Collins Nutshell Books: Wine and Other Drinks, Cold Cookery, Cocktail Fare, & Cooking for Pleasure

Four smart volumes from the Collins Nutshell Books series on wine, cookery, and cocktails. Four volumes. From the Collins Nutshell Books series. This set contains: Wine and Other Drinks, 1966. Number six in the series, later printing. A collection of valuable advice on keeping and stocking a wine cellar, with commentary on the best methods of serving different wines, as well as a guide to the principle methods of wine-making. Written by Rupert Croft-Cooke, a prolific English writer of fiction and non-fiction. Cold Cookery, 1966. Number ten in the series, later printing. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. A guide to cold cookery with useful hints and information of different refrigerators, including how to select the best suited product to your needs. Written by Betty Owen Williams. Cocktail Fare, 1963. Number seventeen in the series, first edition. A book full of imaginative ideas for bright cocktail fare and recipes of all kinds for parties from humble sandwiches or sausage rolls to "angels on horseback" and "shrimps in clover". Written by Jean Balfour. Cooking for Pleasure, 1967. Number eighteen in the series, later printing. A collection of challenging opinions and amusing asides on food and cookery. Being an excellent introduction to haute cuisine, designed for the cook looking for new experiences. Written by Rupert Croft-Cooke. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear only. Original dust wrappers have been price-clipped other than Cocktail Fare which remains unclipped. Wrappers are smart with light wear and creasing to the extremities. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges with the odd small mark. Minor sunning to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed.…