Patsy Learn Cook Pictures Patsys by Stated (3 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). Delightful spiral-bound comic-style cookery book, following The Daily Mirror's Patsy and friends. In publisher's original card boards with spiral-bound spines.Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library.Illustrated throughout in colour.Multiple full-page contemporary advertisements from prominent brands such as Wall's and Salter.Charming comic-style cookery book following the character of Patsy and friends with the idea that the reader learns to cook at the same time as the protagonist. Resourcefully sectioned into chapters such as "Soups & Sauces", "Fish", "Meat", "Vegetables" and "Sweets & Puddings". Recipes include numerous British classics and are intended to be easy enough for beginners to follow. In publisher's original card boards with spiral-bound spines. Externally, smart with slight marking and discolouration. A few very minor tears where the front board has started to come away from the spine. Small chip to paper at corner of front paste down. Internally, front board coming away very slightly from spine, otherwise firmly bound. Very bright and clean with the occasional spot, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed. book.

Spiral-Bound. Condition: Good. Dunkley (illustrator). First Edition. 192 pages. Surely one of the most delightful vintage/retro cookbooks we have ever had the pleasure to lay eyes on! Open the mundane front cover and immediately inside you will find a glorious colour vintage ad for Salter cooker scales. Other colour ads are to be found within. And what of the contents? They are presented exclusively in colour comic format with literally hundreds of illustrations. Far out! Undated but appears to be circa 1949. Average wear. Prior owner's discrete signature upon both covers and first page. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy. Place this on your kitchen table, sit back and watch your guests gasp with pleasure. :-).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). Three uncommon Patsy comic style cookery books, being charming introductory guides to cooking with illustrations throughout. Three volumes. Scarce works. "When Patsy and Peter got marries, she couldn't even boil an egg. Cookery books were difficult to get, and most of the recipes in them required more ingredient that the rations for two would afford. So with the help of Mum (to say nothing of Dad) and her two cheery neighbours, old Mrs. Always and young Mrs. Peatherpenny, she set out to teach herself to cook." A collection of comic-style cookery books, following the story of Patsy, an ex-private in the A.T.S. who hasn't had much chance to learn to cook. With recipes interspersed in the charming story intended to encourage and develop knowledge of cooking with pictures and illustrations. This set contains: Patsy: Learn to Cook by Pictures, c1949. An introductory volume, providing comic recipes for potatoes with watercress, breakfast eggs, and baked fish. Patsy's Reflections: Learn to Cook by Pictures, 1949. A larger volume providing all sorts of recipes in simple language, arranged in sections for soups and sauces, vegetables, sweets and puddings, cakes and biscuits, and much more. Patsy's Christmas Reflections: Learn to Cook by Pictures, 1949. A collection of festive recipes with tips for cooking all of your Christmas favourites, from vegetables and chestnuts to marzipan and preserves. Dated from the British Library. In the original card wraps with spiral bound spines. Externally, smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark. Light sunning to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good. book.