A Collection of Simple Recipe Books for Food and Drinks

A smart collection of five recipe books for dining, drinking, and entertaining at home. Five volumes. This set contains: Menus Made Easy, 1932. Revised and extended edition. A guide of how to order dinner and give dishes their correct French names. Written by Nancy Lake, a British food writer and author of cookery books. Someone to Dinner, 1935. First edition. A collection of recipes for small kitchen spaces and kitchenettes, with guides to the essentials of economical cookery. Written by Winifred Hope Thomson, a Scottish author and illustrator. A Pretty Kettle of Fish, 1935. First edition. A collection of recipes exploring the excellent and seldom used methods of cooking fish dishes, from baking and boiling to steaming and poaching. Written by Elizabeth Lucas, a British cookbook writer. I Have a House, 1950. First edition. With illustrations throughout. A guide to the common troubles of the housewife, from cleaning, kitchen work, washing, and gardening, to entertaining guests and children. Written by May Slade and Diana Hamond. Illustrated by Pat Marriott. Authentic and Hilarious Bar Guide, 1958. Second impression. Illustrated throughout by VIP. A modest chapbook offered as a guide to the delicious and delightful recipes for cocktails and bar drinks. Written by Ted Shane, an American author and journalist. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting, predominantly to the first and last few pages. Minor age toning to the endpapers, with the previous owner's bookplate and the odd contemporary ink inscription to the front endpapers of the odd volume. Very Good.