michael hemans (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. 1959. Second Impression. 237 pages. Illustrative jacket over yellow cloth. Jacket is very torn, and nearly in 2 parts. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to front board. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Notable tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (cookbook, cooking, diets, recipes) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Binding sound, text unmarked. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No dustwrapper. Date estimated: 1890. Pencil owner's signature. Decorative green cloth in 2 styles. Top edges gilt. Wear to board edges. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Binding sound, text unmarked. Size: x, 595pp.

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. First Edition. No dust jacket. Light foxing to the boards and end papers. A tan to the page edges. Contents otherwise clear and unmarked, with firm binding. A good condition book.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). A smart copy of this collection of poetry from English writer Felicia Hemans. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of the poetical works of Felicia Dorothea Hemans, an English poet who identified as Welsh by adoption. Hemans was regarded as the leading female poet of her day, second only to Lord Byron in terms of sales. With titles such as: The Forest Sanctuary, Alaric in Italy, Records of Woman, Songs of the Affections, Lays of Many Lands, and more. Introduction by William Michael Rossetti, an English writer and critic. In the original full morocco binding. Externally, very smart with minor rubbing and light fading to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. The odd small crease to the page edge. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A pleasing set of four mid-20th century cookery books, including a very scarce first edition of 'Cream, Butter and Wine' by Sybil Goffinet. All first editions except for 'High Protein', which is a second impression copy.Offering a variety of wholesome recipes across these four cookbooks.In the original yellow cloth bindings and all published by Andre Deutsch, forming a pleasing uniform set.Cream, Butter and Wine by Sybil Goffinet (1955) - A very scarce first edition copy of this work. With recipes including lemon omelette souffle, stuffed peaches, lobster thermidor, boeuf bourguignon and duchesse potatoes.The High Protein Diet and Cookery Book by Theodora Fitzgibbon and Michael Hemans (1959) - With a list of foods allowed and not allowed in the proposed diet, as well as a series of debunked fallacies about slimming. Fitzgibbon was an Irish cookery writer, model and actress.Cooking Afloat by Molly Graham (1963) - A unique guide to cooking on the water, with hints on galley equipment and entertaining afloat. With recipes utilising largely canned ingredients, such as caramel custard, canned pork pie, meat curry and meat cakes.Balkan Cooking by Robin Howe (1965) - Exploring a range of Balkan cuisine, with recipes such as mussels fried in batter, lamb soup, tuna fish in marinade, paprika chicken and dumplings. In the original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart, with minor handling marks to majority of boards, with more notable damp marks to the boards of 'High Protein'. Minor shelf wear across the set. Fading to the spines of 'Cream' and 'High Protein'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers of 'Cream'. Scattered spots largely concentrated to the first and last few pages of 'High Protein', as well as to the fore-edge, affecting the occasional margins. Ownership bookplate tipped-in to the front free endpapers of all but 'Balkan'. Very Good. book.