Diner Out (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 112pp. Ownership sognature of Kenneth Allan Robinson, a frequent contributor of poetry to *The New Yorker* (dated in Paris in 1925), endpapers tanned as usual, spine a touch toned, very good lacking the dust jacket.

Hard cover, 117 pages, very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Red cloth on boards with paper label on spine. Light foxing through prelims, otherwise clean contents.

Publisher's Cloth. Condition: Very Good. [4], 117, [6] pp. Light green publisher's cloth with black lettering to the spine and front board. A little rubbing to the spine and corners, darkening to the spine and some markings to the boards. Spotting to edges, and occasionally internally. A 1920's guide to dining in London by Alfred Edye Manning Foster. 16mo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Second Edition. 12mo, original red cloth over boards, paper label on spine. Guidebook to restaurants of London. Very Good, light shelf wear, slight foxing to pages, spine lightly faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Geoffrey Bles, London, 1924. Hardback, 112pp. advertisements, covers slightly worn and grubby, contents v.g. no d.w. Little handbook of advice for the amateur.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Circa 1915 118 pages plus ads.Very good condition hardcover no jacket, book plate adhesive remnants present inside cover .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. "Diner-Out." [120] pp. Brentano's Publishers 1924 6 3/4" x 4 3/8".

Second Edition. Small octavo, original red cloth over boards, paper label on spine, P. S. illustrated dustjacket. Guidebook to restaurants of London by a food critic for the Daily Mail. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, couple small chips at top spine end.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 'DINER-OUT' [117] pp. Geoffrey Bles 1924 6 3/8" x 4 1/4" The author was a regular contributor to the Daily Mail.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: Herbert Jenkins nd [1924]). First UK Edition. 8vo; 6 1/2 x 4, 121 pages. Published at 2/6 in April 1924 (per the English Catalogue of Books for 1924). Publisher's pale green boards with black lettering to the front board and spine. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION. A VG copy (bruised to the spine tips, faded to the spine and to the edges of both the front and rear boards) in like edge-worn dustwrapper with chips to both the top and bottom edges (not affecting any lettering) and a darkened spine. Inscribed by the Author to the front free end-paper: "To Sidney Dark/ with the Author's homage/ A E Manning Foster/ April 1924". Sidney Dark (1874-1947) was an English journalist, author and critic and Editor of the Church Times. Quite uncommon in first edition. 'Diner-Out' was a regular contributor to the "Daily Mail" on those most important subjects - Good Food and Good Wine. It is good to see that numerous restaurants that were at the top of their game in the early 1920's continue to be around nearly 100 years later. Photographs/scans available upon request. Signed by Author.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A scarce, first edition of this charming volume on all manner of wining and dining, inscribed by the author to the influential wine merchant and fellow author, Andre L. Simon. First edition. Dated using Jisc, from a copy of the work held at the British Library. Scarce work. Inscribed by the author to influential wine merchant and author, Andre L. Simon, "To Andre L. Simon, with hommage, A. E. Manning Foster". An entertaining guide to eating and drinking out, from 'Pretentious Menus' and 'The Best Kind of Dinner Party' to 'Railway Food' and 'A Cheer-Up Dinner'. A charming work, providing insight into wining and dining in the 1920s. Concluding with a month-by-month guide to eating seasonally. Written by British author and journalist, A. E. Manning Foster.With ten pages of advertisements to the rear. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Externally, very good, with fading to the spine and the odd mark to cloth. Ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 'DINER-OUT' [120] pp. Brentano's 1924 6 3/4" x 4 1/4" This slender book reviews the leading restaurants of 1920s London. The preamble presents the criteria by which the establishments are judged the food, waitstaff, wine, and ambiance and it also offers tips on how to best enjoy the restaurants. The names of many of the eateries profiled continue to resonate, including Claridge s, the Ritz Dining Room, the Café Royal, and the Ivy. Rare in dust jacket. *jacket loss to base of spine & rear lower panel*.

First Printing (stated). Small octavo, original cloth and gilt stamping, original illustrated dustjacket. Philip Simmonds dustjacket artwork. Short work concerned mostly with understanding wines, ciders and champagnes but also includes a chapter on cocktails which lists twelve recipes such as Golden Fizz, John Collins, Gloom Raiser, Third Degree, Gin Cocktail, etc. Uncommon in dustjacket. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at lower front panel and top spine end, small abrasion at mid front panel.