Sysonby Ria (12 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 spotting to prrelims.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Oliver Messel (illustrator). 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 beautifully illustrated by Oliver Messel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Oliver Messel (illustrator). 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 written recipes on the pages provided for Apple Strudel and Syllabub. Contents very clean and sound. Scuffing on the cloth but otherwise a good copy of a charming book. Photographs supplied on request.

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 years. There are practical recipes for soups, fish, meat and birds, vegetables, puddings, cakes, savouries, sauces, sandwiches, and drinks. Title: Lady Sysonby?s Cook Book Author: Ria Sysonby Publisher: Putnam Publication Date: 1948 Format: Hardcover Condition: This book is in good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear relevant to the book?s age. There is damage to the dustjacket.

Decorative Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Messel, Oliver (illustrator). 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 tears and marks. Internally very fresh and bright with no markings. Sir Osbert Sitwell writes: "Lady Sysonby's selection is beyond criticism. Varied, historic, traditional, and not intended for the rich man's table alone". Practical recipes for soups, fish, meat and birds, vegetables, puddings, cakes, savouries, sauces, sandwiches, drinks. The front board has a marvellous design in black, of a boar's head on a platter. With 10 charming colour illustrations and in the original colour jacket designed by Oliver Messel, one of the foremost stage designers of the 20th century. Small 8vo.

Decorative Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Messel, Oliver (illustrator). 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 and rubbing to the binding 8vo.

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 by our in-house binder KTB). Shallow edgewear to bright jacket mostly at caps and folds. LAD118085.

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 therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).

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 and a few stains, and chips and tears including a tear on the front cover with interior tape repair. The first edition was published in 1935. This second, postwar edition has been revised "with a special eye to present shortages, which [Sysonby] holds are no excuse for unattractive food." In the introduction, she notes "I have included many recipes that have been tried out and found satisfactory during the last seven years. I am therefore trusting to the intelligence of those kind enough to read this book that, where 'eggs' are suggested, dried eggs can be used, margarine for fresh butter, top of the milk for cream.".

, xii, 264 pages, coloured plates New Revised edition , corners bumped, a few marks to cloth, pages clean, binding firm, book in very good condition , small tears to edge of dustwrapper, mostly to rear, good condition , cream cloth with black titles and illustration to front, titles to spine , 19 cm x 13 cm Hardback ISBN:

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 from her Great-Grandmother downwards and included ideas for soup, fish, luncheon dishes, meat, puddings, savouries, cakes, sandwiches and mixed drinks. 'Every recipe has been successfully achieved by my own good plain cooks who have never been chefs.

Leather. Condition: Fine. Oliver Messel (illustrator). 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, Lady Sysonby, drawing on her experiences of aristocratic life, travel, and entertaining. The book features traditional British dishes alongside international recipes.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and a small number of colour vignette illustrations from Oliver Messel, one of the foremost stage designers of the 20th century.In a striking quarter morocco signed binding by David M. Kirby of Chester. Endpapers renewed.With the bookplate of Martin and Pamela Finch to the verso of the front free endpaper. They were antiquarian booksellers with an interest in antiquarian gastronomy. In a quarter morocco signed binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Binder's label to front pastedown, bookplate to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned to perimeters, but clean and bright. Fine. book.