Practical Larder Work

PUBLISHER
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. London.

BINDING
Orange / brown cloth boards with silver gilt lettering and emblem.

BOOK CONDITION
Boards have some wear at edges, top of spine is somewhat crumpled. General discolouration / fading and small marks. A few faint foxing spots on endpapers, but the text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. Please note that the volume is complete, but due to a binding error pages 55-70 and associated plates appear between pages 6 and 7 instead of their in proper place. 

DUST JACKET
No.

EDITION
1954.

DESCRIPTION
We think from the name on the flyleaf that this book was once owned by Rosemary Hume, noted cookery writer and director of the London "Ecole du Petit Cordon Bleu". A detailed and practical guide to the preparation of foods, where "larder" refers to the part of the kitchen set aside for this purpose, as well as the store room. Illustrated throughout with eight monochrome photographic plates, plus various diagrams and tables. 286 pp. Octavo.

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