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THE CIDER FACTORY - Plant and Layout

By: N/A

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, Leonard Hill Limited: 1953

Seller ID: 006374

Illustrated, large 8vo, pp xiv, 110, endpapers very slightly foxed otherwise very clean internally, cloth slightly worn and marked. VERY SCARCE
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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

[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...
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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

[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...
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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

1968-1973. Paperbacks, each issue comprised 16 pages with an illustration and usually several short articles and recipes. Rarely occurs for sale.
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Food for Thought - Celebrity Cook Book [Alan Davidson's copy]

By: Adams, John

Price: £4.00

Publisher: 1990, Manor Hall Publishing:

Seller ID: 013978

Condition: Very Good

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...
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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

Seller ID: 013241

ISBN: 0714848832

Condition: Very Good

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...
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Aroma - The Magic of Essential Oils in Food and Fragrance

By: Aftel, Mandy & Patterson, Daniel

Price: £25.00

Publisher: New York, Artisan: 2004

Seller ID: 012505

ISBN: 1579652646

Condition: As New

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...
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Peppers - the Domesticated Capsicums (New edition)

By: Andrews, Jean

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Austin, University of Texas: 1995

Seller ID: 008344

ISBN: 0292704674

Condition: As New

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.
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Vatch's South East Asian Cookbook

By: Bhumichitr, Vatcharian

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Kyle Cathie Limited: 1997

Seller ID: 013274

ISBN: 1856262472

Condition: Very Good

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

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.]
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Cooking with Herbs: The Flavor of Provence

By: Biehn, Michel

Price: £12.50

Publisher: Paris, Flammarion: 2001

Seller ID: 003190

ISBN: 208010554X

Well illustrated, 4to, pp 137, laminated boards in dustwrapper, a very good copy. (Primarily a cookbook, with 80 Provencal recipes, the author also explores ancient herb lore, listing the medicinal properties of each herb, tonic or diuretic, stimulant or analgesic.)
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Plants Consumed by Man [Alan Davidson's copy]

By: Brouk, B.

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London & New York, Academic Press: 1975

Seller ID: 009347

ISBN: 012136450X

Condition: Very Good

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, ...
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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

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...
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The Anatomy of Dessert, with a few notes on wine

By: Bunyard, Edward A.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1933

Seller ID: 015854

Condition: Good

Second edition, revised and enlarged. Small octavo, pp viii, 217, slightly age-toned internally, a neat inscription on the front endpaper, cloth slightly worn, faded and splash-marked.
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The Fruit Garden

By: Bunyard, George & Thomas, Owen

Price: £65.00

Publisher: London, Country Life: 1904

Seller ID: 014603

Condition: Very Good

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.]
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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

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...
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Aroma and Flavour in Wine-Making

By: Carr, J.G.

Price: £7.00

Publisher: London, Millls & Boon Ltd: 1974

Seller ID: 005715

ISBN: 0263055949

A few text illustrations, pp 88, pictorial laminated boards, slightly faded otherwise a very good copy.
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La Lamproie, ou les eaux limoneuses de la memoire [Alan Davidson's copy]

By: Chapuis, Lise; Meller-Liron, Elisabeth & Rives, Caroline

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Cognac, Editions Ke Temps qu'il Fait: 1994

Seller ID: 009333

ISBN: 286853189X

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, large 8vo, pp 128, paperback, a very good copy. [Scarce, and one of the few books on lampreys]. [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 am...
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The Leguminosae of Taiwan, for Pasture and Soil Improvement [Alan Davidson's copy]

By: Ching-Chang Chuang & Chia Huang

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Taipei, Department of Botany, National Taiwan University: 1965

Seller ID: 008664

Condition: Good

Illustrated with 162 line drawings, large 8vo, pp (iv), 286, paperback, slightly worn, spine repaired and with slight tape marks, a withdrawn duplicate from the library of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, with stamps on the upper cover and verso of the title page, and a bookplate. [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 Compani...
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The Edible Garden Cookbook (Australian Woman's Weekly)

By: Clark, Pamela (Food Director and editor)

Price: £7.50

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group: 2010

Seller ID: 009646

ISBN: 1907428321

Condition: Very Good

Well illustrated, quarto, pp 256, paperback, a very good copy. SCARCE.
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