Search Results: Cooking from JimsOldBooks

New York: Workman Publishing, 2012. Slight fading to spine, otherwise a very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. Contains over 175 recipes using beans and pulses, including soups, stews, chillis, curry, salads and even sweet dishes. Some (but not all) or the recipes are meat-free. Written for the American reader so the quantities are given in Imperial (pounds and ounces) or in cups, but a conversion table is given at the back of the book. 370pp. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: M S Mill Co Inc, 1946. No dustwrapper, some scuffing to spine ends and bumping to corners of red boards, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with black titles on spine and front board all still clear, of this hard-cover book. A collection of recipes from the American Midwest. Signed by one of the authors on f/ep "Wishing you a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, Ethel M Keating, 1950". 284pp.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Persephone Books, 2011. Persephone edition with original bookmark, book number 96. A good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine and in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this soft-cover book. Originally published in 1934, a collection of 109 recipes making up twenty-eight dinner menus for four people, each one costing (at the time) less than five shillings. 304pp, . Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cranbury, NJ: A S Barnes & Co, 1975. Creasing and tears to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of brown boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Recipes for cooking seafood, mostly fish but also shellfish, crabs, and other less-common foods such as sea urchins, octopus, seaweeds and more. Written in the 1970s, so possibly some species may be protected now. 276pp, 4pp colour illustrations, numerous b&w illustrations and drawings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cologne: Schwager & Steinlein, 2014. BOOK ONLY. Very slight bumping to spine ends, otherwise a very good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Pink padded wipe-clean covers. Originally published in German, but this is an English translation. Twenty-eight recipes for sweets, cupcakes, ice-cream and similar. 64pp, colour illustration throughout.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Buckingham: Barracuda Books Ltd, 1987. Slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to lower corners of red boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of over seventy recipes from around the time of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, along with bits and pieces of history, fashion,social history, and more. Signed by the authors to previous owners on page facing title page. 190pp, b&w illustration throughout.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Edinburgh: Gordon Wright Publishing, 1980. No dustwrapper (as issued). Some scuffing to spine ends and corners of pink boards, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a too bad copy of this hard-cover book, being a collection of recipes by the well-known comic actress and writer Molly Weir who died aged 94 in November 2004. Originally published in 1960, this is a much later edition from twenty years later. The recipes are all given on Imperial measurements (pounds and ounces). 255pp, small cartoon-type drawings throughout.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Clarke, Eric. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Gordon Wright Publishing, 1978. Hardback edition. No dustwrapper (as issued), minor bumpng to spine ends and slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, a few brown marks to the pages, including some at the recipe for Clootie Dumplng, so the book has been used at least once. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book containing recipes collected from members of the SWRI in Orkney. 137pp, 6 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.