Search Results: FOOD & DRINK from Daisyroots Books Ltd

Chef Cardini
CARDINI, Jack
Jack Cardini (self published), Sacramento, U.S.A. 1956, 1st Edition, softback with stiff card wraps and comb binding, GD, b/w frontispiece, 209 pp including alphabetical recipe index.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, tanned, occasional creasing of page corners. Moderate shelf wear to wraps, tanned with spots and stains to both front and back, small tear between top and comb binding on back cover. The Art of French-Italian Continental Cooking
hb 81 41894 COOK/ FRENCH £21.50

Hardback with wrapper, gd/gd. 451 pp. Book edges rubbed. Wrapper sunned on spine and with a couple of short splits. Some staining on lower parts of page edges. A classic, and really hard to source, Chinese cookery book. Over 240 recipes - specialties of every region of China.

Cooking on the CoastSteven SnowMurdoch Books, New South Wales, Australia, 2011, nr fine softback, 240 pp. colour illus. Stunning and diverse cook book inspired by the Australian coast - not just fish!!Lovely crisp clean condition. Title scarce in the UK.41484 COOK £9.50

A Handbook on Meat and Text Book for Butchers
HAMMETT, R. C. & NEVELL, W. H.
The Meat Trades' Journal Co. Ltd., London, 1929, hardback, VG, boards blue/gilt, b/w frontispiece in addition to 129 b/w photographs and b/w drawings, 544 pp in addition to a 31 page trade directory and buyers guide.
Gentle shelf wear, sound binding, no inscription or annotations, slight lean to the spine, pages clean, tanned, edges dust stained.
COOKING, MEAT, BUTCHERY, HISTORICAL CONTEXT, SLAUGHTER, CUTTING, SHOPS, EQUIPMENT, CURING AND PRESERVING, SALESMANSHIP
46140 COOKING hb 85 £91.50

Kitchen of Light The New Scandinavian CookingAndreas ViestadArtisan, New York, 2007, VG+, large softback, 303 pp, excellent clean and sound copy. Title hard to source in the UK. Scandinavian cooking food nordic eating41481 COOK £17.00

Merrie Christmas Drink BookPeter Pauper Press, New York, 1955, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, decorative paper covered boards and title page in addition to half and full page illustrations in red and black, 63 pp.Boards clean and firm, rubs to head and tail of spine, no inscription or annotations, binding sound, slight lean to the spine, pages clean, lightly tanned, flap shadows to endpapers. Moderate shelf wear to wrapper with large chip to front top edge, overall a little grubby, original price ($1.00) not clipped.FOOD & DRINK, COCKTAILS, HOT TODDIES, MULLED WINES, FESTIVE WINES, LIQUEURS, PARTY PUNCH45461 hb 33 FOOD & DRINK £26.50

Mrs Beeton's Cookery ( New Penny Handbooks )Ward Lock & co, London, 1911, paper wraps, GD+, New Edition, 90 pp + vii pp advertisements. Fragile. No loose pages. Very few of these 'Penny Handbook' paper editions survive. 41802 hb 30 COOK / anti £47.00

The Spectator Book of Imperative Cooking ANDERSON, Digby ISBN: 9780245544836 Harrap, London, 1987, hardback, VG-, boards blue/gilt, blue end papers, blue and white end bands, illustrated throughout from pen and ink drawings, 159 pp. Boards clean and firm, lightly sunned in places, no inscription, several ownership stamps on end papers, edges of text bloc, title page and prelims (see scans), no annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, light dust staining to top edge. COOKING, HOME AND LEISURE, THE SPECTATOR MAGAZINE, DIGBY ANDERSON 46135 COOK hb 85 £12.50

Wine Service in the Restaurant : Professional Guide for the SommelierHASLER, G.F.Wine & Spirit Publications Ltd., London, 1977, softback with stiff card wraps, 84 pp, VG, illustrated throughout from b/w drawings and photographs. One neat inscription inside of front cover, no annotations, sound tight binding, no loose pages, crisp clean leaves, light dust staining on page edges. Wraps protected by clear self adhesive.FOOD, DRINK, GUILD OF SOMMELIERS, WINE BUTLER/WAITER, RESTAURANTS43676 FOOD & DRINK £9.00

Your Aga and How to Use it
Aga Heat Limited, London, c. 1957, hardback, fair, illustrated end papers in addition to b/w photographs and diagrams throughout text, 30 pp.
Boards edge worn and grubby (see scans), no inscription or annotations, area distributor stamp on front free end paper (see scan), cracked spine between pages 8 and 9, otherwise binding is sound, spots, marks and closed tears to the bottom edge of several pages. Sound readable copy. RARE early instruction manual.
RANGE COOKER, AGA, HOW TO USE AN AGA, PURPOSE OF EACH HOT PLATE, CONTROLLING HEAT AND POWER, OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS, CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE
46500 COOKERY £11.50