A Collection of Cookery Books

A charming set of four uncommon cookery books for the British housewife. Four volumes. Uncommon works. This set contains: The Practice of Cookery and Pastry Adapted to the Business of Every-Day Life, 1884. Sixteenth edition, enlarged and improved. A collection of hundreds of simple and comprehensive recipes for every-day cookery, with distinct directions or each dish intended to provide the greatest flavour and the most economical menus. Written by D. Williamson. Continental Cookery for the English Table, 1915. First edition. A charming collection of European recipes offered to the English cook as a welcome variation to the making of a home menu. With recipes arranged into soups, sauces, fish dishes, meat dishes, vegetables, salads, sweet dishes, preserves, and more. Written by Edith Siepen, a British cookbook writer. Bachelor Woman's Cookery, 1934. Second impression, published the same year as the first. A detailed guide to home cooking with introductions on how to use a gas-ring, a guide to baking day, information on breads and cheeses, how to plan a party, salads and sandwiches, and much more. Written by Violet Louisa Stanley-Wrench, an English novelist, cookery writer and journalist who used the byline "Mrs Stanley Wrench". Popular Home Cookery, 1935. First edition. A comprehensive guide to standard English cookery, with marks for all oven recipes, help with every type of modern cooker, and useful hints on buying. Written by Margaret Struan, an English author of home cookery and domestic economy books. In the original full green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Scattered spotting throughout The Practice of Cookery and Pastry with age toning to the extremities. Light age toning to the endpapers. Newspaper articles pasted to the front free endpaper of The Practice of Cookery and Pastry with pencil notes to the endpapers at the front and rear. Previous owner's bookplate to the front free endpaper. Very Good.…