hostess von constance spry (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1961. First Edition. 126 pages. Plastic clear dust jacket over yellow cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor wear marks to spine and panels.

Zustand: Fair. 1961. Reprinted. 126 pages. Clear plastic dust jacket over yellow cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Top textblock edge dyed brown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edge wear with tears and creases. Minor wear marks to spine and panels.

Zustand: Good. 1961. Reprint. 126 pages. Yellow cloth. Clear jacket. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front endpaper. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Loss to jacket edges.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Lesley Blanch (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this delightful collection of domestic tips and recipes from British author Constance Spry. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A charming guide to entertaining at home, with commentary of the author's own experiences as a hostess. Includes chapters on flower decoration, afternoon tea, table cloths, cooking at home, and parties, amongst other events. Written by Constance Spry, a British educator, florist and author. With recipes and menus from Rosemary Ethel Hume, an English chef and writer who taught at Le Cordon Bleu cookery school in London, and co-devised coronation chicken in 1953. Illustrated by Lesley Blanch, a British writer, illustrator, and traveller. Edited by Anthony Marr, the son and only child of Constance Spry. With an introduction from Elizabeth Home, the Countess of Home. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark. Original price-clipped transparent dust wrapper is also smart with light wear and the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Very Good Indeed. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Lesley Blanch (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this delightful collection of domestic tips and recipes from British author Constance Spry. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A charming guide to entertaining at home, with commentary of the author's own experiences as a hostess. Includes chapters on flower decoration, afternoon tea, table cloths, cooking at home, and parties, amongst other events. Written by Constance Spry, a British educator, florist and author. With recipes and menus from Rosemary Ethel Hume, an English chef and writer who taught at Le Cordon Bleu cookery school in London, and co-devised coronation chicken in 1953. Illustrated by Lesley Blanch, a British writer, illustrator, and traveller. Edited by Anthony Marr, the son and only child of Constance Spry. With an introduction from Elizabeth Home, the Countess of Home. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark. Original unclipped transparent dust wrapper is also smart with light wear and the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. A red sticker to the front pastedown. Near Fine. book.