Concise Encyclopaedia Gastronomy Cereals by Simon Andre (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 141pp. Section 4 in the Wine and Food Society Concise Encyclopaedia of Gastronomy. Focuses on Cereals.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. reprint. xvii, 41pp. Brown boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4th Edition. VG/G 4th. Book.

Condition: Fair. 1945. Reprinted. 141 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Section IV. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.…

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with clean and unmarked contents, the dust jacket chipped at the head and foot of the spine, xvii + 141pp.

OKart., xvii, 141 Seiten, 8°, Umschlag leicht berieben, eingerissen und beschmutzt. Besitzerunterschrift, Signaturen auf dem Titelblatt, sonst guter Zustand. Book Language/s: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Alphabetical list of cereals, grasses, plants and trees, the seeds roots, fruits or pith of which are made into flour, meal or paste for human consumption + recipes, + analytical table of contents. 141pp 22cm x 14cm VG in VG beige cloth. No d/w.

Paperback. Condition: Good. A first edition paperback.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Only. A collection of Andre L. Simon's gastronomic volumes, including eight from his 'Concise Encyclopaedia' series. New impressions of these works, except for 'Soups, Salads, Souses'. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrappers.Very scarce to find these volumes in a collection such as this.Comprising the following volumes by Andre L. Simon, a French-born wine merchant, gourmet and prolific author on the subject:Of 'A Concise Encyclopaedia of Gastronomy': Section I: Sauces (fifth impression), Section II: Fish (fifth impression), Section III: Vegetables (fourth impression), Section IV: Cereals (third impression), Section V: Fruit (second impression), Section VI: Birds and Their Eggs (third impression), Section VIII: Wine (third impression) and Section IX: Cheese (second impression).Each instalment to this series offers an alphabetic list of ingredients falling under its respective category, with details of their origins, traditional pairings, and methods of preparation, cooking and serving.Also with 'Soups, Salads, Souses: Wartime Fare for the Fastidious' (1942) - With a foreword by Eugene Herbodeau and a postscript by Mrs. Jessop Hulton. In the original cloth bindings, except for 'Soups', in the original wraps. In the original price-clipped dust wrappers. Externally, very smart, with mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Faded spot to the front board of 'Wine'. 'Soups' wraps are sunned, with general edge wear. Dust wrappers are sunned and have varying degrees of wear. 'Birds' is the most worn, with separations to the fly leaf and spine and a large chip to the rear. With chipping to the rest of wraps, majority concentrated to the spine heads and tails, and most notable instances to 'Vegetables' and 'Fish'. Closed tear to the spine tail of 'Fruit'. Handling marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd spot to the contents. Heavier scattering to 'Soups'. Ink inscription to the front free endpaper of 'Birds'. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…