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A collection of six charming home cookery books for all sorts of occasions. Six volumes. This set contains: Home Cookery, 1902. Third edition. A collection of simple recipes for the housewife or home cook, from spiced beef to raspberry buns. Compiled under the direction of the North Midland School of Cookery. The Home Cookery Book, c1905. First edition. A complete manual of cookery containing over seven hundred high-class modern recipes, from lobster soup and hashed duck to baked custard pudding. Someone to Dinner: Chef Cooking for Little Kitchens, 1935. First edition, first printing. An essential guide to good and economical cookery with a selection of dinner recipes for entertaining. Written by Winifred Hope Thomson, a Scottish artist and cookbook writer. Sweet-Making for All, 1936. Revised edition. A complete guide to sweet-making, containing chapters on the proper utensils required, sugar boiling, fondants, marzipans, toffees, caramels, nougats, chocolates, bon bons, and more. Written by Helen Jerome, a British-Australian author. Good Food from Italy: A Receipt Book, 1937. First edition. A collection of recipes from Italy, with chapters on anti-pasti, soups, fish, meats, sauces, vegetables, and sweets. Written by Countess Morphy, a British food writer, dance critic, and cookery demonstrator, famed for her book on world gastronomy. Live Alone and Entertain, 1938. First edition. A charming collection of recipes for people living alone, with guide to meals for one as well as introductions to more exciting meals for dinner parties. Written by Marjorie Hillis, an American author of popular nonfiction books for women, and Bertina Foltz, an American writer. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spines. Hinges just starting but firm to Home Cookery. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and light age toning to the extremities. Contemporary ink inscriptions with the previous owner's bookplate to the front endpapers. Light tide marks and staining to the last few pages of The Home Cookery Book. Good.
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