Cooking from the Commonwealth & Russian Cooking

A smart two volume set of cookery books from across the world by British cook book author Robin Howe. Two volumes. First edition. Scarce works. Written by Robin Howe, a British cookbook writer. This set contains: Cooking from the Commonwealth, 1958. A collection of recipes from every part of the Commonwealth collected by the author herself, with examples of dishes such as: haggis from Scotland, Ikokore from the Ijebu Province in Africa, and pumpkin soup from the Caribbean. Russian Cooking, 1964. A fascinating book full of recipes from every region of Russia with interesting information on Russian methods and customs relating to cooking and eating. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light wear to the extremities. Original dust wrapper of Cooking from the Commonwealth remains unclipped while the original dust wrapper of Russian Cooking has been price-clipped. Dust wrappers are smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Sympathetic repairs to the head and tail of the spines with tape. The odd small mark with minor sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Previous owner's bookplate and contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpaper. Near Fine.…