LA CUISINIERE BOURGEOISE, suivie de l'office a l'usage de tous ceux qui se melent de depenses de maisons. [Alan Davidson's copy]

By: N/A

Price: £65.00

Publisher: Luzarches, Imprimeries Reunies de Senlis pour Daniel Morcrette: 1977

Seller ID: 008695

Condition: Very Good

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[1746]. Facsimile reprint, thick 12mo, pp viii, 400, (4). all edges gilt, full red calf, gilt decorations and inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers. [A fine copy of one of Daniel Morcrette's beautiful facsimiles]. [Alan Davidson's copy, with his "fishy" bookplate. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxford Companion to Food. In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office... View more info

La Diversite des Plantes Legumieres: hier, aujourd'hiu et demain [Alan Davidson's copy]

By: N/A

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Paris, JATBA: 1985

Seller ID: 009334

Condition: Very Good

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[Symposium results]. Large 8vo, pp 230, small label attached to title page, paperback, covers a little faded, otherwise very good. [Alan Davidson's copy, with his "fish" bookplate. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxford Companion to Food. In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Washington, Tunis, Brussels, Cairo, the Hague; from 197... View more info

The Potomac Herb Journal. Volume IV numbers 2 & 3; Volume V numbers 1, 3 & 4; Volumes VI complete throught to Volume IX number 3 + Index for 1965 - 69

By: N/A

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Potomac Unit of the Herb Society of America:

Seller ID: 015271

Condition: Very Good

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1968-1973. Paperbacks, each issue comprised 16 pages with an illustration and usually several short articles and recipes. Rarely occurs for sale. View more info

Food for Thought - Celebrity Cook Book [Alan Davidson's copy]

By: Adams, John

Price: £4.00

Publisher: 1990, Manor Hall Publishing:

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 013978

Condition: Very Good

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Illustrated with photographs of the many contributors, small octavo, pp 140, paperback, a very good copy. [Alan Davidson's copy, with his "fish" bookplate. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxford Companion to Food. In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Washington, Tunis, Brussels, Cairo, the Hague; from 1973 to 1975, he was ambassa... View more info

The Complete Servant

By: Adams, Samuel & Sarah

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Lewes, Southover Press: 1993

Seller ID: 010949

ISBN: 1870962095

Condition: Good

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Small illustrations from contemporary sources within the text, large 8vo, pp x, 180, slightly worn internally (mainly at the corners), paperback, covers slightly worn at the margins. View more info

A Day at elBulli - An Insight into the Ideas, Methods and Creativity of Ferran Adria

By: Adria, Ferran; Soler, Julia & Adria, Albert

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Phaidon Press Ltd: 2008

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 013241

ISBN: 0714848832

Condition: Very Good

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First edition. Very well illustrated, large thick quarto, pp 528, a very good copy in a dustwrapper showing the very slightest signs of use, complete with the yellow wrap-around slip. Very heavy - extra postage will be required. [An exclusive look behind the scenes at elBulli, reputedly the best restaurant in the world, and into the mind of Ferran Adrià, the most creative chef working today. Though now closed it was notoriously difficult to get a table, but for the first time this book opens the doors of the restaurant to everyone and documents hour-by-hour the painstaking preparations that t... View more info

Aroma - The Magic of Essential Oils in Food and Fragrance

By: Aftel, Mandy & Patterson, Daniel

Price: £25.00

Publisher: New York, Artisan: 2004

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 012505

ISBN: 1579652646

Condition: As New

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Illustrated, large octavo, pp 216, a very good copy in very slightly rubbed dustwrapper. ["A New Way of Thinking About Food and Fragrance Turn a brilliant natural perfumer loose in a chef's kitchen and you get vanilla perfume, saffron, ginger, and blood orange bath salts, and a cucumber mist. Turn a brilliant chef loose in a perfumer's pantry and you get rose-infused steamed bass, peach-jasmine sorbet, and scores of other startlingly original recipes using floral and herbal aromas. Aroma permeates every cuisine, from ancient to modern, in every culture and at every level, but what this pio... View more info

Cooking for One or Two in Lincolnshire

By: Age Concern (and edited by Mrs Stainer)

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Boston & South Holland Division of Age Concern:

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 011541

Condition: Good

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[Not dated - 1980'S]. Small slim 8vo, pp 79, slightly used internally, paperback, covers a bit marked and stained. SCARCE. Postage will be reduced. View more info

Peppers - the Domesticated Capsicums (New edition)

By: Andrews, Jean

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Austin, University of Texas: 1995

Edition: Second edition

Seller ID: 008344

ISBN: 0292704674

Condition: As New

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New edition. Well illustrated with 34 fine botanical colour plates, a few other illustrations, large quarto, pp (xvi), 186, very clean internally, a very good copy in dustwrapper. View more info

The tropical crops : a popular treatment of the practice of agriculture in tropical regions, with discussion of cropping systems and methods of growing the leading products

By: Barrett, Otis Warren

Price: £11.50

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company: 1928

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 014984

Condition: Good

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Illustrated, small octavo, pp xx, 445, rather age-toned, the last three blank pages with a small stain at the bottom edge, blue cloth slightly worn and rubbed, an ex-library copy with stamps on the top, bottom and fore-edge, stamps on the endpapers. View more info

Venus in the Kitchen, or, Love's Cookery Book

By: Bey, Pilaffe, (edited by Norman Douglas),(introduction by Graham Greene)

Price: £4.50

Publisher: London, Bloomsbury: 2002

Seller ID: 012493

ISBN: 1852341818

Condition: Very Good

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{Originally published in 1952.}. Illustrated with decorations by Bruce Roberts, 12mo, pp xiv, 192, a very good copy in dustwrapper. [Pilaff Bey was, of course, purely a pseudonym for Douglas]. View more info

Vatch's South East Asian Cookbook

By: Bhumichitr, Vatcharian

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Kyle Cathie Limited: 1997

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 013274

ISBN: 1856262472

Condition: Very Good

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Well illustrated, quarto, pp 192, pictorial boards, spine slightly bumped at the base, otherwise a very good copy in similar dustwrapper. View more info

The Fruits of the Earth

By: Bianchini, F. & Corbetta F. (introduction by Maurice Messegue)

Price: £6.50

Publisher: London, Bloomsbury: 1988

Seller ID: 014241

ISBN: 1870630106

Condition: Very Good

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Well illustrated with very attractive watercolour plates, quarto, pp 303, very clean internally, brown cloth very slightly worn, in a good dustwrapper which is a little worn and creased around the edges. [A beautiful tribute to edible plants.] View more info

Plants Consumed by Man [Alan Davidson's copy]

By: Brouk, B.

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London & New York, Academic Press: 1975

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 009347

ISBN: 012136450X

Condition: Very Good

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Illustrated, large 8vo, pp x, 479, very slight foxing to the fore-edge, otherwise a good sound copy in a price-clipped dustwrapper which is slightly worn and torn. SCARCE. [Alan Davidson's copy, with his "fish" bookplate. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxford Companion to Food. In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Washington, ... View more info

Apples - the story of the fruit of temptation [Alan Davidson's copy]

By: Browning, Frank

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Allen Lane - The Penguin Press: 1999

Seller ID: 008665

ISBN: 0713993049

Condition: Very Good

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Small 8vo, pp (8), 172, a very good copy in slightly stretched dustwrapper. [Alan Davidson's copy, with his "fishy" bookplate. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxford Companion to Food. In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Washington, Tunis, Brussels, Cairo, the Hague; from 1973 to 1975, he was ambassador to Laos. While living in... View more info

The Fruit Garden

By: Bunyard, George & Thomas, Owen

Price: £65.00

Publisher: London, Country Life: 1904

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 014603

Condition: Very Good

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Well illustrated with line drawings and photographic plates, small thick quarto, pp xiv, 507, fore-edge foxed, scattered foxing throughout, heavier on some pages, the hinge at the title page is a little cracked, and similarly at the last page of the index, otherwise clean and sound internally, blue cloth very slightly worn and marked. [One of the seminal works on the subject, and overall a much better than average copy.] View more info

The Citrus Industries of North Africa [Alan Davidson's copy]

By: Burke, J. Henry

Price: £12.50

Publisher: Washington, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 1952

Seller ID: 009311

Condition: Good

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Small quarto, one plate, pp (4), 152, typed and stencilled, paperback, stapled, slightly aged and worn. [Alan Davidson's copy, with his "fish" bookplate. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxford Companion to Food. In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Washington, Tunis, Brussels, Cairo, the Hague; from 1973 to 1975, he was ambassado... View more info