| Ambrose Heath (Francis Geoffrey Miller 1891 - 1969) culinary journalist, author and broadcaster wrote for various newspapers including the News Chronicle and The Manchester Guardian, before becoming food writer for The Morning Post 1931–37. He was also a regular contributor to The Guardian, The Daily Mirror, et al. and Cookery Correspondent of the periodical, The Queen, 1938–64; he wrote the Daily Mirror Patsy Cookery Strip, 1946–53. From 1932 many of his books were published by Faber and Faber with decorations by Edward Bawden. Another artist of note, Reynolds Stone, embellished the beautifully produced series of leaflets for The Cookery Advisory Department of AGA Heat Limited. To me his finest work was The Country Life Cookery Book illustrated by Eric Ravilious. It is full of recipes echoing the seasons of the British Isles with all the wonderful ingredients we have wrought into dishes to delight every taste. Country House food at its very best. | |
 | (HEATH,
Ambrose.) National Mark Beef. A Booklet with Recipes. c.1935. [11907] Issued
by tne Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, n.d. c.1935. Pictorial wraps (with
illustration of a large joint on a platter by Mann), 15pp. printed in black and
red, lower cover with crease to top corner else v.g. Recipes for roasts, stews,
mince dishes etc. together with various accompaniments. Now generally thought
to be by Ambrose Heath but I can find nothing to verify this although he did write
other pamphlets and booklets for National Mark products.The National Mark applied
to foodstuffs which reached certain definite standards of quality from England
and Wales. There was a separate scheme for Scotland. £10.00 |
 | HEATH,
Ambrose. National Mark Recipes ... Recipes New and Old. c.1935. [13355] Ministry
of Agriculture and Fisheries. Revised edition, 1935. A collection of recipes for
using National Mark products with recipes by Ambrose Heath, D.D.Cottington Taylor
and Emelie Waller. Card covers, 64pp. vibrant full page scraperboard illustrations.
Loose in worn covers, contents v.g. The National Mark applied to foodstuffs which
reached certain definite standards of quality from England and Wales. There was
a separate scheme for Scotland. £15.00 |
 | HEATH,
Ambrose. National Mark Recipes ... Recipes New and Old. 1936. [13721] Ministry
of Agriculture and Fisheries. Revised edition, 1936. A collection of recipes for
using National Mark products with recipes by Ambrose Heath, D.D.Cottington Taylor
and Emelie Waller. Card covers, 64pp. vibrant full page scraperboard illustrations.
Lower cover marked, contents v.g. The National Mark applied to foodstuffs which
reached certain definite standards of quality from England and Wales. There was
a separate scheme for Scotland. £15.00 |
 | HEATH,
Ambrose. The National Mark Calendar of Cooking. 1st. edn. 1936. [13722] First
edition. Ministry of Agriculture, 1936. Recipes using National Mark products.
Soft card covers sunned at edges as usual and marks on lower cover else contents
very good, 128pp. Attractive woodcut illustrations by Blair Hughes Stanton. The
National Mark applied to foodstuffs which reached certain definite standards of
quality from England and Wales. There was a separate scheme for Scotland. £15.00 |
 | HEATH,
Ambrose. From Creel to Kitchen. How to cook fresh-water fish. 1st. edn. 1939.
[9749] First Edition. Adam and Charles Black, London, 1939. Hardback, small 8vo. cloth, 110pp. lacks rear free endpaper else v.g. in partially lacking d.w. One hundred and seventy-five recipes. £25.00 |
 | HEATH,
Ambrose. Egg Dishes (Liptons). c.1939 [15742] One sheet, 10x9 inches, printed
in red, cartoon illustrations, creased where folded otherwise very good. Seven
recipes for egg dishes as a promotion for Lipton's eggs. "Buy your eggs at
LIPTON - Every Egg is Guaranteed." A rare Heath item. £12.00 |
 | HEATH,
Ambrose. Salad Cream (Liptons) c.1939 [15743] One sheet, 7.5x4.5 inches, printed
in green with a decorative border, lightly creased else very good. Recipe for
Home Made Salad Cream. Recipe for a boiled salad cream with a list of suggested
variations which can be used to enhance various dishes. Promotional material for
Liptons "And remember that LIPTON sell all the ingredients you require and
also tomatoes, cucumbers, canned fish, canned meats and everything for salad meals."
A rare Heath item. £10.00 |
 | HEATH,
Ambrose. Salad Dressing (Liptons) c.1939 [15744] One sheet, 7.5x4.5 inches,
printed in red with a decorative border, lightly creased else very good. Recipe
for Home Made Salad Dressing. Recipe for a boiled salad dressing which contains
olive oil (not used in the Salad Cream recipe). Promotional material for Liptons
"And remember that LIPTON sell all the ingredients you require and also tomatoes,
cucumbers, canned fish, canned meats and everything for salad meals." A rare
Heath item. £10.00 |
 | HEATH,
Ambrose. There's Time for a Meal. 1st. edn. 1940. [14304] First edition. Robert
Hale, London, n.d. (1940). Hardback, cloth, 111pp. Hardback, 8vo. red cloth silver
lettering, slight bubbling to front cover, endpapers lightly browned, contents
very good, no wrapper. Recipes for quickly cooked dishes in timed chapters i.e.
ten minutes to two hours and chapter for A.R.P. workers. £15.00 |
 | HEATH,
Ambrose. What's Wrong with the Cooking? 1st. edn. 1947. [15665] First edition.
The Restaurant Trade Journal Ltd. London, n.d. 1947. Hardback, 8vo. cloth, 96pp.
hardback, green cloth, spine and lower cover heavily sunned, contents very good,
no dust wrapper. Deals with the processes of cookery and correction of errors
occurred. £10.00 |
 | HEATH, Ambrose. Good Cooking on Rings. 2nd. imp. 1949. [2579] Second impression, Faber and Faber, London, 1949. Hardback, cloth, 132pp. a very good clean copy in torn and partly lacking clipped d.w. Cooking without an oven. £8.50 |
 | HEATH,
Ambrose. Pig Curing and Cooking: With Very Many Recipes of all Kinds. 1952. [14252]
First edition. Faber & Faber Ltd., London, 1952. Hardback, 8vo. orange cloth,
gilt lettering, 195pp. Light sunning to edges of front cover, endpapers browned,
contents very good, no dust wrapper. A most comprehensive collection of recipes
using every part of the pig from head to tail many taken form old books and from
many countries. £55.00 |
 |
HEATH, Ambrose. Pig Curing and Cooking: With Very Many Recipes of all Kinds.
1952. [14291] First edition. Faber & Faber Ltd., London, 1952. Hardback,
8vo. orange cloth, gilt lettering, 195pp. a.very good clean copy, no dust wrapper.
A most comprehensive collection of recipes using every part of the pig from head
to tail many taken form old books and from many countries. £50.00 |
 | HEATH,
Ambrose. 1953 Herbs in the Kitchen. 1st. edn. 1953. [16019]First Edition.
Faber and Faber Ltd., London, 1953. Hardback, 8vo. cloth, 160pp. a very good copy
in worn and chipped dust wrapper. A practical guide to the growing of herbs and
their use in the kitchen with, as usual from this author, a rich and varied collection
of recipes. £15.00 |
 | HEATH,
Ambrose. The Wine and Food Society’s Guide to Meat. 1st. edn. 1968. [14297]
First Edition. The Wine and Food Society, London and World Publishing Co, Cleveland
Ohio 1968. Hardback, large 8vo. cloth, 240pp. coloured photographs and diagrams,
a very good, clean copy in repaired dust wrapper. Advice on the choice and cuts
of meat together with recipes. £9.50 |
 | HEATH,
Ambrose. Personal Choice. Introduction by Arabella Boxer. 1st. edn. 1971. [3914]
First edition, Andre Deutsch, London. Hardback, fine in dust wrapper. Heath’s
last book, published posthumously. A collection of his favourite recipes. £10.00 |
 | HEATH,
Ambrose. (ed) 1955 The International Cookery Book 975 Recipes. 1955. [14272]
2nd. imp. Frederick Muller, 1955. Hardback, 8vo. blue cloth, 304pp. covers with
a little fading and marked, contents very good no wrapper. Varied and colourful
recipes from countries all over the world to lend variety to the post-war cookery
of England. Recipes taken from Cooking of Our Allies a series of booklets from
various countries published during the war. £9.50 |
 | HEATH,
Ambrose. (compiler) Home Cookery. 1st. edn. 1956. [14310] First edition. Newman
Neame, London, 1956. Hardback, pictorial laminated boards, 126pp. printed in black
and red, backstrip damaged and repaired, pencil notes on rear endpaper else contents
very good. Introduction by Elizabeth Craig. Produced to celebrate the 250th. year
of Crosse and Blackwell. The first part comprises 243 recipes, the second being
a short history of two and a half centuries of Food and Entertainment with illustrations
taken from archive sources; the third part is a chapter entitled Useful Information
with an Index of Products and Index of Recipes. £15.00 |
 | BOUZY, Michel. (HEATH, Ambrose. Translator) Madame Prunier's Fish Cookery Book. 1947 [14934] Selected, Translated and Edited, with an introduction and notes ... by Ambrose Heath. Hutchinson & Co.,, London, 1947. Hardback, 8vo. cloth xx, 300pp. light wear to covers, contents very good. With a special foreword by Madame Prunier dated 1938 and decorations by Mathurin Meheut. £12.50 |
 | JAMES,
Philip. (ed) A Butler’s Recipe Book. 1719. 1st. edn. 1935. [1699] First
Edition, Cambridge University Press, 1935. Edited by Philip James, wood-engravings
by Reynolds Stone. Hardback, crown 8vo.cloth backed boards, 45pp. a few marks,
fore edge foxed else a nice clean copy. A collection of recipes from the still-room
and larder etc. With an introduction by Ambrose Heath and woodcuts by Reynolds
Stone. £35.00 |