ambrose eric (14 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.

Softcover. Zustand: Bon. Ancien livre de bibliothèque. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Former library book. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Zustand: Good. No edition remarks. 96 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white photographs and two-colour illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ has rubbing and creasing to the fore edges.

Zustand: Good. DJ may have marks, chips and tears. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be tanned. May contain inscriptions.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: good. First edition. Hardback. With dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Zustand: New.

Blu-ray disc. As New in original slipcover. Desperate gambling addict Charlie Bartlett is heavily in debt to smarmy, big spender Doc. With no cash at his disposal, he offers Doc sex with his wife Ann as a means of payment for his debt. However, Ann will have no part of her husband's perverse plan, thus setting into action an unexpected chain of events as manipulative Charlie gets a taste of his own medicine. WET DREAMS: In a chic restaurant, a newlywed and her promiscuous girlfriend indulge in a lot more than lunch when their sensuous wet dreams, involving the unsuspecting patrons, set off an explosion of outrageous sexual fantasy!

0. 8°. 283 S. Orig.-Kart. neuwertig, ungelesen Sprache: Deutschu 0,700 gr.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Eric Ravilious (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of a very respected cookery book aimed for the country housewife, one of the last published before rationing, written by prominent food writer Ambrose Heath. The first edition of The Country Life Cookery Book, a very popular and one of the most respected cookery books of twentieth century Britain, written by prolific food writer Ambrose Heath. Published by Country Life in 1937.In the publisher's original red cloth, in the original pink unclipped dust wrapper. A signed inscription from a Shackleton to the front free end paper, possibly Edward Shackleton.Recognising the present difficulties of country housewives wishing to prepare delicious meals without having the luxury of easy access to markets, Heath's recipes are inexpensive and rather easy to prepare, while still retaining many great flavours.In this book, Heath offers readers the very best of his food writing, with delicious and lesser-known recipes such as prawn pancakes and custard marrows, as well as his usual engaging writing style.Set out as recipes for each month of the year, Heath also offers gardening hints at the beginning of each chapter for growing particular ingredients attached to recipes.Two years before the beginning of World War Two, the recipes offer many delicious flavours unlikely to be seen during rationing only a couple years later. In the publisher's original red cloth, in the original pink unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with a couple of faint marks to boards. Minor fading to the extremities and to the spine, marginal rubbing to tails of joints, and slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Pink dust wrapper is generally bright and clean, with fading and signs of browning and spot the the extremities. Heavier browning and fading to spine. Slight edgewear, with chips to the head and tail of the spine, and a couple to the top edge of rear wrapper. Flyleaves intact. End papers are generally bright and clean, with slightly browning and the small odd spot, mostly to the hinges. Large white sticker on front free end paper covering inscription. Internally, firmly bound, with minor wear to hinge between leaves pp.144-145. Pages are bright and clean, with slight age toning to the extremities. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Eric Ravilious (illustrator). First edition. An excellent example of the first edition of Ambrose Heath's work of quintessential pre-war British culinary writing. The first edition, first impression of this work, with unclipped dust wrapper.Organized by month, the book offers a seasonal approach to cooking, reflecting the rhythms of rural life and the availability of ingredients throughout the year. Heath's recipes are interspersed with practical advice and insights into kitchen gardening.Illustrated with vignette wood engravings by British painter, designer, book illustrator and wood-engraver Eric Ravilious.With the bookplate of Martin and Pamela Finch to the front free endpaper. They were antiquarian booksellers with an interest in antiquarian gastronomy. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Bookplate to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper back strip significantly age toned, with tape to back strip head, and significant tape reinforcements to back strip reverse at tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Eric Ravilious (illustrator). First edition. An excellent example of the first edition of Ambrose Heath's work of quintessential pre-war British culinary writing, with a letter from the publisher tipped in. The first edition, first impression of this work, with clipped dust wrapper.With a loosely inserted letter from the Country Life publishing house tipped in to the front free endpaper, dated 1955. In the letter, M. Nicholson for Webster Evans, Editor of Country Life Books, answers a question from one Mr Scott regarding this work, and explains 'I am very sorry but we are unable to resolve your Eric Ravilious problem [.] if I could have consulted the original agreement, I could have found how many illustrations Ravilious was asked to do, but that is now impossible'.Organized by month, the book offers a seasonal approach to cooking, reflecting the rhythms of rural life and the availability of ingredients throughout the year. Heath's recipes are interspersed with practical advice and insights into kitchen gardening.Illustrated with vignette wood engravings by British painter, designer, book illustrator and wood-engraver Eric Ravilious.Bookplates of Stanley Scott to rear pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with clipped dust wrapper. Externally, exceptionally vibrant. Publisher's letter tipped in to front free endpaper. Bookplates to rear pastedown. Sunning to dust wrapper back strip. Neat unobtrusive paper restoration and reinforcement to dust wrapper reverse, located at back strip head and tail, and head and tail of flyleaf folds. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Fine. book.

Dyson, Ambrose (illustrator). 1st edition. 13 folding leaves with text and illustrations in remains of paper portfolio, o/w contents in fine condition.

First edition. Octavo. 253 pages. Arranged in calendar form with each month illustrated with a wood engraving by Ravilious, as is the title-page. Contemporary (1938) ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Near fine in the scarce, price-clipped dustwrapper (repeating the illustration for October) which is very good, slightly spotted, a bit faded at the spine and with a few nicks.