Sysonby Ria (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Cream cloth with black stamped decoration and lettering in a colour dw; colour frontis; colour vignette chapter illustrations. A lovely little volume. Dw price clipped; some shelf wear; previous owner's name/date partially under dw on paste down; minor spottin…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Fair copy of the FirstEdition of this lovely book. The book lacks the DJ and the pictorial boards are badly rubbed and stained. Internally the book is in VG condition.the pages are lightly tanned but the book is tightly bound and unmarked with a foreword by Osbert Sitwell and is beautiful…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Introduction by Osbert Sitwell. Lacking dustwrapper. Decorated cover the same as the dustwrapper. Grey cloth, Very nicely rebacked using original spine. A collection of recipes begun by the author's great-grandmother, grandmother, mother and herself. Illustrations by Oliver Messel. 2 hand…

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Lady Sysonby has revised this new edition with a special eye to present shortages, which she holds are no excuse for unattractive food. She says she has not tried to turn it into a war-time book, but she has added many dishes that she has tested herself and found successful during the past seven…

Decorative Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. xi., 312 pp., colour frontis., and 10 charming colour designs by Messel prior to chapters. The front board also has a marvellous design in black, of a boar's head on a platter. Each section has some blank pages for the reader to write their own recipes. Some darkening…

Decorative Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. New edition, with Oliver Messel illustrations. xi, 264 pp. Yellow decorative boards in colour illustrated jacket, not priceclipped but with a pencil inscription to price. Small loss to jacket's front panel, chipping, a few te…

Illustrated by Oliver Messel color frontis and 10 decorations. Stated New Revised and Enlarged edition. c.1935. Pale yellow cloth dec & pr black. 8vo. pp. 264. Appendix, Index. Near Fine/Very Good/Clipped price in clear archival cover. Introduction by Osbert Sitwell. Light foxing to ffeps and jacket folds and spine (deacidified…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Putnam, 1948, new edition. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, xi,264pp, illust. A few foxing spots to endpapers, d/j a little bumped and chipped. A good copy. /0.4uk . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may ther…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Introduction by Osbert Sitwell. Decorations by Oliver Messel. Binding cocked, modest edgewear, a few pages with a small stain, very good or better in a price-clipped, about very good dust jacket with a sunned spine, toning an…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. SYSONBY, Ria w/ Decorations by Oliver Messel [264] pp. Putnam 1948 New Edition Revised and Enlarged 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" Victoria ("Ria" ) Ponsonby, Baroness Sysonby, was the mother of Loelia, Duchess of Westminster. Her cook book pulled together recipes…

Leather. Condition: Fine. First edition. A wonderful example of the uncommon first edition of Lady Sysonby's cookery work, in a signed quarter morocco binding. The uncommon first edition of this work, with an introduction from Osbert Sitwell.A refined and eclectic collection of recipes compiled by Victoria Lily Hegan Ponsonby, L…

Hard Cover. First Edition. First UK Edition. ELIZABETH DAVID'S COPY. 311 pp. Elizabeth David's oval bookplate at verso of front cover. Publisher's cream illustrated laminated boards. Colour frontispiece and 10 colour illustrations by Messel. Boards rubbed and soiled. Spine ends pushed. Clean interior. About VG. No dustwrapper. A…

First edition of this collection of recipes from four generations of Syonsby women, including typically English dishes - such as chestnut soup, egg flan, grouse on toast, potted cheese, and muff bread, as well as classic French recipes for pilaff of lobster Boulestin, sole diplomate, and homard au champagne. Octavo. Colour front…