W Bently Capper Ed (10 results)

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 322 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.

Condition: Very Good. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents with no markings.

Hardback. Condition: nrFine. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Blue bobbled cloth lettered in gold on spine. Minute name stamps on endpapers.

Hardback. Condition: nrFine. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Blue bobbled cloth lettered in gold on spine. Minute name stamps on endpapers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1952 1st edition. Volume IV of a 4 volume set. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spines, blind stamped Caxton 1474 logo to front, blue speckled edges. Profusely illustrated: b/w plates; b/w in-text illustrations. Index. Condition: Very Good. Light edgewear. Faint foxing to endpapers. Internally clean and bright. Binding firm. Size: 9.5x7.5in / 24x19cm. 406pp. Weight: 1kg.

In 3 volumes. Hardback. Corners rubbed & boards slightly marked, otherwise good. x + 250; vi + 271; vi + 322pp.

green cloth, gilt. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. ND(c. 1925), 3 vols: 252,xvi,pp + 22 b&w pls; 278,xii,pp + 16 b&w pls; 300,xii,pp + 19 b&w pls. The three vols:.Comprehensive analysis of all aspects of pub & hotel management, design, furnishing & fitting out. A brillant insight into the social history of Britain between the wars especially pubs. A very nice set with a little rubbing to the gilt lettering and occassional edge rubbing. Some light foxing.

Blue hardback rexine cover. Condition: Very Good. New and Revised Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 263pp; 287pp; 334pp. B/w photographic plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Revised Edition. Three volume set. Written by experts in various branches of the licensed house trade. One page grubby in volume I.

Second Edition. Covers gastronomy, nutrition, culinary terms and processes, the menu, sauces, soups, hors d'oeuvres, meat and its preparation. Vol II: viii, 353pp. B&W photos. Covers poultry and feathered game, sundries, sweets. carving, the pressure cooker, wines in the kitchen. Vol III: vi, 378pp. Covers Alcoholic drinks, non-alcoholic drinks, tobacco, organization of the catering services. Vol IV: vi, 370pp,with unpaginated index section. Covers Administration, Specialized catering, Transport catering, the catering business, Hygiene. This is a very complete treatment of professional food and catering services dating from the early 1950 (The first edition appeared in 1952). This work won the Silver Medal for literary works on Gastronomy at 'Hospes' the International Cookery and Tourist Exhibition, in Berne, 1954. There are some recipes in the food sections with ingredients given in imperial measurements.Second Edition No major markings, clean tight copies with almost no rubbing to cover edges, Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.