Lavonne Brady Axford - English Language Cookbooks, 1600-1973

Detroit, Gale Research Company, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce bibliographical work on English language cookbooks from 1600 to 1973. First edition. Very scarce work. A record of some of the most important historical and sociological sources of the English culture, being a definitive bibliography of cookery books published in the English language between 1600 and 1973. With details of the full title, author information, illustrator where applicable, edition, publisher, place and date of publication, and more. Arranged in alphabetical order from A is for Apple; Recipes Using the Apple, Most Beloved of Fruits (1957) to Zodiac Parties; Menus and Recipes (1965). Compiled by Lavonne Brady Axford, an American librarian and scholar. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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