Dorothy Allhusen (58 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A Book Of Scents And Dishes (A Vintage Cookery Books Classic) By Allhusen, Dorothy Originally published in the 1920s, this is a collection of recipes contributed by various members of aristocratic families for a charity cook book. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Vintage Cookery Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include : - Soups - Sauces - Fish - Meat - Poultry and Game - Vegetables - Savouries - Eggs, Cream, Porridge, etc - Puddings - Wines - Beverages - Tea - Bread, Scones, Buns, Biscuits - Cakes - Jams and Preserves - Confectionary - Children's Food - Pot Pourri - Soaps - Bills Of Fare - Index A Book Of Scents And Dishes (A Vintage Cookery Books Classic) By Allhusen, Dorothy Originally published in the 1920s, this is a collection of recipes contributed by various members of aristocratic families for a charity cook book. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Vintage Cookery Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include: - Soups - Sauces - Fish - Meat - Poultry and Game - Vegetables - Savouries - Eggs, Cream, Porridge, etc - Puddings - Wines - Beverages - Tea - Bread, Scones, Buns, Biscuits - Cakes - Jams and Preserves - Confectionary - Children's Food - Pot Pourri - Soaps - Bills Of Fare - Index Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: Fair. 1934. Revised & Enlarged Edition. 257 pages. No dust jacket. Patterned paper covered boards with blue cloth to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Newspaper clipping inserted to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears to spine edges.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Beatrice Christy (illustrator). 1st Edition. ix / 85 pp woodcuts, quarter green cloth with gilt title, decorative paper to sides. Spine ends a little sunned, corners scuffed, lack ffep, sound book, dust wrapper grubby with cup rings, edge worn with tears, loss at spine ends and corners.

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Condition: Good condition. Revised and enlarged, cheap edition. vii, 257 Pp. Illustrated by Elizabeth Murray. With additional drawings by Fred W. Hatton. Colourful paper covered boards with cloth spine.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Murray, Elizabeth (illustrator). Cheap Edition. 258 pages. Decorative boards, blue cloth spine with gilt title. A wonderful collection of recipes, including - Caviare and Shrimp Canapés and Tougasse Catalane. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 272 pages. 8.60x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Worn along edges. Binding loose.

Hard Cover. (London: Williams and Norgate, Ltd 1927). Hardback with no dustwrapper. Revised, Enlarged, and Reprinted Edition. Decorative boards with gilt lettering to blue cloth spine. Offsetting to front and back endpaper. Inscription to back pages of book including "War Cake", "Boiled Salad Dressing" and "Salad Dressing" as photographed. Slight rubbing to top, bottom and fore edge corners. Slightly faded gilt to spine with spine tips pressed with associated creasing, fraying, tearing. Slight loss to front decorative board as pictured. Inscription and slight foxing on front title page. Red ribbon bookmark with slight fraying and discolouration to bottom. Photographs available on request.

Original decorated gilt cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. With illustrations after Elizabeth Murray. Deckle-edged. Corners somewhat worn. Otherwise slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. A charming interwar cookery and domestic arts volume, combining recipes with material on scent and household pleasures, compiled by Dorothy Allhusen and attractively illustrated throughout by Elizabeth Murray. The recipes range across savoury and sweet dishes, set alongside reflections on perfumes and the olfactory atmosphere of the home, making this as much a period piece of 1920s domestic culture as a practical cookbook. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; viii, 247 pages.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, cloth-backed, illustrated boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: vii, 246, 2 p. : illus. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Cooking, English; Recipes; Cookery; Gastronomy. 1 Kg.

Board with Cloth Spine. Condition: Good. Beatrice Christy (illustrator). First Edition. Internally very good with moderate tanning to the endpapers, binding firm, cover sound but spine very sunned. Pics available Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, cloth-backed, illustrated boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: vii, 246, 2 p. : illus. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Cooking, English; Recipes; Cookery; Gastronomy. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition (1926) of A Book of Scents and Dishes, collected by Dorothy Allhusen and illustrated by Elizabeth Murray. Published in London by Williams & Norgate Ltd. A charming and uncommon interwar cookbook combining refined domestic cookery with literary and aesthetic sensibility. Original blue cloth binding with gilt spine lettering and decorative device. Internally complete and firmly bound. Pages show age-related toning and foxing throughout, with a 1934 ink ownership inscription to the front endpaper. A good, sound example of this early 20th-century British culinary title. Condition: Overall: Good Spine gilt still clear and bright. Cloth worn at head and tail of spine; light fraying and rubbing to edges. Boards slightly marked and rubbed. Binding sound. Endpapers and title page foxed. Pages toned with scattered foxing throughout. Contemporary ink ownership inscription dated 1934 to front endpaper. No dust jacket (as issued or not present).

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 257 pages. Subjects; Recipes; handbooks. Recipes; guidebooks. Cookery; history. Cooking. Cuisine; history. 3 Kg.

Book Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Chapman & Hall, 1935. 1st Edition . Very Good/No Jacket. Book in VG condition in the original paper-covered boards, with cloth to spine, with some wear and rubbing. Dent to bottom edge of rear board. Couple of insect marks to bottom edge of two pages. Woodcuts by Beatrice Christy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition (1925). A charming interwar English cookery book by Dorothy Allhusen, combining traditional household recipes with reflective culinary notes. Preface dated July 1925 (Stoke Court, Stoke-Poges, Bucks). Octavo format. Original blue cloth spine with patterned paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. A period domestic cookery work including soups, sauces, fish, meat, vegetables, preserves, cakes, confectionery, children's food, and bills of fare. An attractive example of early 20th-century British culinary literature. Printed in Great Britain. Condition: Good condition. Boards firm with visible edge wear and rubbing. Spine cloth slightly faded but gilt lettering remains legible. Corners bumped. Internally clean and complete. Moderate foxing throughout (age spotting), particularly to prelims and page edges. No loose pages observed. No dust jacket (as issued or not present). A solid, presentable 1925 copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Beatrice Christy (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, one quarter blue-green cloth over green patterned paper boards, gilt lettering on spine, color illustrated dustjacket, black and white frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout. Cookbook about English savouries. Very Good, some wear to edges, sticker on front pastedown, in Very Good dustjacket, a few shallow edge chips, darkening to spine.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 257 pages. Subjects; Recipes; handbooks. Recipes; guidebooks. Cookery; history. Cooking. Cuisine; history. 1 Kg.