Herr Willy (3 results)

Condition: Fair. 1896. No Edition Stated. 82 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with red lettering. B&W illustrations throughout. Large tear across page 51. Moderate brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Notable scuffing, staining and marking to boards. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket. Published in 1891 by Herr T. Willy. A presumed First Edition. Size; 14.7 x 22 cms. Page number: 64 plus 14 additional pages promoting products and Herr Willy's classes. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with red lettering to the front and spine. Contents: Of Icing in General, Icing Sugar, Glazing a Cake, Piping Paper and Bag Making, Piping Tubes, Talent for Piping, Piping, Colours For Piping Purposes, Ornaments, Patterns; How to Make and Transfer and Almond Icing. The book is illustrated by the author with black and white full page and inset images. Condition: Very Good. The cover is only a little marked and rubbed. The binding is secure. The edges of the text block are somewhat dusty and marked. The first and last endpapers are tanned.The pages themselves are clean and fresh - the book having the appearance of being very little used; though the corners of two pages have been turned.There is some faint transfer of the black images onto the opposite page. There is no jacket. Herr Willy (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A very scarce second edition of this profusely illustrated guide to the patisserie skill of piping. With advertisements to the rear of the work. The second edition of the work. Very scarce in any edition. First published in 1891. Profusely illustrated throughout with many demonstrative plates and vignette illustrations. A charming work, detailing the skill of patisserie piping, demonstrating a number of techniques, including piping styles, almond icing and detailed guides to the equipment required. In the original pictorial boards. Externally smart with bumping to the extremities. Marks to the boards. Front hinge slightly strained but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with marginal age toning and just the odd spot. Very Good. Herr Willy (illustrator). book.…