The Gentleman's Table Guide and Table Companion to the Art of Dining and Drinking, with Table Habits and Curious Dishes of the Various Nations, with practical recipes for Wine Cups, American Drinks, Punches, Cordials

Published by London, 1873

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Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United KingdomJames M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.

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(London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1873). Third Edition. Publisher's green gilt-decorated cloth, gilt lettering and gilt page edges, 6 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches, 167 pages plus advertisements, yellow printed endpapers. blind-stamped to the back board. Printed in red and black, steel-engraved frontispiece and illustrations. Both sets of end-papers contain advertisements. Armorial book-plate to the front paste-down of the former librettist Charles Willmore Emlyn (1862-1940). The former owner's name is written to the top of the title page and in the same hand there is a short recipe (in black fountain pen) for a bottle of brandy cherries) to page 112. The boards are slightly rubbed and the spine tips a little pushed otherwise a bright and clean VG+ copy with firm hinges and some foxing and staining to the interior. Looks nicer than it sounds. Now housed in a modern acetate cover. Uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request.

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Title
The Gentleman's Table Guide and Table Companion to the Art of Dining and Drinking, with Table Habits and Curious Dishes of the Various Nations, with practical recipes for Wine Cups, American Drinks, Punches, Cordials
Author
Ricket, Edward [DRINKS & DRINKING}
Publisher
London
Publication year
1873
Binding
Hard Cover

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