DAVID Elizabeth

French Provincial Cooking. Illustrated by Juliet Renny. [Third Impression]. IN FULL MOROCCO SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Michael Joseph,, [1961]. 8vo., Third Impression, with title-vignette, title in green and black, and illustrations in the text, half-title mildly browned, edges mildly dust-soiled; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled and tooled with a gilt marmite, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, Renny illustration from original front board mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE in the usual blue ink with double line. Published a year after the first edition. SIGNED COPIES OF DAVID'S WORKS ARE VERY SCARCE.

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Book number: 33227

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DAVID Elizabeth

French Country Cooking. Line Drawings by John Minton. NEAR FINE COPY

Dorling Kindersley,, [1987]. 4to., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, coloured plates and numerous illustrations in the text; green pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy. Lavishly illustrated reissue of the author's second book, with Minton's original illustrations augmented by well-chosen plates by Old and Modern Masters. This edition preserves David's introduction to the original edition of 1951. A well-produced and respectful version of the second of the author's three cookery books that changed English cooking forever.

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Book number: 38080

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DAVID Elizabeth

French Country Cooking. Decorated by John Minton. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

John Lehmann,, [1951]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, illustrated title, and numerous full-page and smaller illustrations in the text, very faint contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original holland cloth, gilt back, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip and with small loss at lower edge of rear panel. David's second book, and to many the finest of the three classic titles that changed the nature of English cookery for ever. In common with her first work 'A Book of Mediterranean Food' this volume is greatly enhanced by the wonderful Minton illustrations. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 42294

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DAVID Elizabeth

French Country Cooking. Decorated by John Minton. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK

John Lehmann,, [1951]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, illustrated title, and numerous full-page and smaller illustrations in the text; original holland cloth, gilt back, edges lightly dust-soiled, boards a little age-soiled at extremities, a very good, bright, clean copy. David's second book, and to many the finest of the three classic titles that changed the nature of English cookery for ever. In common with her first work 'A Book of Mediterranean Food' this volume is greatly enhanced by the wonderful Minton illustrations. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 45808

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DAVID Elizabeth

French Provincial Cooking. Illustrated by Juliet Renny. [Fourth Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FOURTH IMPRESSION

Michael Joseph,, [1963]. 8vo., Fourth Impression, title in green and black, with title-vignette and illustrations in the text; pictorial green cloth, upper board blocked in red, gilt back, red top, ivory endpapers, a near fine copy. David's classic compilation was first published in 1960. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 44830

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DAVID Elizabeth

French Provincial Cooking. Illustrated by Juliet Renny. [First CBC Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Joseph for the Cookery Book Club,, [1967]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with title in green and black, title-vignette and illustrations in the text; pictorial green cloth, upper board blocked in red, gilt back, red top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. David's classic compilation was first published by Joseph in 1960 with a second (heavily revised) edition in 1965. This CBC edition contains the revised text together with all of Renny's delightful illustrations. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 47438

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DAVID Elizabeth

Harvest of the Cold Months. A Social History of Ice and Ices. Edited by Jill Norman. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE AUTHOR'S FINAL WORK

Michael Joseph,, [1994]. 8vo., First Edition, with 12 coloured plates on 8, numerous monochrome illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers in blue and white; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The author's final work was completed by her friend and editor Jill Norman. SCARCE.

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Book number: 26950

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DAVID Elizabeth

Is There a Nutmeg in the House?. Compiled by Jill Norman. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Joseph,, [2000]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, orange endpapers, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. A sequel to 'An Omelette and a Glass of Wine', this is a wonderful anthology of previously unpublished pieces compiled by David's friend and editor Jill Norman.

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Book number: 41416

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DAVID Elizabeth

Italian Food. Drawings by Renato Guttuso. [First CBC Edition.] FIRST CBC EDITION IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO

Macdonald for Cookery Book Club,, [1966]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 9 full-page illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in dark green full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt to a tureen motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. First CBC edition of David's third book and the last of the trilogy that changed the nature of English cookery forever. First published in 1954 with a revised second edition a year later, it presented an entirely novel world of taste, ingredients and cookery to a ration-oriented and culinary sombre Britain still in the aftermath of WWII.

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Book number: 37049

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DAVID Elizabeth

An Omelette and a Glass of Wine . NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Robert Hale,, [1984]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Collects a variety of articles, reviews and travel pieces all in the author's inimitable style. INCREASINGLY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 45283

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DAVID Elizabeth

Spices, Salt and Aromatics in the English Kitchen. BRIGHT COPY OF THE REVISED EDITION

Penguin, [Harmondsworth],, [1981]. 8vo., small neat signature on half-title; original pictorial wrappers, joints lightly rubbed else a bright, clean copy. Revised issue of a work first published in 1970. It was to have been the first volume of a series titled 'English Cooking Ancient and Modern', but in the event the project was never progressed. In the revised issues the dustwrapper title reads (erroneously) 'Salts', and the original cover photograph by Anthony Denney is replaced by a detail of a still life by de Heem.

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Book number: 13035

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DAVID Elizabeth

Spices, Salt and Aromatics in the English Kitchen. English Cooking Ancient and Modern. Volume I. [Second Impression.]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Penguin, [Harmondsworth,, 1971]. 8vo., Second Impression; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Second impression of a work first published in the previous year. Sadly the projected series was never continued. Cover photograph by Anthony Denney.

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Book number: 19660

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DAVID Elizabeth

Summer Cooking. Illustrated by Adrian Daintrey. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE SECOND IMPRESSION

Museum Press,, [1961]. 8vo., Second Impression, with title-vignette and illustrations in the text, neat inscription on front free endpaper; pale blue cloth, gilt back, boards very lightly age-soiled at extreme edges else a very good, bright, clean copy. David's fourth book, first published in 1955. This second impression is the last to contain her original text, for in 1965 she revised and enlarged it for its first issue in the well-known Penguin Handbooks series (which guaranteed its continuing success). With front panel of dustwrapper loosely inserted. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 18684

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DAVID Elizabeth

Summer Cooking. Line Drawings by Adrian Daintrey. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Dorling Kindersley,, [1988]. 4to., with a coloured frontispiece, coloured plates and numerous illustrations in the text; blue pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in white, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lavishly illustrated reissue with Daintrey's original illustrations augmented by well-chosen plates by Old and Modern Masters. This edition preserves David's introductions to the first edition (1955) and the expanded version published as a Penguin Handbook in 1965.

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Book number: 24365

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DAVID Elizabeth

Summer Cooking. Illustrated by Adrian Daintrey. [Second Impression]. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Museum Press,, [1961]. 8vo., Second Impression, with title-vignette and illustrations in the text; pale blue cloth, gilt back, boards mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and chipped (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE in the usual blue ink with double line. David's fourth book, first published in 1955. This second impression is the last to contain her original text, for in 1965 she revised and enlarged it for its first issue in the well-known Penguin Handbooks series (which guaranteed its continuing success). SIGNED COPIES OF DAVID'S WORKS ARE VERY SCARCE.

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Book number: 33226

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