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Food in England.
by Dorothy Hartley: illustrated by Hookway Cowles:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Contents, fine: binding, VG/good
- Seller
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Westleton, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London:: Macdonald,, 1954.. First edition.. Cloth. Contents, fine: binding, VG/good. 676pp, illustrated with photographic plates, and drawings in the text. Contents strikingly fresh and clean. Faint tanning to endpapers. Small faint splash to top edge of closed text block. In the original binding of orange cloth, spine titled in gilt. Boards bright, spine faded and stained, with a small repair at the head. In the protected price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. Front panel clean, chipped to the bottom inner corner, back panel chipped to upper inner corner, absent spine stood in for by a photocopy (printed a little smaller than the original): the parts professionally brought together and made good.
Synopsis
Her love of the infinite variety of English cooking and her knowledge of British culture and history show why our food should never be considered dull or limited. There are unusual dishes such as the Cornish Onion and Apple Pie, and even recipes for fungi, from common field mushrooms to puffballs. She describes some delicious puddings, cakes and breads, including an exotic violet flower ice cream, an eighteenth century coconut bread and Yorkshire teacakes. The finely-executed line drawings that accompany many of the recipes are more than just beautiful; they inform the cook about different varieties and techniques of food-handling. First published in 1954, FOOD IN ENGLAND was the bible of english cooks and had a deep influence on many contemporary cooks and food writers. It will undoubtedly attract a new generation of admirers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chapel Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19547111
- Title
- Food in England.
- Author
- Dorothy Hartley: illustrated by Hookway Cowles:
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Contents, fine: binding, VG
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macdonald,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1954.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Chapel Books
Biblio member since 2007
Westleton, Suffolk
About Chapel Books
I sell books from a large disused Chapel next to the village duck pond, where I have lived about 40 years: just inland from Dunwich and between Southwold and Aldeburgh. I open 7 days a week, 12-5.
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