The Complete Confectioner and Family Cook: Including all the Late Improvements in Confectionary, Preserving, Pickling, Jellies, Creams, Pastry, Baking, Cookery, &c. &c. With many Valuable Receipts, and ample directions for Marketing, Trussing, Carving, &c. The whole being the result of Many Years Practice and Experience
by J. Caird
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leith: Archibald Allardice, 1809. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 4.5 x 7.5 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Contemporary full sheep leather binding. Wear to head of spine, bump and short split to lower corner of front board. Rubbing to spine and edges of boards. Binding strained after the front free endpaper but solidly bound. A few occasional marks to text but otherwise a nice clean example. Lacking the frontispiece and plates 6 and 7, although these appear to have never been bound in. Plates 1-4 are on two fold-outs, plate 5 is a separate fold-out. Several woodcuts within the text. Lacking leaf Pp1 (pp445/446: Final page of appendix and forst page of Index.) A scarce early 19th century cookery title. Comprises of three parts: I. The Complete Confectionery pp1-175; II. Pastry, Baking, Pickling, Sauces etc. pp176-242; III. The Family Cook 243-423; followed by appendix and index. Scarce. Bitting p72. Oxford p137. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 4.5 x 7.5 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 12mo. vi, 454
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1206C156
- Title
- The Complete Confectioner and Family Cook: Including all the Late Improvements in Confectionary, Preserving, Pickling, Jellies, Creams, Pastry, Baking, Cookery, &c. &c. With many Valuable Receipts, and ample directions for Marketing, Trussing, Carving, &c. The whole being the result of Many Years Practice and Experience
- Author
- J. Caird
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Archibald Allardice
- Place of Publication
- Leith
- Date Published
- 1809
- Size
- 4.5 x 7.5 inches (11 x 18.5 cm)
- Keywords
- Confectionery, Cakes, Biscuits, Ice Cream Jam Making, Cookery, Scotland, Scottish, Cookery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cookery;
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Tarrington Books
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Tarrington Books
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Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- 12mo
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