Search Results: Early Cook Book from Barter Books Ltd

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: J. W. Hindson & Sons Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover darkened, creased and soiled. Some minor marking to prelims - contents otherwise clean and tight. 1936. First Edition. Ochre laminated card cover. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 86pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

London: Bailliére, Tindall and Cox. G : in good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1918. Fourth Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 170mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 268pp + ads. .

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. Upper board and outer spine missing. Lower board detached. Text block firm and bright. With several additional pages at end of volume containing hand written recipes in a contemporary hand. 1833. Fifth Edition. 190mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 476pp. '...Containing a Compendium of French Cookery, and of Fashionable Confectionary, Preparations for Invalids and Convalescents, A Selection of Cheap Dishes, and Numerous Useful Miscellaneous Receipts in the Various Branches of Domestic Economy.' Also includes a number of hand written recipes for Apple Jelly, Sauce Aristo-cratique, Ginger Wine and Beer, Good cheap beer, Ginger Bread, Lemon Pudding, Fig Pudding etc. .

London: Country Life Ltd. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover heavily rubbed. 1930. First Edition. Illustrated hardback board cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 150pp. .

London: Hamish Hamilton. VG: in very good condition with rubbed, soiled, and chipped dust jacket. Sporadic foxing. 1934. First Edition. Grey hardback cloth cover. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 304pp. .

London: H Fisher & Son & Co. Worn condition. Covers heavily rubbed and edge-worn. External hinges split - fragile but holding. Loss to upper edge of spine. Previous owner's book plate to front pastedown. Contents tight. [1826]. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 568pp, viipp. Nine engraved plates including frontis plate. The Domestic Oracle: or, A Complete system of Modern Cookery and Family Economy: containing directions for purchasing, keeping, and dressing, all kinds of butcher's meat, fish, poultry, and game ... To the whole are added, hints to masters, and instructions to servants; observations calculate to diminish expense, and to promote comfort in housekeeping; monitions for the preserving of health; and a copious collection of receipts, for family purposes and occasional circumstances. .

London: W Osborne, T Griffin. G : in Good condition. Rebound in modern leather with new endpapers. Spine and upper edge of front cover sunned. Half of initial folding plate torn and lacking. 1794. Reprint. Brown hardback leather cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). vii, 398pp. Engraved frontis portrait; three folding plates (one lacking part). '...and Dedicated to the Hon. Lady Warburton, whom the author lately served as Housekeeper: Consisting of Several Hundred Original Receipts most of which have never appeared in print'. .

London: J. Harris [printed for]. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Covers scuffed and rubbed. External hinges split but holding. Contents browned, commensurate with age. [1827]. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover on marbled boards. 150mm x 100mm (6" x 4"). xxi, 208pp + ads. Engraved frontis and twelve double-sided bills of fare. .

Gateshead: Gateshead Education Committee. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket and in modern paper wraps. 1943. Reprint. Decorated paper cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 52pp. 'Foundation recipes and practicable war-time dishes'. .

London: Walter Scott Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Minor marking to spine. Corners bumped. Aeg. [1898]. First Edition. Green/gilt illustrated hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). viii, 439pp, iii + ads. .

London: George G Harrap & Co Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Edge-block foxed. 1936. First Edition. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 273pp + notes. .

London: The Principal of the National Training School of Cookery. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly marked. Chip to spine head. Inner front joint weak. Tape repair to top corner of page 239. 1909. Eleventh Edition. Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). xii, 294pp, + ads. .

London: Printed forthe Author at the Literary Press, No 62, Wardour Street, Soho. Boards rubbed and bumped. Backstrip worn. Lacking ffep. Contents clean and tight and overall G+. Neat inscription on paste-down and small label marked 'Westbury' with crown. 1791. Second Edition. Paper board cover. 170mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 120pp + 12pp adverts. 26 woodcuts throughout. '...Together with directions for going to Market, and the Method of Distinguishing good Provisions from Bad; to which is added a Number of Hints or Concise Lessons for the Improvement of Youth on all Occasions in Life'. .

London: G Kearsley. Worn condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Front board detached. Text block split. Some foxing. Content in overall good condition. 1791. Third Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). lvi, 460pp. Includes The Cook and Housewife's Calendar, or monthly list of things in season from January to December; Proper articles to cover the table every month (course lists);Suppers; Speciment of a Housekeepers Book with year end statement; Marketing tables from one penny three farthings to three pence per pound; table of expenses, income and wages from farthings to pounds and back to farthings; index. .

London: Faber & Faber Ltd. G: in good condition with browned, stained, and edge-torn dust jacket. Top corner of fep cropped. Browning to pages. Sporadic foxing and marking. Occasional ink and pencil annotations. 1940. First Edition. Illustrated hardback board cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 117pp. .

London: The Waverley Book Co. Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. 1947. [Reprint]. Green hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 150mm (8" x 6"). 1698pp. B/w and colour illustrations. N.B.: Heavy set- extra shipping needed for overseas. .

248 Strand London: S O Beeton. G : in Good condition with rubbed and edge-worn covers. External hinge starting on volume I; inner hinges cracked - contents remain tight. Foxing - particularly to prelims and sometimes impinging on plates. Some edge-tearing to pages within. Some light pencil annotations to index. 1863. Sixtieth Thousand. Brown hardback half-leather cover with brown boards. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). xxxix, 1112pp. 12 colour plates including frontis plate. An early 1863 edition of the Household Management, written and published by Isabella Beeton herself. In 1865 at the age of 28, Isabella Beeton died and her husband Samuel continued to publish, revise and enlarge subsequent editions. The first complete version of Mrs Beeton's 'Book of Household Management', consisted of the 24 collected monthly instalments, and was published on 1 October 1861. It included an extensive "Analytical Index". Although not an innovation, the index in the Book of Household… Read More

Boston: Roberts Brothers. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Corners bumped. Slight tearing to title page along inner hinge. 1892. Reprint. Brown hardback cloth cover with marbled boards. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). xiv, 536pp + ads. Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln (July 8, 1844 – December 2, 1921) was an influential Boston cooking teacher and cookbook author. Considered one of the pioneers of the Domestic Science movement in the United States, she was among the very first to address the scientific and nutritional basis of food preparation. During her years at The Boston Cooking School, she researched and wrote Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book: What to Do and What Not to Do in Cooking, published by the Boston firm of Roberts Brothers in 1884. She later observed, "This was done primarily to meet the need of a textbook for our pupils and save the copying of recipes ..." It was one of the first American cook books to provide scientific information about nutrition… Read More

London: George Routledge & Sons. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Area of marking to rear cover. Corners bumped. Scattered foxing. [1890]. Reprint. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 200mm x 150mm (8" x 6"). 632pp + ads. Two chromolithographic plates; additional occasional illustrations within the text. .

Edinburgh: Cadell and Company. G: in Good condition. Rebound with new eps. Some scattered browning. Lacking 34 pages. [15-16,49-64, 337-352.]. 1829. First Edition. Modern Morocco gilt. 170mm x 100mm (7" x 4"). xxxii, 528pp. .