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Crystals from the Sun. Crystals from the Sun. The Story of Sugar. 1974. [10153]
First Edition. The British Sugar Bureau. 1974. Oblong card, 17pp. coloured illustrations,
a very good, clean copy. For children. £3.50
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| | Anon.
The Story of Coffee. The Story of Coffee. 1979. [10154] The International
Coffee Organization. Glossy card, 10pp. colour illustrations, v.g. Very nicely
produced booklet for children. £2.50
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| Crystals
from the Sun. Crystals from the Sun. The Story of Sugar. 1974. [10153] First
Edition. The British Sugar Bureau. 1974. Oblong card, 17pp. coloured illustrations,
a very good, clean copy. For children. £3.50
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| | DAKIN,
Glenn. Ratatouille. The Guide to Remy’s World. 1st. edn. 2007. [13482]
First English edition, Dorling Kindersley, 2007. Hardback, small 8vo. laminated
boards, 48pp. coloured illustrations throughout. As new. Explore the sights and
smells of Paris from a dark, damp sewer to a luxurious French restaurant. £4.50
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| ELLIS,
Audrey. The Magpie History of Food. 1st. edn. 1977. [10555] First Edition.
Piccolo, London, 1977. Paperback, 190pp. b/w illustrations, covers slightly worn
at edges else a very good, clean copy. Cooking and Eating through the Ages. Interesting
and well researched. With recipes to cook from each era. £5.50
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| | JAMESON,
Mrs. K. The Nursery Cookery Book. A dainty book of dainty dishes. 1st. edn. 1930.
[9430] First Edition. Frederick Warne & Co. c.1930. Hardback, 8vo. cloth,
128pp. Decorations by Muriel Harris. Small bleach mark to bottom of top cover
else a very good, clean copy. Sample menus and recipes for a sensible but not
boring diet for young children. £12.50
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| | LAWRIE,
Jo. Pot Luck. Cooking and Recipes from the Past. 1st. edn. 1991. [10749] First
Edition. A&C Black, London, 1991. Hardback, laminated pictorial boards, 48pp.
very small tear to backstrip and one small food stain else a very good, clean
copy. From the prehistoric era to the Victorians an excellent insight into the
history of food, cooking and eating. Pretty coloured decorations and illustrations
from old books, mss etc. With recipes. Children’s cookery. £5.25
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| | McMANUS,
Paulette. Abracadabra Food. 1988. [14923] 1st. edn. Sphere, 1988. Large format
paperback pictorial covers, 63pp. illistration in many forms: archive material,
comic strips, line drawings etc. slight damage to front cover where label sometime
removed else a very good clean copy. Produced for the Channel 4 series finding
out about science. £15.00
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| OLIVER,
Michel. Les Hors d’Oeuvre sont un Jeu d'Enfants. 1st. edn. 1969. [11952]
First Edition. Plon, Paris, 1969. Hardback, large 8vo. coloured decorated boards,
plastic ring spine, 96pp. Text in French with each page illustrated by the author.
Some wear especially to boards and one or two rings in the spine broken in part
but mainly v.g. Proper cooking simply described and amusingly decorated, a first-class
book for children, now a collector’s item. Brioches aux Oeufs; Cocktail de
Crabe; Ratatouille; Tarte a l’Oignon etc. £55.00
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| | The
Story of Coffee. The Story of Coffee. 1979. [10154] The International Coffee
Organization. Glossy card, 10pp. colour illustrations, v.g. Very nicely produced
booklet for children. £2.50
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| USHERWOOD,
Stephen. Food, Drink and History. 1st. edn. 1972. [8299] First Edition. David
& Charles, 1972. Hardback, 8vo. 73pp. b/w illustrations, a very good copy
in d.w. Explaining how history has evolved our eating habits. For children. £4.50
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