Kitchen Library by Countess Morphy (14 results)

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 124 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with black lettering. Volume 2. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. paperback, undated but the National Library of Wales suggests 1936, pictorial card covers, rubbed and with losses to spine, rubbed to extremities, paper heavily age-toned, vertical crease to first few leaves, 123pp.

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, grey cloth lettered blue, cloth part faded and with a light stain to the head of the lower board, paper heavily age-toned, 124pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Corner and edge wear/bumping. Interior pages are tanned, no markings found. Dust jacket has corner and edge wear. Aging/soiling. Creasing and tears along edges. Has Mylar protector. 124 pp. > Language: English | > Size: 12mo - over 6 3/4 in - 7 3/4 in tall | > Media/Binding: Hardcover | > Publication Date Unknown |.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. wear to covers and cover edges, otherwise book clean and tight Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. slight wear to cover edges, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: worn edges Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition, undated, c1930's, age appropriate marks and discoloration, cloth cover, boards heavily soiled, shelf wear.

Hard back binding in publisher's original colour photographic covered boards. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 124 printed pages of text. Cheap paper browning and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. FOOD [Dietary].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 124 pages. The cover has a bit of wear, with a stain on the front which has cause some fading, tanning and a few scuffs. The page edges are moderately foxed and tanned. The front inside cover has a name inscription from a previous owner. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Booklabel of Alan Davidson, Spine badly creased else VG in slightly rubbed publishers decorated boards. 1st edition.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Pictorial boards. Not dated. Paper browning. Rear board loosening. Spine worn.

Hard back binding in publisher's original royal blue cloth covers, navy title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 124 printed pages of text. A little brown staining to the upper spine end and to the upper and lower edges of the rear panel, cheap paper browning. Good condition book in Good condition colour photographic dust wrapper with 15 mm u-shaped piece missing to the upper spine, small chips to the corners and lower spine, closed tears to the upper and lower edges of the rear panel, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. FOOD [British Cookery].

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Slight wear, otherwise very good indeed in slightly torn and dust-soiled jacket, chipped at head of spine.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). A scarce complete set of six volumes of recipes by Countess Morphy, each focusing on a particular type of food or food type. A complete six volume set of Countess Morphy's 'The Kitchen Library' series.Scarce works.Volumes I-V are in their original unclipped dust wrapper, whereas Volume VI is bound in paper covered boards.Each volume in this set presents delicious recipes for a certain food group, including a lot of global recipes.This set contains: No. 1, Soups. No. 2, Fish Dishes. No. 3, Entrees. No. 4, Meat Dishes. No. 5, Vegetable Dishes. No 6. Sweets and Puddings.By Countess Morphy, the pen name of Marcelle Azra Hincks. Morphy was a noted food writer, famed for her 1935 'Recipes of all Nations', an impressive global volume of recipes.Bookplate of Martin and Pamela Finch to the recto of the front endpaper of 'Fish Dishes', 'Entrees', 'Meat', 'Vegetable Dishes', and 'Sweets and Puddings'. The Finch couple founded Matthew Finch Design Consultants Limited, a graphics group which specialised in in design for print and publishing. They opened an antiquarian bookshop, Wadard Books, in 2001.Undated, dated from Jisc from copies held at the British Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrappers, Volume VI is in the original paper covered boards. Externally, smart. A touch of fading and bumping to the head and tail of the spines. Rubbing and loss to Volume VI, with a small amount of loss to the spine. Handling marks to the boards of Volume VI, and a small tidemark to the head of the rear board. Dust wrappers are a little edge worn, with small tears and chips, and light rubbing. Surface loss to the spine of No. 2. Light marks and spots to the dust wrapper. Small tidemarks to the wraps of No. 2, and tape repairs to the reverse. Small tape repairs to No. 3, 4, and 5. Spine of No. 4. Bookplate to the recto of the front endpaper of 'Fish Dishes', 'Entrees', 'Meat' and 'Vegetable Dishes'. Internally, firmly bound, though No. 1 is generally firmly bound. Pages are age-toned and clean. Near Fine. book.