JANET CLARKE

ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS

Specialist in Gastronomy

THE HISTORY OF FOOD ~ DOMESTIC LIFE ~ BIOGRAPHIES

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	AINSWORTH-DAVIS, J.R. Cooking Through the Centuries. 1st. edn. Dent, 1931. [7922] First Edition. Dent, London, 1931. Hardback, 8vo. cloth, 242pp. illustrated, some slight wear to covers but contents v.g. no d.w. A history of British cooking from the earliest time. £9.50
	ANDERSON, Burton. Pleasures of the Italian Table. 1995. [13498] Penguin, 1st. UK edn. London, 1995. Paperback, 318pp. each page in a ruled border, illustrations by Scott Baldwin, inscription on first page, with a little wear but mainly a very good, clean copy. Italy's celebrated foods and the artisans who make them. £5.00
	Anon. Great Menu Graphics. PBC International. NY 1986. [13240] First Edition. PBC International, NY 1986. Paperback, large glossy covers, 160pp. illustrated throughout. A fine copy as new. Capturing the vigor of contemporary menu design. £17.50
	Anon. The Land: State or Free? Land and Home Pubications. 1946. [13103] Land and Home Publications, 1946. Wraps, 128pp. b/w illustrations, a very good, clean copy. With articles on rural affairs etc. fascinating reading. £5.00
	(Apicius) GUEGAN, Bertrand. Les Dix Livres de Cuisine d'Apicius. Traduits du latin pour la premiere fois et commentes. 1933. [15109] Paris, Rene Bonnel, 1933. 8vo. wraps, lxxxviii, 323pp. title in green and black, edges uncut, backstrip a little chipped otherwise a fine copy. Edition limited to 679 copies this being 97. A thorough translation and is a veritable mine of information regarding the cuisine of the ancients. £130.00
	(Apicius) EDWARDS, J. The Roman Cookery of Apicius. Translated and adapted for the modern kitchen. 1993. [8424] Century, 1993. Paperback, xxix, 322pp. line decorations. As new. With adapted and tested versions of 360 superb recipes including salads and sauces, fish, shellfish and molluscs, birds of all types from ostrich to turtle dove, quadrupeds from venison to rabbit, vegetables and legumes together with a few sweet dishes. £12.50
	ARESTY, Esther, B. The Delectable Past the joys of the past from Rome ... to Mrs. Beeton. London, 1965. [5013] First English edition, Geroge Allen and Unwin, London 1965. Hardback, 8vo. cloth, 254pp. covers slightly marked else a very good copy in worn and repaired clipped d.w. Illustrated from old books. With recipes and a useful bibliography. £19.50
	ARESTY, Esther B. The Exquisite Table a history of French Cuisine. 1st. edn. 1980. [8975] First Edition. Bobbs Merrill, N.Y., 1980. Hardback, 8vo. xv, 257pp. illustrations from old sources, a very good, clean copy in worn and chipped d.w. A history of French food from Varenne to Escoffier together with a section of recipes. £12.50
	AYE, John The Humour of Drinking. 1st. edn. 1934. [13590] First edition. Universal Publications Ltd.,, London, 1934. Hardcover, blue cloth, top edge blue, 282pp. plus publishers ads. covers a little worn, contents foxed throughout. A genial collection from literature, history, inn signs epitaphs etc. etc. £4.50
	BARR, Ann and LEVY, Paul. The Official Foodie Handbook. 2nd. imp. 1984. [7378] 2nd. imp. Ebury Press, London 1984. Paperback, 144pp. b/w illustrations, inscription on half-title else a very good clean copy. An irreverential book that caused thousands of teeth to gnash. £7.50
	BAUTTE, A. A Travers le Monde Culinaire et Gourmand. Critique de la cuisine et de l'administration des grand hôtels, et restaurants mondains, des familles princiéres et aristocratiques. 1910. [5178] Paris, Librarie Nilsson, 1910. Wraps, 8vo., xi, 328pp. edges uncut, spine slightly sunned else a fine copy, B.30. Very scarce. Containing information not readily found elsewhere on the adulteration of food, bad conditions and alcoholism in professional kitchens in the Edwardian and Continental hotel and restaurant industry. Regrettably one chapter is entitled "The Dustbins of England". Nothing changes. £65.00
	BLACK, Maggie. The Medieval Cookbook. 1992. [13361] First Edition. British Museum Press, 1992. Hardback, square 8vo. 141pp. profusely illustrated both in colour and b/w from contemporary sources. Eighty recipes from medieval manuscripts reflecting the food eaten by many branches of society and adapted for the modern cook. £6.50
	BLENCOWE, Anne. The Receipt Book of Ann Blencowe. A.D. 1694. 1925. [13407] London, The Adelphi, Guy Chapman, 1925. Introduction by George Saintsbury. 264/650 numbered copies.Hardback, 8vo. gilt decorated boards, xxiii, 60pp. edges uncut, a very good clean copy in poor d.w. with tipped on label. One of the most charming selection of recipes taken from an ancient manuscript kept within the family for many generations. £75.00
	BLOND, Georges et Germaine. Histoire Pittoresque de Notre Alimentation. 1st. ordinary edn. 1960. [4139] First ordinary edition. Payard, Paris 1960. Paperback, yellow card covers, 565pp. slight wear to top of spine else a fine mostly unopened copy. £17.50
	BOLTON, Whitney. The Silver Spade. 1st. edn. 1954. [7949] First Edition. Farrar, Straus, and Young, N.Y. 1954. Paperback, 230pp. covers worn, contents v.g. The Conrad Hilton Story. £5.50
	BRIDGE, Tom. The Golden Age of Cookery. 1st. edn. 1983. [7532] First edition, Ross Anderson Publications, 1983. Hardback, 8vo. 207pp. illustrated, bump to lower front corner else a very good clean copy in d.w. A potted history of various chefs and cooks, food in various places, recipes, etc. mainly from the Victorian era. £6.50
	BRIDGE, Tom and COOPER ENGLISH, Colin. Dr. William Kitchiner, Regency Eccentric. 1st. edn. 1992. [4403] First Edition, Southover Press, 1992. Hardback, 8vo. xii, 176pp. illustrations from old books, as new. Detailed biography of the author of The Cook's Oracle, one of the most under-rated cookery books of the 19th.C. £15.00
	BRILLAT-SAVARIN, J.A. A Handbook of Gastronomy. (Physiologie du Gout). 1915. [5167] N.Y. Houghton Mifflin, 1915. Hardback, 8vo. cloth gilt, xlx, 393pp. top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed, six plates by Bertall, de luxe edn. 282/375 copies, a little wear to covers else a very good copy. With an introduction by Charles Monselet. The text of this edition was first published in London in 1884 and is thought to be the first complete English translation. £75.00
	BRODY, Iles. On the Tip of my Tongue. 1944. [7943] 2nd. edn. Greenberg, N.Y. 1944. Hardback, cloth, 274pp. spine lightly sunned else a good clean copy no d.w. Personal experiences involving people, food and recipes. £7.50
	COE, Sophie D. The True History of Chocolate. 1996. [8901] First edition. Thames & Hudson, N.Y. 1996. Hardback, brown cloth, gilt lettering, 280pp. 97 illustrations 13 in colour, light foxing to top edge else a very good to near fine copy in lightly worn d.w. From the Maya and Aztec eras to the present day this is a thoroughly in-depth history of chocolate throughout the centuries. £15.00
	COLLINGE, G.H. DUNLOP YOUNG, T. McDOUGALL, A.P. The Retail Meat Trade. 1929. [16172] 1st. edn. Gresham Publishing, London, 1929. Two volumes, large 8vo. cloth, xii, 284; xii, 304pp. b/w illustrations and figures throughout, light wear to edges and small tear to base of spine Vol.II else good. A detailed account of meat retailing giving the history of various breeds with photographic examples of their modern descendants; of cattle rearing; abattoirs; machinery, retail premises etc. etc. This must now be considered an historical item. £25.00
	CORTI, Count. A History of Smoking. 1931. [13440] First Edition. George G. Harrap, London, Bombay & Sydney, 1931. Hardback, 8vo. grey cloth, 296pp. 63 illustrations from various sources, backstrip sunned, light foxing especially to the final page of the index else a very good clean copy with the book plate of John Napper artist and bon viveur. £15.00
	Country Living and More Country Living. Land and Home Pubications. 1946. [10220] Two issues. Country Living and More Country Living. 1946. Land and Home Publications, 1946. Wraps, b/w illustrations, part of backstrip lacking to one volume else mainly v.g. With articles on rural affairs etc. fascinating reading. £12.00
	COWEN, Ruth. (SOYER, Alexis). Relish: the Extraordinary Life of Alexis Soyer, Victorian Celebrity Chef. 1st. edn. 2006. [14716] First Edition. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2006. Hardback, 8vo., ix, 342pp. illustrations from old sources, coloured endpapers of The Reform Club kitchens. A fine copy in v.g. d.w. Fully researched biography of Alexis Soyer, exploring the life, career and legacy of one of the most enigmatic and extraordinary figures of the Victorian age. £15.00
	CURNONSKY Prince des Gastronomes ou les petites histoires de la grande cuisine. ou les petites histoires de la grande cuisine. 1971. [4238] Nicolas, Paris, 1971. Card covers, 32pp. decorations, crease to lower corn of front cover, and wear to backstrip, contents v.g. Interviews recorded by Rene GINET. £15.00
	DALBY, Andrew and GRAINGER, Sally. The Classical Cookbook. 1st. edn. 1996. [13698] First Edition. British Museum Press, 1996. Oblong 8vo. 144pp. with illustrations from wall paintings, mosaics and vases, fine in clipped d.w. The cuisine of the Mediterranean from 750 BC to AD 450 with original and adapted recipes. £9.50
	DAVIDSON, Alan. A Kipper with my Tea. A blend of curious and amusing information and reflections for everyone in the kitchen. 1st. edn. 1988. [13688] First Edition. Prospect Books, London, 1988. Hardback, 8vo. xiv, 274pp. light wear to d.w. else like new. A collection of essays from many different publications written in Alan's deliciously witty style. £15.00
	DAVIES, Jennifer. The Victorian Kitchen. B.B.C. 1991. [6925] Inscribed by the Author. B.B.C. Books 1991. Paperback, tall 8vo. 191pp. colour and b/w illustrations from old sources. a very good clean copy. From the popular television series with a few recipes. £8.50
	(DIGBY, Sir Kenelme) Tamarisk and Sanicle being the essence distilled from Sir Kenelme Digby's excellent directions for cookery. 1931. [14120] The Alcuin Press, Chipping Campden, 1931. Wraps, 11pp. fine. Edition Limited to 110 copies. Notes on the author and his cookery book published posthumously in 1669 entitled The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digby Kt. Opened. £65.00
	DORAN, Dr. Table Traits, with something on them. 1890. [14728] Philadelphia: David McKay, 1890. Hardback, 8vo. cloth, (vi) 489pp. wear to covers and backstrip, corner to front free endpaper torn off, stitching showing at a couple of gatherings else contents clean and tight. A history of food and wine from the earliest times with chapters on The Diet of Saints, English Kings at Table, Strange Banquets, the ancient cook, the modern cook etc. £55.00
	DRIVER, Christopher. The British at Table 1940-1980. 1st. edn. 1983. [5119] First Edition. Chatto and Windus, London 1983. Hardback, 8vo. 212pp. light foxing to top edge else a very good copy in d.w. with fine pencil lines in places and relevant notes on rear endpaper. Most probably a reviewer's copy. An interesting view on the changes of our the eating habits since the war. £12.50
	DRUMMOND, J.C. and WILBRAHAM, Anne. The Englishman's Food. Five Centuries of English Diet. 1957. [14727] Pimlico, 1991. Facsimile reprint of the 1957 edition with an introduction by Tom Jaine. Softcover, paperback, 482pp. illustrated from old sources, backstrip creased else a very good cean copy. A classic work on the subject.
	DUTREY, Marius. Calendrier Gastronomique. Histoires de Cuisine et Cuisine de l'Histoire. 1st. edn. 1938. [13436] First Edition. Frederick Muller, Ltd. Londres, 1938. Hardback. 8vo. orange cloth, 161pp. line decorations by Pierre Camin, covers slightly soiled, backstrip sunned, inscription on free endpaper, contents very clean and tight. A book of food through the seasons and history. Text in French. With the book plate of Pauline Napper. £15.00
	EARLE, Mrs. C.W. More Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden. N.Y. 1899. [5873] First US Edition. Macmillan, N.Y. 1899. Hardback 8vo. cloth, 463pp. spine sunned, light wear to covers, contents very good. Monthly notes on gardening and the garden, cooking and recipes, books, family and thoughts. A delightful volume to be dipped into occasionally. £12.50
	EARLE Mrs. C.W. Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden. 28th. edn. London, 1905. [5872] Twenty-eighth imp. Smith Elder, London 1905. Hardback, green cloth 8vo. cloth, 381pp. covers sunned and tiny hole to top cover, contents clean and tight. Monthly notes on gardening and the garden, cooking and recipes, books, family and thoughts. With an appendix by Lady Constance Lytton. A delightful volume to be dipped into occasionally. £12.50
	Exposition Les Français et la table. Musée national des arts et traditions populaires 20 novembre 1985, 21 avril 1986. 1986. [13237] Les Français et la table. Musée national des arts et traditions populaires 20 novembre 1985 21 avril 1986. Paperback, 509pp. illustrated throughout, slight wear to covers else almost as new. £17.50
	FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL, Hugh. Hugh Fearlessly Eats It All. Dispatches from the Gastronomic Front Line. 1st. edn. 2006. [11728] First Edition. Bloomsbury, 2006. Hardback, 8vo. xiii, 1-288pp. near mint in d.w. A selection of articles from the many publications Hugh has written for. He hits the mark precisely, is honest, prepared to admit when he is in the wrong and, above all, is very funny and made me laugh many times. £9.50
	FILBEE, Marjorie. A Woman's Place. 1st. edn. 1980. [8515] First Edition. Ebury Press, London, 1980. Hardback, 8vo. 160pp. illustrated from diverse sources throughout. A fine copy in clipped d.w. An illustrated history of women at home, from the Roman villa to the Victorian town house. £8.50
	FLETCHER, Ronald. The Parkers at Saltram 1769-89. Everyday Life in an Eighteenth-century House. 3rd. imp. 1971. [11665] BBC, 1971. Hardback, 8vo. 216pp. coloured and b/w illustrations from the house and other sources, inscription on verso of half title and stain on top edge else v.g. in price clipped d.w. Life and events in the house in the family's own words together with excerpts from other contemporary writings. £9.50
	FLOYD, Keith. (With James Sheen.) Stirred but not Shaken. The Autobiography. 2009. [13843] 3rd. imp. Sidgwick & Jackson, 2009. Hardback, 8vo. 348pp. colour and b/w photographs, a fine copy in very slightly worn at edges d.w. with the author's signature and little wineglass squiggle printed on first blank. Charming, witty and naughty to the end, a poignant read. £12.50 Floyd died on 15/9/2009 just weeks before publication so the signature must be printed.
	FREEMAN, Sarah. Isabella and Sam. The Story of Mrs. Beeton. 1st. edn. 1977. [7862] First Edition. Gollancz, London, 1977. Hardback, 8vo. 336pp. illustrated. A fine copy in d.w. A competent and well written biography. £6.50
	FULLER, John. Carving Trifles. William King's Imitation of Horace. Chatterton Lecture on an English Poet British Academy. 1976. 1976 [14560] Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1976. Original green wraps bound into cloth backed marbled boards, 25pp. a fine, near mint copy with inscription on front cover of wraps to: "John and Pam with love from John". With a charming letter from the author from his home address to John and Pam "This item will really fox those bibliographers! Don't (I hasten to add) bother to read it ... "The John in this case is Professor John Fuller, formerly Director of the Scottish Hotel School at the University of Strathclyde and then, until his retirement in 1976, Head of the Department of Catering Management at Oxford Polytechnic (later named Oxford Brookes University). The author being Fellow and Tutor in English Literature, Magdalen College, Oxford making this a unique copy. £35.00
	FURNIVALL, F.J. (ed) A Booke of Precedence. The Ordering of a Funerall etc. 1869. [12825] 1st. edn. London, for the Early English Text Society, by N. Trubner, 1869. Large paper copy sometime rebound in blue cloth, xxiv, 1-128; (vi) 7-154pp. Bookseller's notes in pencil (left for interest) some foxing to prelims. else contents very clean and bright. An item from the celebrated Westbury collection with bookplate. Queene Elizabethes Achademy. (By Sir Humphrey Gilbert). Varying Versions of The good Wife, The Wise Man etc. Maxims, Lydgate's Order of Fools ... With Essays on Early Italian and German Books on Courtesy. £55.00
	GOODWIN, Gillian. Sallets and Salmagundis. 1st. edn. 1980. [13968] First Edition. The Gelofer Press, London, 1980. Prettily produced tall booklet, green card covers, pages not numbered, line drawings, very light sunning to edges else a very good copy. Advice on the growing and serving salad stuff from old books. One of the Good Housewife series. £3.50
	GOTTSCHALK, Dr. Alfred. Histoire de l’Alimentation et de la Gastronomie depuis Prehistoire jusqu’a nos Jours. 2 volumes. 1948. [13408] Editions Hippocrate, Paris, 1948. Softcover, (iv) 422, (ii)pp. (iv) 384, (vi)pp. b/w illustrations from many sources, covers browning with repairs, corners to 2 pp, lacking to index of volume 2 else a very good, cean and tight copy with the bookplate of Pauline Napper. Text in French. Classic work on the history of food, cookery, art of the table, gastronomy etc. etc. £55.00
	GROUNDES-PEACE, Mrs. Old Cookery Notebook. Edited by Robin Howe. 1971. [10127] First Edition, David and Charles, 1971. Hardback, 8vo. 127pp. a very good copy in sunned and clipped d.w. Cookery lore and history with recipes from old books together with illustrations from old sources and a glossary. £9.50
	HALE, W.H. The Horizon Cookbook and Illustrated History of Eating and Drinking through the Ages. 2 vols. 1st. edn. 1968. [8747] First Edition. American Heritage Publishing, N.Y., 1968. Hardback, 8vo. cloth, two volumes both very good clean copies, no slip case. Two volumes being the Illustrated History and Menus and Recipes. Lavishly illustrated throughout. £38.50
	HARDYMENT, Christina. Behind the Scenes: Domestic Arrangements in Historic Houses. 1997. [12659] The National Trust, 1997. Large 8vo. hardback, xvii, 256pp. colour and b/w illustrations, fine in d.w. A detailed look behind the scenes of great houses and humble cottages, the servants, their quarters and domestic duties etc. Housekeeping from the kitchen, the bathroom, the laundry as well as the dairy, the bakehouse, the dovecote etc. etc. Extremely well researched. £12.00
	HELLER, Robert. Food for Work. c.1979. [8072] First Edition. Sutcliffe Catering Group, London, n.d. c.1979. Paperback, 87pp. b/w illustrations from old sources, covers slightly worn else contents v.g. A survey on industrial catering. £4.50
	HIGGINS, Tom. Plat du Jour. 1st. edn. 1994. [6720] First Edition. Aurum Press, 1994. Hardback, 8vo. 220pp. as new. The tale of setting up and running an English restaurant in Lyons. £6.50
	HOPE, Annette. Londoners' Larder. English Cuisine from Chaucer to the Present. 1st. edn. 1990. [9458] Signed copy. First Edition. Mainstream Publishing, 1990. Hardback large 8vo. cartographic endpapers, illustrated throughout from old sources, name on front end paper else a very good clean copy in clipped d.w. Signed by the author on title. £12.50
	(Ice) The Romance of Ice. U.S.A. c.1927. [6963] Household Refrigeration Bureau, n.p. or date. U.S.A. Eight pamphlets bound in one, cloth, marbled end papers v.g. Information on how to use refrigeration illustrated with diagrams, the heat (unwanted) portrayed by red heat imps. £10.00
	JONES, Evan. American Food. The Gastronomic Story. Including a personal treasury of more than 500 distinctive regional, traditional and contemporary recipes. 1st. edn. N.Y. 1975. [5484] First Edition. E.P.Dutton, N.Y. 1975. Hardback, large 8vo. x, 387pp. decorations and recipes from contemporary sources. Light crease to corner of front cover else a very good clean copy in chipped d.w. Food and cookery from the Plymouth housewives to "Pop Food". Including a personal treasury of more than 500 distinctive regional, traditional and contemporary recipes. £20.00
	JONES, Evan. American Food. The Gastronomic Story. 1981. [6721] 1981. 2nd. edn. Vintage Books, N.Y. Large paperback, 516pp. corners creased, contents clean and tight. Food and cookery from the Plymouth housewives to "Pop Food". Including a personal treasury of more than 500 distinctive regional, traditional and contemporary recipes. £8.00
	LANGSETH-CHRISTENSEN, Lillian. Voyage Gastronomique: A Culinary Autobiography. 1st. edn. 1973. [9772] First Edition. Hawthorn Books, N.Y. 1973. 8vo. cloth backed boards, 368pp. corners bumped else very good in worn d.w. From her childhood in N.Y. with her Austrian parents, visits to the great hotels and restaurants of Paris, Vienna and Continental spas to the time she wrote for Gourmet. With recipes. £17.50
	LAYTON, T.A. Wines and the People of Alsace. 1st. edn. 1970. [13551] First Edition. Cassell & Co, London, 1970. Hardback, vii, map, 209pp. a very good clean copy in likewise d.w. with the bookplate of Pauline Napper. Inscribed to the Nappers by the author on title page. Light-hearted jottings of the author's excursion in the area with as much on food as wine. £7.50
	LEITH, Prue. Relish! My Life on a Plate. 2012. [14006] First Edition. Quercus, 2012. Hardback, 8vo. (viii), 405pp. b/w and colour photographs, a fine near mint copy in likewise d.w. Honest, amusing and moving the author writes as she lives - with relish. £7.50
	LEVY, Paul. Out to Lunch. 1st. edn. 1986. [7426] First Edition. Chatto and Windus, London, 1986. Hardback, 8vo. 240pp. a very good, clean copy in clipped d.w. A collection of wide-ranging food orientated articles from various publications. £4.50
	LIVIO, Robin. Tavernes Estaminets guinguettes et cafes d'antan et de naguere. 1st. edn. 1961. [7926] First Edition. Pont Royal, Paris, 1961. Hardback, 8vo. silk, 128pp. covers soiled else contents very clean and tight. A charming history lavishly illustrated from old sources. Text in French. £12.50
	LIVIO, Robin. Taverns, Inns, Coffee Houses and Cafes of other days and other times. Pont Royal, 1961. [3910] First Edition. Pont Royal, Paris, 1961. Hardback, 8vo. silk, 128pp. covers soiled else contents very clean and tight. A charming history lavishly illustrated from old sources. Edition limited to 2000 English copies.,£12.50
	MacCLANCY, Jeremy. Consuming Culture. 1st. edn. 1992. [5229] First edition, Chapmans, London, 1992. Hardback, 8vo. 246pp. b/w illus. As new. "Whatever food ... no matter how disgusting or nasty, ... someone, somewhere is eating it." Read on. £9.50
	MacDONOGH, Giles. Brillat-Savarin. The Judge and His Stomach. 1st. U.S. edn. 1992. [6417] First U.S. edition, Ivan R. Dee, Chicago. Hardback, 8vo. quarter cloth, a fine copy in d.w. as new. A full and authoritative biography. £9.50
	MARSHALL, Dorothy. The English Domestic Servant in History. 1st. edn. 1949. [10873] First Edition. The Historical Association, London, 1949. Wraps, 30pp. a very good, clean copy. Information from old diaries and household books. £5.00
	MUNDT, Ernest. Birth of a Cook. A gastronomical autobiography. 1st. edn. 1956. [1383] First Edition. Knopf, N.Y. 1956. Hardback, 8vo. cloth, 243pp. a fine copy in slightly worn d.w. A culinary journey from Germany, a few years in Turkey and finally New York with line illustrations by the author. £11.50
	OHLOFF, G. & THOMAS, A.F. Gustation and Olfaction. An International Symposium, Geneva, 1971. [10365] First Edition. Hardback, large 8vo. cloth, 275pp. illustrated with graphs and b/w photos. Top cover marked else v.g. no d.w. Papers on such subjects as: Spcialized Odor Receptors of Insects; What Man's Nose Tells Man's Mind; Chemoreception in Man. £22.50
	Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery and Food History, The. Proceedings of. Taste, 1987. JAINE, Tom. (ed) 1988. [14678] Prospect Books, 1988. Large format paperback, 208pp. a very good clean copy. Papers contributed by Harold McGee, Myrtle Allen, Nevin Halici, Charles Perry, et al. £45.00
	Oxford Symposium on Food, Cookery and Food History, The. Proceedings of. Staple Foods, 1989. Edited by Harlan Walker. 1990. [14508] Prospect Books, 1990. Large format paperback, 248pp. light wear to covers else a very good clean copy. Papers contributed by Massimo Alberini, Sophie Coe, Anna del Conte, Josephine Alberini et al. £25.00
	Oxford Symposium on Food, Cookery and Food History, The. Proceedings of. Spicing up the Palate. Studies of Flavourings - Ancient and Modern, 1992. Edited by Harlan Walker.1993 [14502] Prospect Books, 1993. Large format paperback, 294pp. very slightly worn at the edges, contents very good. Papers contributed by Roy Shipperbottom, Margaret Shaida, Louis Szathmary, Jenny Macarthur, Lisa Chaney et al.. £75.00
	PESCOTT, Mrs. N. Early Settlers' Household Lore. 1st. English edn. 1978. [10985] First English Edition. Souvenir Press, 1978. Hardback, 8vo. 200pp. hand-drawn cartographic endpapers, colour illustrations and decorations by R. Paul Leamouth, a very good, clean copy in repaired clipped d.w. with original bookmark. A compilation of recipes, household hints, etiquette, gardening etc. all depicting the self-reliance, ingenuity of the early settlers of southern Australia. £9.50
	PHILLIPS, C.M. A Short Account of the Silver Plate and Miscellaneous Articles belonging to the Worshipful Company of Cooks. 1909. [6685] First Edition. Printed Privately, London, 1909. Hardback, 8vo. cloth gilt, t.e.g. edges uncut, 31pp. 8 plates, wear to backstrip esle a very good copy. £35.00
	POURRAT, Henri. The Roquefort Adventure. 1st. English edn. 1956. [7832] First English edition. Societe Anonyme Des Caves, 1956. Softcover, 8vo. wraps, 236pp. fore edge uncut, illustrated by Yves Brayer, a very good, clean copy. A romantic history of Roquefort cheese. Translated from the French by Mary Mian. £25.00
	POWER, Eileen. The Goodman of Paris. (Le Menagier de Paris). 1992. [9045] Folio Society, London, 1992. Hardback, 8vo. cloth, xvi, 238pp. coloured illustrations from contemporary sources. Fine in slightly marked slip case. A Treatise on Moral and Domestic Economy by a Citizen of Paris (c.1393). £8.50
	PRESTON, Mollie. (ed) Anne Hughes: Her Boke. London, The Folio Society, 1981. [8795] London, The Folio Society, 1981. Decorated cloth, 176pp. linocuts by Tony Evora. Fine in slip case. Introduction by Michael Croucher. Supposed diary of a Herefordshire farm life in the 18thC. with recipes. £7.50
	RAME, Achille. Un Diner rue Berlioz par un invite. 1891. [1863] Les Lilas, imp. de la Province, Paris, 1891. Decorated wraps, 20pp. a fine copy. Description of a celebratory dinner with a list of the food and wines served in honour of M. de Heredia minister and poet of note. £10.00
	REES-WILLIAMS, Gwladys and Brian. What I Cannot Tell My Mother is Not Fit to Know. 1st. edn. 1981. [13589] Oxford University Press, 1981. Hardback, 198pp. colour plates and b/w illustrations from old sources, a very good clean copy in clipped and spine sunned d.w. Stories, lessons and song our great-great-grandmothers and grandfathers heard, read and sang in school and at home. £2.50
	RILEY, Gillian. Renaissance Recipes. 1993. [10977] Pomegranate Artbooks, San Francisco, 1993. Hardback, 8vo. laminated pictorial boards, 96pp. fine in d.w. Like new. A delicious combination of history, recipes and contemporary paintings. £7.50
	ROBINSON, Jancis. Food and Wine Adventures. 1st. edn. 1987. [7475] First Edition, Headline, London, 1987. Hardback, tall 8vo. 96pp. a very good, clean copy in clipped d.w. A personal guide to food and wine with amusing anecdotes. Illustrated by John Lawrence. £4.50
	ROBOTTI, Peter J. Much Depends on Dinner (or the tablecloth game). 1st. edn. 1961. [9524] First Edition. Fountainhead, N.Y., 1961. Hardback, 8vo. cloth, 306pp. b/w illustrations, inscription to Colin Fenton by the Taylors of Hammondsport vineyard, a very good, clean copy in much repaired d.w. An illustrated summation of three decades of la haute cuisine. Introduction by Charles Collingwood. £12.50
	ROEDER, Charles [formerly Carl]. Notes on Food and Drink in Lancashire. 1909. [13055] First Edition. Privately printed for the author by Richard Gill, The Lane, Cross Street, Manchester, 1909. Hardback, cloth backed grey boards, 64pp. stapled, map. Boards very lightly marked else a very good, clean copy inscribed by the author to J.W. Jackson on p.1. One of 70 copies printed for private use only. A detailed and all-absorbing paper on the food stuffs of the area from the earliest times including, bannocks, porridge, the potato, meat, haggis, milk, beer, rowan ale etc. etc. He quotes from various volumes: 'The English husbandman eate barley and rye brown bread, and prefer it to white bread, as abiding longer in the stomack, and not so soon digested with their labou". The map is a Topographical Range of Bannock, Jannock, Haver-cake. £55.00 Roeder, Charles [formerly Carl] (1848-1911), folklorist and oral historian, was born in Gera, Thuringia, Germany. Nothing is known of his early life. At twenty-one he emigrated to Manchester to work as a shipping clerk. In 1881 he was living at 92 Lloyd Street, Chorlton-cum-Medlock, with his two sisters, one of whom was a singer, the other a governess. He later became a patent agent and started his own business in continental trade. He was a keen amateur geologist and archaeologist and developed a strong interest in the collection of folklore and oral history. After working on his adopted city's past, especially prehistoric and Roman archaeology, and collecting folklore in Lancashire and Cheshire, Roeder's interest turned to the Isle of Man, which he first visited in 1882.
	ROHDE, E.S. The Story of the Garden. 2nd. imp. 1933. [4660] 2nd. imp. The Medici Society, London, 1933. Hardback, large 8vo. xii, 326pp. coloured and b/w plates, light foxing to prelims else a very good, clean copy no d.w. With a chapter on American Gardens by Mrs. Francis King. Authoratative history of the garden from the Mediaeval age to the Edwardian era with much on vegetables and plants used for culinary and medicinal use. Contains a useful bibliography. £32.50
	ROZET, Georges. Les Opinions Gourmandes de M. Jerome Coignard. Variations a la maniere d'Anatole France sur la La Rotisserie de la Reine Pedauque. 1937. [8698] Paris, Baudelot, 1937. Wraps, tall 4to. 16pp., one colour and six other illustrations by August Leroux. Very slight discolouration to covers, contents fine. Together with separate card. £10.00
	SCOTT, J.M. The Man who Made Wine. 1st. edn. 1953. [14940] First edition, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1953. Hardback, cloth, 124pp. a very good clean copy in slightly worn and repaired d.w. Illustrated by Biro. A charming little novel filled with nostalgia. £10.00
	SIM, Alison. Food and Feast in Tudor England. 1st. edn. 1997. [11275] First Edition. Sutton Publishing, 1997. Hardback, 8vo. xi, 180pp. colour and b/w illustrations from old sources. Fine in d.w. Like new. Much on the etiquette as well as the Tudor ideas for healthy eating with the effects of various foods on the body and mind. Well researched and very readable. £12.50
	SIMON, A.L. By Request. An Autobiography. 1957. [11531] First Edition. The Wine and Food Society, London, 1957. Cloth, ix, 180pp. illustrated, library stamp and two other markings on title page and on final page of index else v.g. in worn d.w. The first chapters in a life dedicated to the promotion of good wine and good food. £12.50
	SIMON, A.L. In the Twilight. 1st. edn. 1969. [11221] First Edition. Michael Joseph, 1969. Hardback, cloth, 182pp. portrait, useful bibliography, a very good, clean copy in clipped d.w. The concluding chapters of the autobiography of a long and fruitful life. £8.50
	SOLDIERS. Interim Report on the Physiological Effects on Food, Training, and Clothing on the Soldier. War Office, 1908. [6313] 1908. Hardback, 8vo. cloth, British Medical Association Library stamp on a few pp. else a clean tight copy. With, amongst others, reports on the Analysis of Tinned Meats as Supplied to the Army; Notes on Rations of Different Armies. £35.00
	SPURLING, Hilary. (ed) Elinor Fettiplace's Receipt Book. Elizabethan Country House Cooking. 1st. edn. 1986. [8390] First Edition. Viking Salamander, 1986. Hardback, 8vo. cloth, xii, 250pp. cartographical endpapers. A fine copy in d.w. Over 200 recipes updated from the original 1604 MS. An insight into the country living of an Elizbethan lady of the Manor of Appleton in Oxfordshire. £45.00
	STEER, F.W. The History of the Dunmow Flitch Ceremony. 1st. edn. 1951. [9185] First Edition. Essex County Council, Chelmsford, 1951. Hardback, 8vo. cloth, viii, 72pp. coloured frontispiece, b/w illustrations from old sources, a very good, clean copy in worn d.w. Detailed history of this ancient custom regarding the fidelity of married couples and who are rewarded a side of bacon for proving so. £9.50
	(STEIN, Gertrude.) TOKLAS, Alice B. What is Remembered. An Autobiography. 1st. English edition, 1963. [15754] First UK edition, Michael Joseph, London, 1963. Hardback, 8vo. brown cloth, 192pp. illustrated, a very good copy in worn and repaired d.w. Fascinating memoires of an extraordinary couple and their celebrated friendships within the artistic and literary fields of the twenties and thirties. £15.00
	STEIN, G.B. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. 1977. [15756] Penguin, London, 1977. Paperback, 272pp. wear to covers and some soft creasing to top margin of contents else good. The life and times of two extraordinary women. £4.50
	STEINGARTEN, Jeffrey. It must've been something I ate. The Return of the Man Who Ate Everything. 2002. [9757] First UK edition, Review, London 2002. Hardback, 8vo. 373pp. Near fine copy. Brilliant! this made me laugh out loud. What more can one say? £12.50
	STEVENS COX, J. Guernsey Dishes of Bygone Days. 1st. edn. 1971. [1975] First Edition. The Toucan Press, Guernsey, 1971. Pictorial wraps, 31pp. a very good clean copy. Recipes from old MSS. many of them in patois. £7.50
	SUDDABY, E. (ed) Lady Morgan in France. 1st. edn. 1971. [5980] First Edition, Oriel Press, 1971. Hardback, cloth, 339pp. a very good clean copy in fragile d.w. Extracts from the letters and diaries including many references to food and dining and with a detailed description of a dinner prepared by Careme. £15.50
	TANNAHILL, Reay. Food in History. 1st. edn. 1973. [11037] First English Edition. Eyre Metheun, London, 1973. Hardback, 8vo. cloth, 448pp. coloured and b/w illustrations and an extensive bibliography, a very good, clean copy in worn d.w. A full and comprehensive history of food from prehistoric times to the present era. £7.50
	TANNAHILL, Reay. Flesh and Blood. A History of the Cannibal Complex. 1st. edn. 1975. [5829] First Edition, Hamish Hamilton, London 1975. Hardback, 8vo. 209pp. b/w illustrations, a fine copy in clipped d.w. Makes fascinating reading. £20.00
	The Lady's World. Fancy Work Book. 1906 - 1912 [13410] The Lady's World Publishing Co. 6 Essex Street, Strand, London, 1906 - 1912. Hardback, 24 issues bound into one volume, cover slightly worn but contents clean and tight. 24 issues, without wrappers, contents only bound into one volume. Contents include instructions for lace work, fancy bead work, crochet, knitting, embroidery, illustrated in b/w, with many advertisements throughout. A snapshot of the era with such items as: A Crochet Golf Coat (Ladies); Gentleman's Cycling Stocking; Motoring Scarves (many); Ecclesiastical Lace; edgings for cloths; bags, cushions etc. etc. £125.00
	THORNTON, James. Your Most Obedient Servant: Cook to the Duke of Wellington. 1985. [7537] Webb & Bower, 1985. Hardback, Small 8vo. 120pp. contemporary illustrations, fine in d.w. as new. Transcript of an extraordinary interview conducted in 1851 by Lord Frederick Fitzclarence and the Duke's cook. With long introduction by Elizabeth Longford. £12.50
	TRESSLER, Donald K. and EVERS, Clifford F. The Freezing Preservation of Foods. 1st. edn. 1943. [12510] First Edition. The Avi Publishing Co. N.Y. 1943. Hardback, 8vo. brown cloth, vii, 763pp. b/w illustrations and diagrams throughout. Covers with very small amount of bubbling and backstrip a little worn else a good, clean copy. Interesting from the historical side of early commerical freezing. Both authors were chemists at the Birdseye laboratories. £9.50
	TROVILLION, Violet and Hal W. Recipes and Remedies of Early England: Garnereed from many and diverse sources and here set forth. 1946. [13079] Privately Printed, by the Trouvillion Private Press at the sign of the Silver Horse, Herrin, Illinois, 1946. Hardback, red sprinkled boards, cloth backed, 590/997 copies signed. Edges to boards showing some insect damage, contents very good. Material taken from old Leech Books, Herbals and Cookery Books. £25.00
	Victoria and Albert Museum. Drinking Glasses and other table glassware. 1947. [14400] Victoria and Albert Museum. Small Picture Book No.1. Decorated wraps, pp. nn. 28 b/w/ illustrations of glassware. Introduction by W.B.H. A very good, clean copy. £3.50
	WALEFFE, Pierre. Les Classiques de la Table. la Reyniere, Careme, Brillat-Savarin, Cussy, Dumas. 1st. edn. 1967. [3408] First edition, Paris, 1967. Hardback, cloth, 173pp. coloured illustrations fine in d.w. A history of food and cookery from the classic French writers a Reyniere, Careme, Brillat-Savarin, Cussy, Dumas. £15.00
	WALKER, Thomas. The Original. Edited by Blanchard Jerrold. Volume 1. 1874. [13588] Grant & Co. London, 1874. Hardback, 8vo. green cloth, 374pp. frontispiece portrait, corners bumped, covers a little worn, contents clean and tight. Please note this is Volume 1 only. £5.00
	WALTON, Alan H. Love Recipes Old and New. 1st. edn. 1956. [3690] First Edition, Torchstream Books, London 1956. Hardback, 8vo. cloth, 267pp. 12 b/w plates, part library label on front cover else v.g. no d.w. Limited No. 323/1375 copies. A study of Aphrodisiacs throughout the ages, with sections on suitable food, glandular extracts, hormone stimulation and rejuvenation. A serious and lengthy study with many references to earlier learned works together with sections on special diets with recipes. £28.00
	WILSON, C. Anne (ed). The Appetite and the Eye. Food and Society. Volume 2. 1991. [7767] Edinburgh University Press, 1991. Paperback, 162pp. Illustrated by Peter Brears.Visual aspects of food and its preparation within their historic context.Papers from the Second Leeds Symposium on Food History and Traditions, April 1987. £25.00
	WILSON, C. Anne (ed). Food for the Community. Special Diets for Special Groups. Food and Society. Volume 6. 1993. [9126] First Edition. Edinburgh University Press 1993. Hardback. 185pp. b/w illustrations by Peter Brears. Fine, as new. Papers from the 6th. Leeds Symposium on Food History and Traditions, April 1991. £25.00