JANET
CLARKE
Specialist in Gastronomy
 | ALMANACH
Almanach des Chasseurs et des Gourmands: Chasse. Table. Causeries. c.1855. [9773]
Paris, au Depot de Librairie, n.d. c.1855. Newly bound quarter green calf, raised
bands, gilt decorations, red morocco label, marbled boards, 12mo.(iv), 176pp.
3 plates (2 folding), marbled edges, a pretty little copy. V.15. Anecdotes on
hunting game with useful advice on the preparation of various dishes. etc. £215.00 |
 | Anon
Home Cookery Book. A Complete Manual of Cookery. c.1905. [5556] London, King,
n.d. c.1905. 8vo. cloth, printed on poor quality paper in two columns, 178pp.
with a few sample menus and woodcuts, some exterior wear, pages browning at edges
else contents clean and tight. £12.50 |
 | Anon.
The Little Book of Confectionery. c.1912. [11725] George Newnes, London, n.d.
c.1912. Hardback, 12mo. (3½x2¼) cloth t.e.g. 95pp. a little rubbed
on the spine, marbled endpapers, printed in black and red, no jacket as issued.
Toffees, Creams, Fondants, etc. and Salted Almonds. £45.00 |
 | Anon.
The Little Book of French Cookery. George Newnes, London, n.d. c.1912. [10222]
George Newnes, London, n.d. 12mo. (3½x2¼) cloth t.e.g. 95pp. a little
rubbed on the spine, marbled endpapers, printed in black and red, no jacket as
issued. Contains a great many recipes ending with the cost of each dish. £45.00 |
 | Anon.
The Little Book of Preserves and Pickles. c.1912. [13980] George Newnes, London,
n.d. c.1912. Hardback, 12mo. (3½x2¼) brown cloth t.e.g. 95pp. marbled
endpapers, printed in black and red, small mark on top cover else a very good
clean copy, no jacket as issued. Fruit jams, marmalades, jellies; fruit and vegetable
chutneys, pickles etc. £55.00 |
 | Anon.
The Little Book of Salads and Savouries. c.1912 [9655] George Newnes, London,
n.d. c.1912. Cloth, 3½x2½ inches, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers,
printed in red and black, covers a little marked else very good, no jacket as
issued. Sweet and savoury salads and some choice savouries. £45.00 |
 | Anon.
Old=Time Recipes. A.D. 1720 to 1780. Wines, Bitters, Preserves, Confections of
Two Hundred Years Ago. c.1914. [13746] Frank Pascall, London, n.d. c.1914.
Decorated wraps, 38pp., some foxing to first and last few pages else contents
clean. Recipes taken from an old manuscript but with no further information. Cordials,
wines, possets, medicinal and household recipes. £20.00 |
 |
(AUDOT,
L.E.) French Domestic Cookery, Combining Elegance with Economy. Describing new
culinary implements and processes; the management of the table; instructions for
carving; French, German, Polish, Spanish and Italian Cookery in Twelve Hundred
Receipts. Besides a variety of new modes of keeping and restoring provisions,
domestic hints, &c. management of wines, &c. With many engravings. 1846.
[12091] London: David Bogue, Fleet Street, 1846. First
English Edition. Hardback, crown 8vo. original blind stamped cloth, xi, 339pp.
backstrip worn and splitting and with a small piece missing from the top, covers
a little marked. Inscription on front paste-down, a little very minor foxing but
the main body of the contents, clean and bright. Very scarce. Bitting, 20, gives
only the American edition; Oxford 177 (the printer's name is erroneously given
as 'Boyne'; This is the first adapted translation into English of Audot's enormously
popular work 'La Cuisine de la Campagne et de la Ville' written entirely for the
housewife as opposed to the chef. The recipes are typical of the period incorporating,
unusually for a French work, dishes from other countries including a section entitled
'Cookery in the South of France, (Provence and Languedoc.)' Also included in the
Entremets section of the main body of the work are some twenty-three recipes entitled
English Entremets including the inevitable Plum Pudding and its Sauce, Bread-and-Butter
Pudding, Wedding Cake (but not as we know it) and no less than five recipes for
various Gooseberry dishes. The engravings are of culinary implements new, or little
used. £450.00 |
 | AUNT
GERTRUDE. (Parker, Miss Gertrude). The Quickest Guide to Breakfast, Dinner and
Supper. 1st. edn. c.1886. [11294] First Edition. T. Fisher Unwin, n.d. c.1886.
Hardback, small oblong boards, 8vo. ii advertisements, 7-85pp. Domestic Ready
Reckoner, iiipp. ads. Covers a little worn and backstrip almost entirely lacking,
contents v.g. A dictionary of dishes with one line descriptions to facilitate
the lady of the house when preparing her menus. The charm of this item lies in
the wondrous illustration on the top cover of a rather wild looking man with a
huge hook nose sitting on a mound beside a tree-stump holding cutlery whilst all
sorts of birds and fish fly into his open mouth, a cottage loaf, coffee pot and
tea pot with legs dance around him and a lobster standing on its tail appears
to be conducting this whimsical scene. £70.00 |
 | 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 |
 | BOND,
Richard, M.I.H., M.C.A. Sea Cookery. 1917 [15695] 3rd. ed. James Munro &
Co, Glasgow,1917. Hardback, 220pp. covers worn, light browning to edges of last
few pages else contents very good. Illustrations of various stoves and other cooking
appliances, decorative head pieces and others. The first chapter being Practical
Hints on Keeping and Care of Stores together with hundreds of recipes and a chapter
devoted to Curries including Kopta, Korma, Hindustan, Bindaloo, Ceylon, Malay,
Poona, Rice for Cantrine Curry, curry powder and curry paste and a very useful,
if short, collection of Savouries. £35.00 |
 | BONNECHERE,
Catherine de. La Cuisine du Siecle. Dictionnaire Pratique des Recettes culinaires
et des Recettes de Menage. 1904. [13415] Paul Brodard, Paris, 1904. Hardback,
8vo. blue cloth, 319pp. covers lightly bumped at edges, hinges cracking, contents
clean and tight, with the bookplate of Pauline Napper. In dictionary form with
two columns per page, descriptions of foodstuffs and with over two hundred recipes.
£45.00 |
 | BROWN,
Rose. One Hundred and One Luncheon Dishes. The 101 Series. 1st. edn. c.1910. [4106]
First Edition. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. Ltd. London, n.d. c.1910.
Small oblong 8vo. Art Nouveau illustrated wraps, 54pp. (vii), a fine clean copy.
Soups, salads and light dishes. £15.00 |
 | BROWN,
Rose. One Hundred and One Recipes for Little Dinners. The 101 Series. 1st. edn.
c.1910. [5212] First Edition. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. Ltd. London, n.d. c.1910. Art Nouveau decorated wraps, 64pp. mark on top cover and a tiny chip to lower cover, contents v.g. A series of menus with recipes. £15.00 |
 | BROWN,
Rose. Dinner To-Day. A handbook of suggestions for variety and economy in the
daily diet. 1st. edn. c.1907. [5318] First Edition. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton,
Kent and Co. London, n.d. c.1907. Wraps,stapled, 30p. plus advertisements, covers
loose, poor only. £5.00 |
 | BROWN,
Rose. Easy Entrees and Savouries. A handbook of Useful and Practical Recipes.
c.1908. [5322] Fifth Edition. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. London, n.d. c.1908. Wraps, stapled, 37pp. plus advertisements, wraps lightly foxed, contents very good. £10.00 |
 | BROWN,
Rose. Easy Entrees and Savouries. A handbook of Useful and Practical Recipes.
c.1908. [5323] Fifth Edition. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. London, n.d. Wraps, stapled, 37pp. plus advertisements, wraps marked and lacking two corners, contents very good. £7.50 |
 | BROWN,
Rose. Pastry and Preserves. A handbook of Easy and Reliable Recipes. 1st. edn.
c.1906. [5314] First Edition. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. London, n.d. c.1906. Wraps, stapled. 36pp. plus advertisements, covers lightly foxed contents very good. £10.00 |
 | BROWN,
Rose. Pastry and Preserves. A handbook of Easy and Reliable Recipes. 1st. edn.
c.1906. [5315] First Edition. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. London, n.d. c.1906. Wraps, staples rusty, 36pp. plus advertisements, covers marked, contents very good. £10.00 |
 | BROWN,
Rose. Soups and Fish. A handbook of Economical and Reliable Recipes. 1st. edn.
c.1907. [5319] First Edition. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. London, n.d. c.1907. Wraps, staples rusty, 38pp. plus advertisements, covers soiled else contents very good. £7.50 |
 | BROWN,
Rose. Sweets. Home-made Marzipan, Chocolates, Toffee, etc. A handbook of Easy
and Cheap Recipes. c.1907. [5317] Second Edition. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton,
Kent and Co. London, n.d. c.1907. Wraps, staples rusty, 28pp. plus advertisements,
covers soiled else good. £10.00 |
 | BROWNE,
Phyllis. A Year's Cookery. Giving Dishes for Breakfast, Luncheon and Dinner for
Every Day of the Year, with Practical instructions for their Preparation. c.1890.
[15145] 20th. thousand, Cassell and Company. London, n.d. c.1890. Hardback,
8vo. original blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, iv, 459pp. plus publisher's
list, wood-cut illustrations, t.e.g. corners bumped, edges rubbed, a few pp. dogeared
else a very good copy. A remarkable work containing not only recipes but also
marketing instructions and advice for that day and the next and the all important
paragraph Things that must not be Forgotten all of which must have been extremely
useful for the housewife and cook of the period. £25.00 |
  | BUCK,
Marian (ed.) North Midland School Cookery Book. 1892 [15521] 3rd. edn. Rathby,
Lawrence & Co., London, 1892. Small 8vo. Cloth, 74pp. covers lightly marked,
stitching loose, a few marks on pp. else good. Plain and simple dishes. With the
bookplate of John L. Marks. £10.00 |
 | CORTHAY.
Le Conserve Alimentaire. Traite pratique de fabrication divise en 6 parties. 1902.
[1577] 4th. edn. Paris, Auguste Rety, 1902. Large 8vo. newly bound in half
cloth, marbled boards, original wrappers bound in, xiii, 416pp. with 2000 formulas
and 500 figures. Small tear to top of spine, a few pp. repaired at edges else
a very good copy of this important work. A comprehensive manual for commercial
use divided into six parts: Vegetables, Fruit, Fish, Meat, Fowl and Game, Utensils
and Machinery. The author was one-time chef to the King of Italy. £95.00 |
 | CRAIES, Euterpe. Recipes from East and West. London, n.d. (1912). [10364] An enchanting little item with many recipes from Greece and Turkey, a few from Holland, Sweden and America as well as old ones from the author’s family. Cr. 8vo. decorated cloth, frontispiece, xvi, 141pp. t.e.g., cloth a little marked and some wear to backstrip else v.g. Scarce. D.251. £35.00 |
 | Crefydd.
CRE-FYDD'S Family Fare. The Young Housewife's Daily Assistant. 1871 [15166]
Simpkin, Marshall & Co. London, 1871. Hardback, 8vo. cloth gilt, cxcii, l-340pp.
covers slightly sunned with small mark to top cover else a very good, clean copy.
Bills of Fare for every day of the year, twelve for dinner parties with costs.
Recipes include Casureep, Gialla and Piquant sauces; Moggina's, Lady Betty's,
Prince of Wales' puddings and my favourite recipe of all - Cheesikins. A much
underrated item. £65.00 |
 | DUMONT,
Emile. La Bonne Cuisine Francaise. Tout ce qui rapport a la table. Manuel-Guide
pour la ville et la campagne. Paris, n.d. (1900). [15103] 25e, edition, Alfred
Degorce, Paris, nd. c.1900. Hardback, 8vo. decorated cloth, ix, 650, xpp. 200
figures, hinges a little weak with slight splitting and repair to endpages, covers
lightly spotted and bumped at edges, contents clean and tight. Considered to be
one of the minor classic French cookery manuals. £20.00 |
 | DUMONT,
Emile. La Bonne Cuisine Francaise. Tout ce qui rapport a la table. Manuel-Guide
pour la ville et la campagne. Paris, n.d. (1925). [15696] 29e. edition, Alfred
Degorce, Paris, nd. c.1925. Hardback, 8vo. decorated cloth, ix, 650, xpp. (on
diets), 200 figures, covers bumped at edges and with small splits to to of spine,
contents clean and tight with a charming inscription on f.f.e.p. Considered to
be one of the minor classic French cookery manuals. £17.50 |
 | DUMONTEIL,
Fulbert, SAVARIN, Jeanne et al. La Bonne Cuisine Pour Tous. Journal bi-mensuel.
Paris, 1903-4. [7841] Paris, 1903-4. Newly bound half calf with original back-strip
relaid, a very handsome copy. A mine of information containing articles and recipes
from many distinguished chefs of that august era such as Alfred Suzanne, Montagne,
Chevallier, with regular contributors Dame Tartine, Mont-Bry et al. Thirty-one
issues commencing with No.1 - 22 with supplement and Index for the first year
and Nos.1-9 of the second. Lacking No.2 of the first year but with No.2. of the
second year bound incorrectly in that position. A mine of information containing
articles and recipes from many distinguished chefs of that august era such as
Alfred Suzanne, Montagne, Chevallier, with regular contributors Dame Tartine,
Mont-Bry et al. Thirty-one issues commencing with No.1 - 22 with supplement and
Index for the first year and Nos.1-9 of the second. Lacking No.2 of the first
year but with No.2. of the second year bound incorrectly in that position. £195.00 |
 | GALLINA,
Peter. Six Simple Menus. The Continental Stores, 1911. [7609]The Continental
Stores, Dean Street, 1911. Wraps, 16pp. a very good clean copy. A series of menus
with their recipes from the manager of the Richelieu Hotel Restaurant. £12.50 |
 | GREEN,
Lincoln. Camp Cookery. A Book for Boy Scouts. 1914 [15655] Stanley Paul &
Co., London, 1914. Illustrated card covers, 44pp. covers marked, backstrip fragile,
prelims. foxed else rest of contents clean. General instruction for the building
and maintenance of fires and home-made equipment etc. illustrated with diagrams
together with many recipes. £25.00 |
 | “GRID”. Real Cookery. 1st. edn. T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. [10658] This is one of those wonderfully autocratic books so redolent of the Victorian era with chapter headings in the first part such as “On the importance of taking an interest in cookery; of being on good terms with your cook; and, of judicious criticism and praise”. The second part of the book contains instructions on the cooking and serving of dishes with a few recipes. Small 8vo. pictorial cloth, illustrated title page, 86pp. cloth marked and a little grubby, contents v.g. D.449.1. Very scarce. £55.00 |
 | (HILL,
Georgiana). Everybody's Pudding Book; Or Puddings, Tarts, Etc. In Their Proper
Season, for all the Year Round. by the author of the "Gourmet's Guide to
Rabbit Cooking". 1866. [14444] Fourth Thousand. Richard Bentley, London,
1866. Hardback, crown 8vo. blind stamped green cloth, gilt lettering to spine,
185pp. front cover water stained, some pages browned and marked and corners dog
eared, else good. A splendid collection of sweet dishes of every type arranged
monthly. Pies, and puddings, tarts, custards, soufflés, cheesecakes and
the wonderful Tart de Moi together with a few choice sauces. £155.00 |
 | (JERROLD,
W.B.) Fin Bec. The Epicure's Year Book and Table Companion. London: Bradbury Evans,
1868. [5983] First Edition. Bradbury Evans, London, 1868. 12mo. cloth gilt,
xii, (xiv) 234pp. advertisements, each page in a ruled border, t.e.g. Covers marked
and bubbling else v.g. Contains an Epicure's Calendar, London Dinners, Cooks and
the Art of Cookery, Recipes, Scrap Book etc. £195.00 |
 | (KEYZER,
Mrs. Frances.) French Household Cooking. By an Englishwoman in Paris. With a number
of recipes from the best Paris chefs. Simple and Inexpensive. c.1908. [14722]
1st. edn. Country Life, London, n.d. c1908. Hardback, 8vo. original blue cloth
with white lettering, vi, 121pp. cover slightly marked and lettering rubbed from
backstrip, lower cover with dampstain and bubbling, fore-edge lightly foxed and
a few pp. with slight damage to bottom margin, else contents very good, no dust
wrapper. Classic French dishes with simple directions for their preparation. The
final chapter is a collection of Menus from important dinners e.g. Dinner served
at the Elysee Palace to H.M. King Edward in May 1905 with a recipe from each meal
given by the chef. There are two previous owners' names to the front of this item
one being M. Bellamy Brown the other, on the paste-down, is that of Rosam(und)
Grosvenor (1860-1941) wife of Lord Henry George Grosvenor (1861-1914). £15.00
|
.jpg) | KLOPPMANN,
Albertine von. Die Erfahrene Hausfrau, Oder Vollständiges Kochbuch für
Jede Haushaltung. 1849. [13762] Büschler, Elberfeld und Leipzig, 1849.
Hardback, cr. 8vo. original brown stamped cloth with gilt decoration, marbled
edges, xxviii, 308pp. (vi) publisher's list, tiny manuscript notes in German and
English to final pages and endpaper, very neatly recased, one small repair to
final page of index else a very good, clean copy. £125.00 |
 | L...
Major. (LANDON, Major James Henry.) The Pytchley Book of Refined Cookery and Bills
of Fare. 3rd. edn. 1887. [6149] Third Edition. Chapman and Hall, London, 1887.
Hardback, 8vo. cloth, xi, 280, 16pp. advertisements. A nice bright copy with the
Nabob sauce advertisement. The first half of the book is taken up with Bills of
Fare for the year, the second part being 554 numbered recipes together with a
chapter on Wines and their service. £65.00 |
 | LAKE,
Nancy. Menus Made Easy; or, how to order dinner and give the dishes their French
names. 1905. [10965] Frederick Warne, 1905. Hardback. 8vo. brown cloth decorated
with a Menu, Boar's Head and gilt game, xii, 237pp. Owner’s name on paste-down
crudely inked out and small chip to cover decoration else v.g. D.595.15.First
published in 1884 this enormously popular work remained in print until 1939. Invaluable
for the housewife when composing her menus. £15.00 |
 | A
Mother and Daughter. Gleanings of Cookery. Including over One Hundred and Fifty
Quite Original and Unpublished Recipes. By a Mother and Daughter. 1898. [10034]
First Edition. Horace Cox, London, 1898. Hardback, 8vo. red cloth, viii, 149pp.
frontispiece, covers grubby contents very clean and tight. Including over One
Hundred and Fifty Quite Original and Unpublished Recipes. The author states: "The
Index is marked: * I know to be most excellent; and with a dagger for those which
are very good."£40.00 |
 | NEIL,
Marion Harris. How to Cook in Casserole Dishes. W. & R. Chambers, London,
1915. [11240] From soups to preserves, invalid cookery, cakes, breads etc.
Some of the ingredients would have been new to the English reader such as alligator
pear, okra, terrapin etc. 8vo. pictorial cloth a little worn, xiv, 252pp. b/w
photographs of the ingredients, utensils, finished dishes etc. some pp. food spotted
else contents v.g. £15.00 |
  | (Northampton)
JEFFERY, Mrs. G. (ed.) The Northampton Cookery Book. Favourite Recipes Tested
by Well-Known Ladies. 1924 [15520] W. Mark & Co. Northampton, 1924. Hardback,
red cloth black lettering, 238pp. covers lightly marked, spine sunned, contents
good. A comprehensive collection of recipes with a few regional recipes interspersed,
some marginal notes in penccil. With the bookplate of John L. Marks. £10.00 |
 | (PATON,
Mrs. Noel.) The Tweeddale Cookery Book. 1st. edn. 1910. [12860] First Edition.
The Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh, 1910. Hardback, crown 8vo. cloth backed boards
slightly soiled, owner’s name to back end paper, mark to lower margin of
some pp. else contents very good. Published for the Peeblesshire Nursing Association.
A few Scottish recipes together with others from India, America and South Africa.
Many Scottish advertisers. £50.00 |
 | PAYNE,
A.G. Common-Sense Papers on Cookery. The Ladies’ Household Library. c.1880.
[13286] Fourth thousand. Casssell, Petter & Galpin, London, c.1880. Hardback,
printed cloth, all edges gilt, corners worn, lacking front end paper, book-plate
on fly leaf, owner’s name on title, contents clean and tight. The author’s
preface states: “The present work has no pretensions to be a complete book
on Cooking, but is simply a series of papers (which originally appeared in Cassell
s Magazine) in which the endeavour has been, to impart a certain amount of useful
knowledge of the Art of Cooking, by giving recipes at greater length than would
be possible in any ordinary Cookery Book. Ordinary Cookery Books, though of the
greatest utility, are, like dictionaries, seldom if ever read through.” £35.00 |
 | RAPER, Elizabeth. The Receipt Book of Elizabeth Raper. And a portion of her Cipher Journal written 1756 - 1770. Edited by her great-grandson Bartle Grant with a portrait and decorations by Duncan Grant. 1924. [4765] The Nonesuch Press, 8vo. buckram, 95pp. edges uncut. A very nice copy. With recipes for such dishes as, Lamb Cutlets with Cucumber; Oxford Sausages; Oyster Toasts; Lobsters in Scollop Shells; Pull Chickens; Pistachio Nut Cream; Crocant Past. The journal is particularly charming: "Fuzzled about all morning. Made stomachers and etceteras to look smart at the races." and "Set to making mince pies made out of 30lbs. of flour, baked out all the meat; Mother made Welches which we ate hot; in form, told stories and were mighty agreeable till 2 in the morning then parted for bed." £95.00 |
  | REYNIÈRE,
Grimod de la. Almanach des gourmands. Seconde Annee. 2nd. edn. 1805. servant de
guide dans les moyens de faire excellente Chere. Par un vieil amateur. 1805. [15702]
2nd. ed. Paris, de l'Imprimerie chez Maradan, An xiii - 1805. Wraps, 12mo. Frontispiece
(Les Audiences d'un Gourmand), title, xxii, 306pp. Publisher's list of other books
p. 307 - p. 318. Covers grubby, front cover, frontis. and title detached, fore
edge uncut and grubby but the main body of the book is clean. The Almanach was
an immediate success being a compilation of articles on different foods and their
seasons, recipes and guides to the restaurants and food shops of Paris. Grimod
de la Reyniere, one of the most intriguing figures in gastronomic history, trained
as a lawyer and journalist at the end of the Ancien Regime. He overcame severe
deformity having been born with claw-like hands, to become one of the most celebrated
authors of his time. £175.00 |
 | ROUNDELL,
Mrs. Julia A.E. Practical Cookery Book with many family recipes hitherto unpublished.
1st. edn. 1898. [9450] First Edition. Bickers & Son, London, 1898. Hardback,
8vo. cloth, viii, 580pp. covers slightly scratched and marked, contents very clean
and tight. An exceptional book epitomising the period of excellence in Edwardian
country house food and cookery. With many old Family Recipes having been in constant
use since 1807, also recipes from Kenney Herbert and other contemporary authors.
£95.00 |
 | RYTZ,
L. La Bonne Cuisiniere Bourgeoise ou Instruction pour preparer de la meilleure
maniere met usites soit dan la vie ordinaire, soit pour les occasions de fetes.
1886. [10070] Dixieme edition, Berne, 1886. Decorated boards, xx, 401pp. advertisements,
corners bumped, front paste-down defaced, an attractive hand-written recipe pasted
to rear end paper, some foxing else clean and tight. The classic Swiss work covering
every aspect of cookery which remained in print for over 50 years. £45.00 |
 | SALIS
de, Mrs. Entrées a la Mode. 1910. [13702] 15th. imp. Longmans, Green,
and Co. 1910. Hardback, cloth backed boards, vi, 95pp. very light wear to edges,
name on paste-down, contents v.g. A collection of recipes for light dishes such
as cutlets of various meats, poultry, game and shell-fish etc. £10.00 |
 | SALIS
de, Mrs. Entrées a la Mode. 1910. [14969] 15th. imp. Longmans, Green,
and Co. 1910. Hardback, cloth backed boards, vi, 95pp. browning to free endpapers
as usual else an exceptionally good copy. A collection of recipes for light dishes
such as cutlets of various meats, poultry, game and shell-fish etc. £12.50 |
 | SALLES,
Prosper et MONTAGNE, Prosper. La Grande Cuisine Illustree. Selection raisonnee
de 1221 recettes de cuisine transcendante. 1st. edn. 1900. [5489] First edition,
Monaco, A. Chene, 1900. Hardback, large 8vo. original roan backed cloth, xii,
533pp. illustrated throughout, spine worn, name and stamp on half-title, 2pp.
foxed in part (due to a strip of silver paper being used as a marker) else a very
good copy of a desirable item. Preface by Phileas Gilbert. A classic work containing
recipes from many different parts of the world together with many specimen menus.
£225.00 |
 | SEIGNOBOS, Mme. D. Le Livre Des Petits Ménages entretiens sur l'économie domestique. Paris, Hachette et Cie. 1894. [3454] Deuxième edition. Mostly family cookery but with a couple of chapters on household management. 8vo. charming pictorial boards, 476 pp. line decorations v.g. £35.00 |
 | SENN,
C. Herman The Art of the Table. How to Wait at Table. How to Fold Serviettes.
How to Carve. c.1900. [14499] Second Edition. The Food and Cookery Publishing
Co., London, n.d. c.1900. Hardback, decorated cloth, 124pp. 6pp. ads., b/w illustrations
of table settings, dinner and other services, napkins. A little bumping to covers,
lettering on spine worn else a remarkably good copy. Contains a section on Beverages
including Cups and American Drinks including a few cocktail recipes. £25.00 |
.jpg) | SENN,
C. Herman Casserole Cookery. c.1920. [12885] Seventh edition. Ward Lock &
Co. n.d. c.1920. Soft covers, 64pp. Name on front cover, backstrip very worn,
contents very good. Recipes for use in fireproof china and earthernware. Line
illustrations of the dishes. £3.50 |
 |
SENN, C. Herman Chafing Dish & Casserole Cookery. 1918. [10938]
4th. edn. revised, Food and Cookery Publishing Co. 1918. With illustrations of
all the different casseroles used for the recipes given. Decorated cloth, 85pp.
light wear to covers and light discoloration to endpapers else v.g. £7.50 |
 | SENN,
C. Herman The New 20th. Century Cookery Book. Practical Gastronomy and Recherché
Cookery. 1913. [6844] 5th. Enlarged Edition. 8vo. quarter roan, 1184p. illustrated
throughout, backstrip very neatly relaid, contents v.g. A massive tome incorporating
every aspect of cooking including sections on the science of cookery, marketing,
bills of fare etc. £85.00 |
 | SENN,
Charles Herman. Paper-Bag Cookery Manual. 1911. [14971]First Edition. The
Daily Express, London, 1911. Hardback, crown 8vo. original blue cloth, gilt lettering,
137pp. ads, covers slightly rubbed, one leaf dog-eared else contents very good.
Many recipes for savoury and sweet dishes all to be placed in PAPAKUK bags for
cooking on a wire grid or trivet in the oven resulting in tastier dishes, economy
of heat and the "elimination of scullery work". £20.00 |
  | SERKOFF,
Countess Vera. The Visits of Doris; Cookery Hints to a Young Housewife: with a
selection of specially prepared recipes for making dainty dishes suitable for
everyday use. [14576] A. & E. Walter Ltd. 8vo. decorated soft card covers,
64pp. stapled, line illustrations. Covers worn and reinforced with clear tape,
some pages food marked, pp.63/64 (Nestles Swiss Milk information) partly lacking.
No date but the illustrations would suggest c.1912. A series of dialogues with
resulting recipes. £25.00 |
 | SMITH,
Mrs. Louisa E. Bonnes Bouches and Relishable Dishes for Breakfast and Luncheon.
1st. edn. Ward, Lock, Bowden. 1893. [10911] This is a real oddity. The author
states that all the recipes are entirely her own, a slight exaggeration I think.
It is written partly in narrative form to her maid, partly looking back to her
childhood, and there appears little order to the book with recipes all of a jumble.
One short section is written from aboard ship en route for America including Savoury
Bird’s Nest Soup and Blue Shark Cutlets. Small 8vo. decorated cloth, viii,
110pp. Previous owner’s name on paste-down scratched out and a couple of
lines of ms. notes, both free end papers browned else a very nice copy. Blue cloth
embellished with a menu standing on an easel printed in red and black and with
a lobster on a plate to the lower right hand corner. D.995.1 Very scarce. £95.00 |
 | SOYER,
Alexis. Soyer's Culinary Campaign. Being historical reminiscences of the late
War. With The Plain Art of Cookery for Military institutions, the Army, Navy,
Public, etc. etc. 1857. [6291] London: G. Routledge and Co., 1857. 8vo. cloth
gilt, viii, 597pp. 2pp. advertisements, portrait of the author, engraved title
page and seven plates, neatly recased, contents very good, clean and tight. A
breathtaking account of the author's self-appointed trip to the Crimea where he
undertook to revolutionise the Army's appalling catering methods. After his arrival
the men became well nourished and fighting-fit instead of the half-starved and
miserable specimens he encountered at the beginning of his tour. He also invented
the Field Stove which remained in use in the British Army until 1966 but, in spite
of all this, he was never publicly acknowledged. Mary Seacole (née Grant)
was born in 1805 in Kingston, Jamaica, to a Creole mother and a Scots army officer
father. Mary learned her trade as a nurse growing up in her mother’s boarding
house for invalid soldiers. She travelled widely in her youth, visiting much of
the Caribbean and Bahamas, as well as coming to Britain. Following the death of
her husband, Edwin Horatio Hamilton Seacole (a godson of Lord Nelson) in 1844,
after only twelve years of marriage, Mary dedicated her life to caring for the
sick. She treated victims of a cholera epidemic in Panama and a Yellow Fever outbreak
in her native Jamaica before going on to her best-known achievements in the Crimean.
In 1854, Mary applied to the War Office in response to a request for army nurses,
and was rejected four times because of her colour. Undaunted by the prejudice
she met, Mary resolved to stage her own mission to the Crimea. In March 1855 Mary
opened her “British Hotel” near Sevastopol, close to the battlefields,
where she also supplied provisions to the troops and cared for the wounded, often
during the rage of battle. Florence Nightingale’s hospitals at Constantinople
(now Istanbul) were days’ travel away, so the immediate care provided by
Mary, or “Mother Seacole” as she became known to the British troops,
was vital to the well-being of the troops. £295.00 |
  | SPRINGTHORPE,
Mrs. E.A. North London Cookery Book: A careful selection of Useful Dishes. c.1895
[15518] 1st. edn. Penny and Hull, London, c.1895. Small, soft red cloth, 80pp. plus ads. covers grubby, contents mainly very clean. A collection of simple dishes for the amateur cook as taught at the author's own residence 33, Heahtland Road, Stoke Newington. £15.00 |
  | SPRINGTHORPE,
Mrs. E.A. North London Cookery Book: A careful selection of Useful Dishes. 1898
[15519] 6th. Penny and Hull, London, c.1898. Small, soft blue cloth, 80pp. plus ads. covers spotted, contents heavily foxed in places. A collection of simple dishes for the amateur cook as taught at The North London School of Cookery, 3, Stamford Hill. £10.00 |
 | WILLIAMS,
W. Mattieu. The Chemistry of Cookery. 1st. edn. 1885. [12504] First Edition.
Chatto & Windus, London, 1885. Hardback, 8vo. red cloth decorated in gilt
with a grid iron, vii, 328pp. publisher's list, lacking first blank, name stamped
on bottom edge, spine browned, some pp. unopened, contents clean and tight. Interesting
observations on the effects on foods when cooked in various manners. Precursor
by a hundred years to Kurti and McGee. £35.00 |
 | YATES,
Lucy H. The Successful Home Cook. 1st. edn. 1910. [10630] First Edition. Rebman,
London, 1910. Hardback, small 8vo. cloth, 243pp. covers a little grubby and marked,
contents very good. Advice for those whose means are limited; on the principles
of cooking with recipes; on Ptarmigan "this is a capital bird for a party
of two". £12.50 |