W Bently Capper (32 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 bumpi…

Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles. Condition: About Very Good. No Dustjacket. Fifth Edition, Second Printing. First volume only of a three volume set. Contents include - General Management, Design: Furnishing and Equipment, The Licensee and his Staff, Housekeeping and Hygiene. xi, 263pp, photo illustrated, illustrations in text. 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…

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" - As…

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.…

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…

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. Intern…

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…

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…

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 m…

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,…