A Collection of Cookery and Home Science Books

Mary J. Lincoln; Anna Barrows; Beatrice Quarracino; Jessie Lindsay; V. H. Mottram

Published by Home Science Publishing Company; T. Fisher Unwin; University of London Press 1902-1938, Boston; London, 1902

About this Item

Three smart copies of these uncommon cookery and home economics handbooks. Three volumes. Uncommon works. This set contains: The Home Science Cook Book, 1902. First edition. Intended to present a guideline as to "how" to put the materials together to produce a pleasing plate of food for the eyes and the palate. With recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, from cereals and eggs, to roasts, cakes, and sauces. Includes a collection of menus for everyday life. Written by Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln, an influential Boston cooking teacher and cookbook author considered one of the pioneers of the Domestic Science movement in the United States. She was among the first to address the scientific and nutritional basis of food preparation. As well as Anna Barrows, an American educator and author, known for being a pioneering woman in the field of home economics. She contributed to the foundation of the Home Economics Movement through her unique demonstrations, lectures, and radio interviews. The Book of Meals ("Please, M'm, the Butcher!), 1924. Fifth impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated complete. A guide to catering for the housewife of moderate means, with menus for all meals of the year and numerous occasions. Including plenty of recipes and fifty-two additional menus of dinners without meat. Written by Beatrice Guarracino, an Italian-born English cookbook writer. Manual of Modern Cookery, 1938. Fourth edition. Illustrated throughout. A detailed and comprehensive guide to the main principles of modern cookery, with reference to the different tools and utensils around the kitchen. With recipes from albumen water to Yorkshire pudding. Written by Jessie Lindsay, a Scottish professor of the Household Arts Department at King's College University London, and V. H. Mottram, an English physiologist. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Front hinge just starting but firm to The Book of Meals. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd small spot. The occasional handling mark from use as a recipe book. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpapers and pastedown. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper of The Book of Meals. Very Good.

Seller Inventory # 967T104

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Collection of Cookery and Home Science Books
• Publisher: Home Science Publishing Company; T. Fisher Unwin; University of London Press 1902-1938, Boston; London
• Publication Date: 1902
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: None
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book