howard lady constance (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Fifteenth Edition, London, G.P. Swinborne & Co., 1897. Soft cloth, red with black printing, 40pp. advertisements, slight wear to covers, contents very good. Re-edited with additional recipes and recipes for invalid cookery by Lady Constance Howard all using Swinbornes products.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A first edition of this practical cookery book, smartly rebound with marbled boards and original illustrated advertisement end papers retained. The first edition of this work, published around 1892.Rebound in an attractive quarter cloth binding with marbled, paper covered boards.Despite making a limited living from her writing, Lady Constance Howard published numerous domestic handbooks alongside a series of six romantic novels. Theseincluded Ettiquette: What to Do and How to Do it, published in 1885.Howard's literary career came to an end in 1893, with a dramatic scandal surrounding her husband and his mistress's sudden death.This copy with the illustrated advertisement end papers retained. Rebound in an attractive quarter cloth binding with marbled, paper covered boards.Externally, excellent. Original illustrated end papers retained and reinfornced with archival tape. Tear to front paste down repaired in rebind. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Mild age toning and the odd spot to pages and fore edge. Ink ownership inscription to title page. Very Good Indeed. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. None (illustrator). A smart selection of nine cookery books, offering a range of recipes, cuisines, a gastronomy world tour and more. Offering a wonderful selection of cookery books, ranging from traditional British cuisine to Chinese recipes, breakfast menus, and basic hints for the kitchen.In the original cloth bindings.A unique title included here is 'Chinese Cookery' by M. P. Lee (Li Mengping) which contain recipes designed to meet the needs of British people. Mengping was a diplomat based at the Chinese Embassy in London and in the appendix he provides the names and addresses of Chinese restaurants and shops in London.Also included here is Molly Castle's ventures abroad in the years between WWI and 1936. She gives the occasional recipe alongside descriptions of her travels in Paris, Cornwall, Mexico and Hollywood, with one chapter even recounting her conversations with a Klu Klux Klan member.The entirety of this set includes the following works: Uncommon Vegetables and Fruits: How to Grow and How to Cook by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde (1951, second revised edition) Good Housekeeping: Menu and Recipe Book by D. D. Cottington Taylor (1926, first edition) Sweetmeat-Making at Home by Mrs. M. E. Rattray (1908, third impression) Chinese Cookery: A Hundred Practical Recipes by M. P. Lee (1945, sixth impression) The Book of Breakfasts with Menus, Recipes and Breakfast Lore by F. Marian McNeill (1932, first edition) The Pot-Luck Cookery Book: 700 Tried and Tested Recipes Compiled by H. E. C. (1921, first edition) - Colour frontispiece. What Every Cook Should Know by Jessie Lindsay (1943, fourth impression of the popular edition) Round the World with an Appetite by Molly Castle (1936, first edition) Everybody"s Dinner Book from One Shilling to Ten by Lady Constance Howard (1892, first edition) In the original cloth bindings. Externally, smart. With only mild rubbing and bumping to majority of volumes, with fading or spotting to the spines of 'Uncommon', 'Good Housekeeping', 'Breakfasts' and 'Everybody's Dinner Book'. 'Breakfasts' also has a damp stain to the rear board and loss to the spine head. Front hinge starting but firm to 'Dinner Book'. Internally, binding tender in places to 'Dinner Book'. All other volumes are firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to most endpapers. Ownership bookplate of ones Martin and Pamela Finch to the front free endpapers of 'Uncommon', 'Every Cook', and 'Chinese Cookery'. Age toning to 'Sweetmeat' and scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves of 'Round the World'. Good. book.