of the authors, Peter' to fep. Some bumps to top edge of covers. A Very Good copy in a very good+ dust jacket. (Book ref. 19227) £35.00
Department of the Environment Spaces in the Home: Kitchens and Laundering Spaces
HMSO, 1980. Paperback. Very Good. 0117502375 1980 HMSO second impression large softback, Design Bulletin 24 Part 2; VG clean condition, appears unread; UK dealer, immediate dispatch (Book ref. 142R34) £10.49
"Grant, M. " "ROMAN COOKERY: ANCIENT RECIPES FOR MODERN KITCHENS"
"Serif, 191pp, 1999" "New paperback copies. : " (Book ref. 19984) £9.99
"Brears, P. " "ALL THE KING'S COOKS: THE TUDOR KITCHENS OF KING HENRY VIII AT HAMPTON COURT PALACE"
"Souvenir Press, 192pp, 1999" "Hardback, very good in creased and price-clipped dustjacket. : A practical guide to the running of the kitchens in the last year's of King Henry VIII's reign. Includes period recipes adapted for today's cooks. Illustrated. " (Book ref. 34063) £35.00
"Brears, P. " "ALL THE KING'S COOKS: THE TUDOR KITCHENS OF KING HENRY VIII AT HAMPTON COURT PALACE"
"Souvenir Press, 192pp, 1999" "Hardback, boards bowed and scratched; corners of boards dented otherwise good in price-clipped, creased and scratched dustjacket. A good, clean copy. : A practical guide to the running of the kitchens in the last year's of King Henry VIII's reign. Includ" (Book ref. 33929) £30.00