Jennifer Brennan - Curries and Bugles: A Memoir and a Cookbook of the British Raj

London, Viking, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition, first impression of this historical memoir and cookery book of the British Raj, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Illustrated with eight colour plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. An exploration into the vivid life experiences of the author as part of the British Raj in India. With nostalgic discussion of the daily meals of the sahibs and memsahibs, how they lived and how they entertained. With more than two hundred recipes to recreate and revive the breakfasts, tiffins, picnics, teas, buffets, and grand dinners of the 'Servants of the Crown.' Written by Jennifer Brennan, a British-born American cookery educator and writer, raised in the Punjab and Mysore, whose family were part of the British Raj in India. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Previous owner's bookplate and author's ink inscription to the front free endpaper. With the bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.

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