"Chow" Secrets of Chinese Cooking With Selected Recipes

A very scarce signed and inscribed first edition of this recipe book, introducing the secrets and techniques of Chinese cookery, richly illustrated and complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.First edition.Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper: To Mrs. W. C. Bond, with compliments, from Dolly Liu, April 21st 1939. Shanghai."Richly illustrated by Henry Liu, with sketches, diagrams and figures throughout, with one sketch in colour. Featuring five monochrome plates, including a frontispiece, and three colour plates. Collated, complete.An early English-language introduction to authentic Chinese cookery, presenting traditional techniques, ingredients, and a selection of authentic recipes for Western readers. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Very slight shelf wear to extremities. Author's contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper, worn. The odd spot of damp staining to wraps, more apparent to rear wrap. Soiling to wraps with the odd handling mark. Rubbing and bumping to extremities with slight chipping, creasing, and closed tearing to extremities. Sunning to wraps and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with light scattered spotting. Very Good.…