Practical Daily Menu by Peacock (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Poor, hardcover. Damage to top and base of spine. Corners bent. Pages un-cut. Some tanning and foxing to pages. No dustjacket, pictorial cloth boards. Spine tanned. 172 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Olive cloth, lettered/illus. in dark green. 3rd ptg.: Oct. 1927. Lightly rubbed spine extremities, text block edges mildly dulled by age. Foxed/tanned endpapers, interior otherwise clean. Firm binding. 172,[4] pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Fourth Impression. Suggestions and recipes for 365 Breakfasts, 365 Dinners and 365 Suppers answering the age old question 'What shall we have for .' 172pp showing some kitchen stains to the last dozen or so pages.

Condition: Very Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket: Loss to foot fo spine. Creasing to lower part of rear cover. Light marking to rear cover. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Green buckram binding with fading to spine. Foxing to page edges and endpapers. A few patches of light foxing to the text. Overall book condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. 172, [4] (ads).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Suggestions and recipes for 365 Breakfasts, 365 Dinners, 365 Suppers. Written between the wars, this book was designed to help the housekeeper provided a constantly changing menu at a reasonable cost. "Special emphasis is laid on two points; first that different seasons present different fare. Second, that food not entirely consumed at one meal can be prepared for a succeeding one." This ensured variety along with economy, and is as relevant today. Green linen boards with attractive illustration in dark green. Pages, although tanned are clean and in good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo172 + 4pp advertising. Dark green cloth with pictorial front board in black, Titles in black on front and spine. Ends of spine rubbed, foxing to page edges and first and last few pages with one or two pages in text affected. Otherwise a clean and tight copy with no inscriptions or annotation. Dustwrapper in green with illustration as front of book on front not price clipped. Price 2/6 net printed on front. Short tear to head of spine and chip to lower rear corner. Clean and bright.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. normal dirt stains and blemishes associated with age in books some browning some spotting name on first page cover grubby.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Two uncommon post-war cookery books from Constance Peel and Christina B. Peacock. This delightful set includes the fourth edition of The "Daily Mail" Cookery Book and the first edition of The Practical Daily Menu.In the original cloth bindings.Both of these works touch on the conditions leftover from the war time, particularly with using ingredients with more care and an economic mind.'The Practical Daily Menu' offers recipes for 365 breakfasts, 365 dinners and 365 suppers, including hot pot, toad in a hole, Naples pudding, fish custard and stuffed onions.'The Daily Mail Cookery Book' prefaces its recipes with advice on equipment, cleaning utensils and how to keep meals and re-heat dishes. Recipes are of similar taste, including mince, mock duck, lentil patties, curried rice and angel cake, among many others.With twenty-two pages of advertisements to the rear of 'Daily Mail' and four pages of advertisements to the rear of 'Practical Daily Menu'. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. With more notable rubbing and bumping to the extremities of 'Daily Menu', and fading to the spine. Marks to the boards of both. Front hinge to 'Daily Menu' is starting, but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers. With a few scattered spots to 'Daily Menu' and only the very odd spot to 'Daily Mail'. Good. None (illustrator). book.…