Simon R Charsley (11 results)

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780719028731.…

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Gut. x, 162 p. Good. Ex-library with usual markings. Clean pages. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 290.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 304pp hardback, blue boards silver-lettered in wrapper, good in a good wrapper (Anthropological studies of Britain).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. A nice clean copy with no ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.viii,227. Deals with the rituals of marrying in Scotland in the present day (or at least in 1991).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. (Ref.II1 ) Near Fine copy with Very Good DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 3 tables; The sociology and anthropology of Scottish weddings; Hardback: blue cloth lettered in silver on spine; Near fine in g+ dustjacket.

First Printing; Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Book may appear different than one shown. Soft cover is heavy, cream colored, glazed paper, with black lettering on front. Black spine with white lettering. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Has 4 b/w illustrations. Chapters are: the British wedding cake in the late 20th century; how distinctive is the British cake?; cultural creation: myth, history and language; when the wedding cake was not yet and might never have been; great cakes, plum (b) cakes and bride cakes; confectionary and icing; the rise of the Victorian cake and its successors; uses and their evolution; meanings and interpretations; towards a cultural change? ; postscript; notes; bibliography; index. ; B&W Illustrations; 0.6 x 8.3 x 5.4 Inches; x, 162 pages; Cover has very minor rubbing/scuffing. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 162 pages. No this is not a cookery book, but a history of the wedding cake. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. From an academic library with the usual stamps etc.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very interesting Social History of the Wedding Cake, it's form, History, development of Tradition and uses. Includes recipes for Confectionery and Icing. Black cloth cover with silver Lettering on front & spine. 162 p. pages, 9" Tall. Ver slight fading on front cover and little nick on back fore edge. No inscriptions.…

London / New York Routledge 1992 Hardcover, 162pp., 14x22cm., some illustr. in b/w., in good condition (binding with light traces of use and spine with some traces of a removed sticker, paper edges a bit foxing, inside in very good condition). First published in 1992, Wedding Cakes and Cultural History is a unique contribution to the anthropology of food, tracing the fascinating history of wedding cakes, from late medieval feasts and rites, through the Victorian wedding breakfast and into the 1990s. Dr. Charsley maps the intricate creation of the wedding cake and explores its uses and meanings. He shows that the wedding cake provides a vivid illustration of the traditions and traditional values inherent in all foods and demonstrates the part that material culture plays in the process of change.…