Add this copy of The Gentleman's Companion Being an Exotic Cookery Book to cart. $179.00, like new condition, Sold by Artis Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Calumet, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1946 by Crown Publishers.
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Fine. No Dust Jacket. (22)220pp. Embossed padded mission leather binding by Bigelow & Brown, with small paper of explanation laid in. Pristine condition in the original lidded box, like a candy box. Size: 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" Tall.
Add this copy of The Gentleman's Companion-Volume 1-an Exotic Cookery to cart. $275.00, very good condition, Sold by Cultural Connection rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cape Coral, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1939 by Derrydale Press.
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Numbered 496 in pen of 1250 copies. "including a company of hand-picked receipts, each one beloved & notable in its place, collected faithfully on three voyages & a quarter million miles around the world, & other journeys not forgetting: Certain valuable words to the wise, gleaned from divers chefs in many & strange places; & the home formulae for construction of such intriguing exotics as hell-fire bitters, Key West old lime sour, herb vinegars; to say nothing of various strange and delicious sauces & bastings for fish, flesh, fowl & the wilder games." xix, 10 chapters. appendix. index of recipes. 220 pages. Page foredges and bottom edges uncut and some pages unopened. 8vo 9 1/2" x 6 1/2". Two types of red cloth (faux leather on spine) stamped in gilt on spine. Tiny wear at corners. Tightly bound. Clean. Scarce. near Fine condition.
This book is a perfect time-bubble: A cooking book with recipes from around the world, collected by somebody whoe still new colonial nations from first hand and tasted many a dish that has died out by now.
