heaton leonard huskinson (5 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. First Edition. DJ now in removable plastic protective cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1992pp, illustrations, decorated endpapers, bound in VG original red cloth covers ; Large octavo; 192 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good +. Huskinson, Leonard (illustratore). the price clipped jacket is chipped at the edges, suffers from a series of short closed tears and minor loss at the back's head; most sinful of all, is foxed. The body of the book is in excllent condition: clean, unmarked and solid. 192 pages, indexed and illustrated. A Calendar of Country Receipts is a ".collection of hints, reminders, scraps of half-forgotten lore, and recipes for food, drink, lototions, floor polishes, and so on., is to persuade both rural and urban housewifes that nothing need ever be wasted" (Front flap).

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Huskinson, Leonard (illustratore). First Edition. Gilt titles with gilt and green decoration on red cloth boards which have a small mark to rear lower corner else very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there are tipped in colour cut outs from a magazine to front and rear endpapers (neatly done), evidence of a removed small label (or similar) to half title page, some sporadic foxing to the back of the illustrations else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket is age darkened, worn to edges with loss to spine and a has a repaired tear. 192 pages. Decorative endpapers.13 full page illustrations and others in the text by Leonard Huskinson. The book is a collection ofhints, reminders, scraps of half-forgotten lore, and recipes for food, drink, lotions, floor polishes, and so on, written to persuade the rural or urban housewife that nothing need be wasted. As the book is arranged in calendar form, and as the author has time (or makes time) to step out of the kitchen and revel in the attractions of garden, field and forest, the narration makes absorbing reading. This day-to-day account of garden, kitchen and storeroom activities from 1950 is delightfully illustrated by Leonard Huskinson. D4D Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Leonard Huskinson; Berthold Wolpe; Margaret Wolpe (illustratore). First edition. Three smart volumes of cookery and hosting guides from British author Nell Heaton. Three volumes. Written by Nell Heaton, a British author best known for cookery books. This set contains: A Calendar of Country Receipts, 1950. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirteen plates. Collated complete. A collection of hints, reminders, scraps of half-forgotten lore, and recipes for food, drinks, lotions, floor polishes, and so on. Intended to persuade both rural and urban housewives that nothing need ever be wasted. Illustrated by Leonard Huskinson, an English artist, illustrator, teacher and schools examiner. Traditional Recipes of the British Isles, 1951. First edition. With illustrations throughout. An appetizing collection of traditional recipes taken from every corner of the British Isles, recalling great feasts of the past as well as simple and homely recipes to suit any palate. Illustrated by Berthold Wolpe, a German calligrapher, typographer, type designer, book designer and illustrator and his wife, Margaret Wolpe, a German artist, sculptor and silversmith. The Complete Hostess, 1958. Illustrated throughout. Dated from the University of Exeter Library. A comprehensive and essential manual for all faced with the problems of entertaining at home. With tips for all occasions from a child's birthday party to a cocktail dinner, to a wedding breakfast, and more. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than The Complete Hostess which has been price-clipped. Dust wrappers are smart with light wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the panels. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges with minor loss to the head and tail of the spines, with light loss to the head of the spine of The Complete Hostess. Sympathetic repairs made with tape. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers with the previous owner's bookplate to the rear endpaper. Very Good Indeed. book.