Lovely Food: A Cookery Notebook

Ruth Lowinsky

Published by The Nonesuch Press, London, 1931

About this Item

The first edition of Ruth Lowinsky's cookery notebook, with the "Hostess Notebook" still to be filled in, with the original, very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition. Published the same year as a limited edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the original, unclipped, scarce dust wrapper. A delightful cookery notebook written by English society hostess and food writer, Ruth Lowinsky.'Lovely Food' was Lowinsky's debut work, in which she presents a number of bourgeoise recipes for various occasions, including high tea, picnics and a shooting lunch. Charmingly illustrated by the author's husband, the surrealist Thomas Esmond Lowinsky. FFrom the library of Jill Norman, an editor and food writer. Norman began working at Penguin in the early 1960s and, as the only woman, the care of the company's cookery books fell to her. It was her responsibility to expand the cookery titles Penguin produced, and thus began to publish works by Jane Grigson, Claudia Roden, and Alan Davidson. In particular Norman worked closely with the famed cookery writer Elizabeth David, with whom she was good friends. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with light bumping to the extremities and a few marks to the cloth. Bookplate to front endpaper. Dust wrapper is worn, with considerable loss to the front panel, and further chipping to the extremities and spine. Sunning to the spine and extremities of the wrap, with the odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed.

Seller Inventory # 937Q20

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lovely Food: A Cookery Notebook
• Publisher: The Nonesuch Press, London
• Publication Date: 1931
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Thomas Lowinsky
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very Good Indeed
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Book Type: book