Charles Lamb Essay (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Trade Edition. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized booklet with illustrated covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some rubbing / wear to the top edge of the front cover, along with several spots of ground-in dirt. There is an inked number 60 on the front cover as well. The text pages are clean and bright. Illustrated by Warren G. Troutman (illustrator).…

Dust jacket title: THE CHINESE COOK BOOK ADAPTED FOR THE AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE. 300 VERY FINE 'NUMBER ONE GOOD' RECIPES . . FIRST CLASS FOOD . . . TASTY-UNUSUAL . . . EAST TO PREPARE AT HOME WITH AN ESSAY BY CHARLES LAMB. 48 pages plus covers. Staple-bound booklet: H 23.25cm x L 15.5cm. Thin brown paper dust jacket edgeworn with some soiling and staining, tape repairs at spine head overlapping to panel corners and lengthwise along front flap fold, 2.5cm deep chip at front panel's lower left with jagged tear ascending another 6.5cm, shorter tear at front panel's bottom edge with chip at bottom right corner. Tan paper covers, mild crease at front panel's top right corner with short closed tear near top of fore-edge. Some staining to page 1. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy in a only good dust jacket. With Introduction by compiler/editor M. Sing Au, Introduction titled "A Dissertation on Roast Pig" by Charles Lamb, short essay "The Chinese Theater" by Alix Williamson, three other short unattributed essays, Index, and decorations (i.e. small inset illustrations) throughout by William Troutman. Text opens with section titled :The Nine-Course Dinner" followed by sections of recipes for Seasonings and Gravies, Noodles, Chop Suey, Duck, Rice, Soups, Shrimp, Pork, Fish, Beef, Chicken, Eggs, Vegetables, Bean Sprouts, Bean Curd-Tofu, Salads, Wun Tun, Rice Noodles, and Cakes and Sweets.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stapled card covers under illustrated dust jacket, priced at 15-cents. An excellent copy with one exception: the previous owner has stapled the edges of the flap of the dust jacket to the rear cover, making a pocket for (presumably) recipes to be laid in, although none are. There are remnants of paper under the staples on the rear panel of the DJ but whatever was attached is not any longer. 48 pp., last page is ad for La Choy chop suey. Early & perhaps first edition of this popular book which went through many printings. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stapled card covers under illustrated dust jacket, priced at 15-cents. The book has minor soiling; DJ is chipped/torn at bottom corners, moderate wear, generally better than what we've seen in the past. 48 pp., last page is ad for La Choy chop suey. Early & perhaps first edition of this popular book which went through many printings.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Uniformly bound in 3/4 leather and marbled paper, slightly raised bands on gilt decorated spines, red and brown leather spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Half title in each volume, with tissue-guarded frontis in volume I, all bindings and hinges tight. Occasional light foxing, mostly showing on preliminary pages. Covers show corner wear, light edge wear, one eighth inch upper edge chip to backstrip on vol. IV, backstrips crackled, with some chipping to red spine labels. ALL PROTECTED IN MYLAR JACKETS.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. front hinge cracked on volume 1; otherwise all clean tight and unmarked.