W Bently Capper (31 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.

Condition: Good. DJ has some loss and several tears to edges. Contents are clean and reasonably bright.

HARD BACK BLUE. Condition: GOOD. REPRINT. Progressive Catering A Comprehensive Treatment of Food, Cookery, Drink, Catering Services and Management ( 4 Volume Set); reprint dated July 1952; Navy blue boards - gilt to spine has faded. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Volume I 318 pages; Volume II 353 pages; Volume III 378 pages; Volume IV 406 pages; Four volume set. No dustjackets. DATE PUBLISHED: 1952 EDITION: REPRINT 378. …

Green Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Undated Circa 1949. Please email for further details NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES! Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Black and White Illustrations (illustrator). H.G Turner.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dark green boards, title faded at spine edge, light wear at top corners and spine ends, pages have some foxing, light evidence of use, overall clean and well bound, 6.5 X 9.5" 400 pages Weight: Over 1 Kg. Undated (circa 1960s ?). General Editor W. Bently Capper - editor of "The Hotel Review" - Assisted by 40 experts in various branches of the trade. "A practical work for hotel-keepers, innkeepers, licensed victualers, wine and spirit merchants, off-license holders, club secretaries, club stewards, caterers, etc." Contents : Selling and Service policies; The Guests' point of view; Financial; The Law and the Licensee; Yourself and the trade, etc. Illustrated by 20 glossy black/white photographs, plus 20 specimen forms and entries. Black & White Photographs (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Decorated embossed navy blue boards. Dull spine title. Small tear of paper on front inner hinge. No jacket. Volume two only.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. 2 Volumes of the 3 Volume set. Maroon Cloth with Gilt Titles to Spine, Caxton motif blind stamped on front cover. Illustrated with B&W Photographs and Plans. Pages in very good condition, some wear to covers, mostly at edges and spine. Gilt Lettering and lines still bright. Undated, states New Revised edition. Heavy volumes so postage will be extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Three volumes, complete: 263 pages (1), 289 pages (2), and 306 pages, plus index (3). Blue cloth with gilt titling and decoration at spines, decoration in blind to front panels. Some rubbing, edgewear on boards. Sound bindings. No jackets, if issued. Pages foxed and lightly toned, else clean, with no prior owner's notes or other readers' markings. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. This is a multiple-volume set, and may require additional postage to ship.…

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 vols. Reprint of 5th edition. A practical guide on the keeping of licensed premises. Illustrated with plates, diagrams and graphs. Royal blue cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spine, blindstamped Caxton logo on upper cover, speckled edges. Overall NF. 8vo. 263pp, 289pp, 306pp + index.

Hardback. Condition: nrFine. No DW. 1st Edition. Blue bobbled cloth lettered in gold on spine. Minute name stamps on endpapers. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age.

Hardback. Condition: nrFine. No DW. 1st Edition. Blue bobbled cloth lettered in gold on spine. Minute name stamps on endpapers. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Volume 2 - FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

No date. Caxton Publishing Company, Limited. Hardback. Book - Fair/Good. Ex-lib.

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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not applicable. Revised Edition. 3 volumes. "New and Revised" and contributions by experts in the Publican business and brewing. full page photos plates in hotels, restaurants and kitchens of the pre-modern era of catering and pubs. Blue cloth, gilt titles, all near fine as are the contents and still in the card box posted out in 1950. 1st published in 1923 and thoroughly revised for this 4th edition. Volume 1 has 265 pages, volume 2 has 279 pages and volume 3 has 323 pages and volume 3 contains the index. Still has envelope for coupons to ask the "Licensed Victualers" questions. 3 volumes complete (price includes the extra postage costs within the UK). …

Condition: Used - Very Good. VG hardbacks. Three volumes, reprinted May 1951. Royal blue pebbled cloth with bright gilt lettering on spines. Blue speckled full edges, with a little foxing on edges and early pages. Light wear/bumping to corners and spine extremities. This is a heavy set (about 2.6kgs packed); additional postage may be required.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. How to cater - no recipes but everything you will need to know about the ingredients, drinks, and the serving. This is a 4 volume set with a shipping weight of 4kg, please contact us before placing an order. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd. (UK) Four volume set: each volume 24 x 18 cm, gold spine titles, pebbly blue cloth with embossed cnetral device, B&W photos. Vol I: ix,318pp. frontis, B&W photos.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. Coves poultry and feathered game, sundries, sweets. carving, the pressure cooker, wines in the kitchen. Very slight water stain to the topo fthe front endpaper and pastedown ( not obstrusive). Vol III: vi, 378pp. Covers Alcoholic drinks, non-alcoholic drinks, tobacco, organization of the catering services. Vol IV: vi, 370pp,with unpaginated index section. faint moisture stain to top edge of pastedowns not affecting the recto of the front nor the verso of the back cover. 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 British measures. Second Edition No markings, clean tight copies with almost no rubbing to cover edges, small faint waterstain to volumes notes, overall solid VG+; no Dj. (12.5 JM HOZ 403/a0 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

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.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. How to cater - no recipes but everything you will need to know about the ingredients, drinks, and the serving. This is a 4 volume set with a shipping weight of 4kg, please contact us before placing an order. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Caxton Publishing Company Limited. Hardback. Book - VG. DJ - Fair. Ex-lib.

No date. Caxton Publishing Company, Limited. Hardback. Book - Good. Ex-lib.

No date. Caxton Publishing Company, Limited. Hardback. Book - Good. Ex-lib. (2 copies).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A scarce three volume set, discussing pub and hotel management, illustrated throughout with photograph facsimile plate illustrations. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding with blind stamp.This is a set of three volumes. These volumes are the New and Revised editions, published in 1950.This set is a comprehensive three-volume reference work, first published in the early 20h century. This set serves as a practical guide for those in the hospitality: hotel-keepers, innkeepers, Wine and Spirit Merchants, Off-License Holders, Club Secretaries, Club Stewards, Caterers and others. These volumes cover all aspects of pub and hotel management, accompanied by photograph facsimile illustration plates. With volume I having 20 plates, volume II having 17 plates, and volume III having 16 plates. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight bumping and rubbing to extremities. The odd spot to the boards and endpapers. Previous owner's small sticker label to rear pastedown. Small ink inscription '6' to left top corner of front free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, slightly age toned. Scattered spotting to the fore edges. Very Good Indeed. Various (illustrator). book.…

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. …

Original hardcovers. xii,264 pp., vi,288 pp. & vi,334 pp.; ills, plates.; 24.5x17 cm. Text in English. - (slightly worn, paper browned) Although very good, see picture 2460g.