Food And Drink from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1924. 12mo. First edition in red and black publisher's cloth, 183 pp. A 1924 sweetmaker's guide to the utensils, materials, sugar preparation and recipes for classic toffees, caramels, chocolate, bon-bons and more, with some b/w in-text illustrations. A few light marks to boards and bumping to spine ends. . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. First Edition.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan 1997. Small 4to. First edition. 256 pp. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Creasing to extremities of jacket. Bumping to spine ends, otherwise clean. A nice copy of a difficult book to find, their second work following 'Roast Chicken and Other Stories'. Coquilles St-Jacques, Sole Veronique, Beef Stroganoff, Mixed Grill, Swedish Meatballs, Wiener Schnitzel, Chicken Maryland, Crepes Suzette, Peach… Read more about this item

London: United Kingdom Bartenders' Guild 1955. 12mo. Second Edition. 268 pp. Black hardcover with silver lettering and design in green jacket. Closed tears to jacket, with slight loss. Light wear to spine ends of book. Internally clean. Black & white illustrations and advertisements throughout. Only 5000 copies were printed. . Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1955.

London: United Kingdom Bartenders' Guild 1955. 12mo. Second Edition. 268 pp. Black hardcover with silver lettering in green jacket. Lacks jacket. Rubbing to extremities. Save foxing to title page, internally clean. Black & white illustrations and advertisements throughout. Only 5000 copies were printed of this edition. . Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1955.

San Jose, California: Supreme Grand Lodge of Amorc, Inc. 1973. 8vo. 226, [24] pp. Green hardcover with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover, in a dustjacket. This book not only discusses the ancient and folkloric histories of herbal medicine, but also contains 'an authoritative list of healthful, nutritious herbs with suggested simple recipes for their use'. Published by… Read more about this item

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1917. Small 8vo. First edition, publisher's blue cloth with dark blue lettering and borders to front board & spine. 207, (4) pp. . A few minor bumps to boards and spine ends. Cloth fresh. Foxing to some of the leaves. and edges. Chapters include : 'War Ration Housekeeping' and 'War Economy Breads and Scones.'… Read more about this item

London: W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd. 1958. 12mo. 96 pp. Original card wraps with colour pictorial wrapper. A few short closed tears to jacket edges. 3/6d price. Internally clean. . Very Good. Wraps. 1958.

London: Maclaren & Sons [1908]. Small 8vo. 84, [4] pp. Blue cloth with black lettering to front board and spine. Minor offsetting to endpapers and some foxing to edges and inside. Produced following the development of food manufacturing machinery, and a greater and more varied number of biscuit and confectionery styles. Uncommon, with just a handful of copies on OCLC.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Thomas Allan & Sons 1939. 8vo. 80 pp. Original printed stiff card wrappers. Light sunning to spine and slight bumping to extremities. A clean copy. 20cms tall. . Near Fine. Wraps. 1939.

London: Maclaren & Sons [1912]. Small 8vo. xii, 335 pp. Brown cloth with black lettering to front board and spine. Offsetting to endpapers; internally clean. Two small marks to boards; but clean with a firm binding. 'To the youth with ambition to rise in his trade there can be no better advice than the old adage: "Mix all your goods… Read more about this item

Essex: 5M Books Ltd 2024. 8vo. xii, 348 pp. Illustrated softcover with photographic paste-downs. 'How has it come to this point in history that we hardly value the food we eat and the soil that it's grown in?' This book addresses the ecological costs of industrial farming: how it has impacted animals, the environment, farmers and the way we eat.… Read more about this item

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Limited 1927. 12mo. First edition. vii, 103 pp. Pictorial boards over cloth spine. Minor wear to extremities and marks to boards. Foxing to edges and occasionally throughout. Major Gorman was the Late Commandant of the Army School of Cookery for India. . Very Good. Illustrated Boards. First Edition. 1927.

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Limited 1927. Small 8vo. vii, 103 pp. Pictorial boards over cloth spine. Minor wear to extremities and marking to rear board. Ink and pencil ownership marks to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Major Gorman was the Late Commandant of the Army School of Cookery for India. . Very Good. Illustrated Boards. First Edition. 1927.

London: Ward, Lock and Co., Limited 1901. Large 8vo. 685th thousand. xlviii., (4) adverts, 1644, (20) adverts, (12) pub. ads. Lacks front advertisement leaf. Original gilt-decorated morocco spine panel over original green cloth boards. Binding loose at spine with a slight lean some splitting to the front board. Some light markings to boards and rubbing to corners. Light damage to… Read more about this item

London: Anne Cobbett 1843. 12mo. 182, [1 index], 12 [ads] pp. Original boards with cloth spine and paper title label from 1843. Some wear to edges and corners, spine slightly tilted, small loss to title label. Occasional foxing to prelims and very occasionally inside. Uncut pages. A guide to keeping livestock, baking bread, brewing beer, using grass and grain to… Read more about this item

Paris: Bernardin-Bechet 1873. 8vo. [iii], 462 pp. Original green illustrated paper-covered boards, with the spine laid down when recased. Rubbing and wear, including loss to paper covering at spine ends. Ink ownership mark to ffep. Internally quite clean. Recipes in French. . Very Good. Original Boards. 1873.

London: Grant Richards 1915. Small 8vo. 270 pp. Small tears to edges of joints, small dent to edge of front board, discolouration to spine and top edge. Inside is clean with the odd mark or annotation. '"Cuisin, c'est medicine", said Michelet ; and good cookery is a cure for the mind's as well as the body's ills, besides being cheaper… Read more about this item

Gloucester: The Gloucestershire Federation of Women's Institutes 1938. Small 8vo. 242 pp. Green limp cloth. Wear and some marking to covers and corners. Split at spine and some sections have partially detached. Some foxing throughout. Numerous newspaper clipping inserts. A great collection of recipes wich are 'old and tested in Gloucestershire homes'. . Good. Limp Cloth. 1938.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts 1858. Small 8vo. xlvii, [+ 7 plates], 643, 32 ads. pp. Full maroon morocco with gilt lettering to spine; decorative endpapers, all edges speckled red. Slight wear to spine ends and corners, a few light marks to boards, spine a little faded. Slight splitting to front hinge, light foxing and offsetting to prelims,… Read more about this item

London: James Bowden 1897. 8vo. (iv), 160, (4) pp. Original pictorial boards, about two-thirds the width of an average 8vo. Light wear to extremities. Slight darkening to spine. Light rubbing and air bubbles to boards. Internally clean. . Very Good. Pictorial Boards. 5th Edition. 1897.