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LOT OF BOOKS,including 'Glasgow and its Clubs' by Dr Strang, as well as several other books including 'The Clyde from its source to the sea' by W.J. Miller.C.E., two copys of Burns first edition poems and various others

Confectionery.- Abbot (Robert) The Housekeeper's valuable present: or, lady's closet companion. Being a new and complete art of preparing confects, according to modern practice, first edition, woodcut floral tail-pieces, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, spine gilt, spine with basic repair to head and foot worn, joints split, but holding, some worming to upper cover, small area of red wax to lower cover, corners worn, rubbed, [Cagle 528; Maclean p.1; Oxford p.126; Simon BG 1], 8vo, Printed for the author; and sold by C. Cooke, no. 17, Pater-Noster Row; and all other booksellers in town and country, [c.1790].⁂ Rare at auction. We can trace only a handful of copies since 1969. Institutional holdings are also scarce. The title tells us that Abbot had been an apprentice at the leading confectioners Negri & Gunter, of Berkeley Square.

Gourmands.- Pond (Richard Radcliffe) "A Sketch." A Good-natured semi-satirical description of several of the most prominent gentlemen, who have been christened by God Bacchus (Fancy a pagan deity performing the ceremony of baptism!!!), author's ownership stamp at head of p.3, ?authorial manuscript key to identities of characters to verso of title and corrections to text, family presentation inscription to verso of front free endpaper, obliterated note to final verso, some spotting and staining, original limp morocco, rubbed, no place, no printer [?privately printed], 3rd September, 1868 § Sturgeon (Lancelot) Essays, moral, philosophical, and stomachical, on the important science of good-living, first edition, engraved frontispiece, L3 lower corner torn away, not affecting text, some spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, original boards, original printed label to spine, lightly soiled, [Bitting p.452; Cagle 1012; Oxford p.151; Simon BG 1422], rare in commerce, Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1822; and 17 others, similar, diet, and history of food & drink, v.s. (19)⁂ The first mentioned, which is dedicated to members of the 'Bacchanalian Club', is unrecorded.

Fish.- Bellamy (J.C., surgeon) The Housekeeper's Guide to the Fish-Market... and an Account of the Fishes and Fisheries of Devon and Cornwall, first edition, initial leaf blank but for quotation, lightly browned, text block split, original limp cloth, original printed label to upper cover, spine split, some fading, [W&S p.30; cf. Bitting p,34 (1862) ], 12mo, London & Plymouth, Longman [&c.] & Edward Nettleton, 1843.⁂ The Bibliotheca Piscatoria / Henry Alden Sherwin copy of this scarce little work. His collection sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, 4th & 5th March, 1946 (engraved piscatorial bookplate to front pastedown).

Radcliffe (M.) A Modern System of Domestic Cookery; Or The Housekeeper's Guide: Arranged On The Most Economical Plan For Private Families, first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, and 11 plates and bills of fare, short tear at head of letterpress title, some spotting and staining (some of which offsetting from botanical samples previously inserted), contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, covers rubbed and scuffed, [cf. Oxford p.161 (1827 edition)], Manchester, Printed And Published By J. Gleave, 1823 § Poole (Watkin) The Female's best friend, or, the young woman's guide to virtue, economy, and happiness: containing a complete modern system of cookery, new edition, engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 11 plates or bills of fare, frontispiece, additional title and plates foxed and stained, plate at p.166 with a couple of short tears, plate at p.395 trimmed just within border at outer margin, plate at p.402 loss to inner margin and laid down, some spotting and staining (some of which offsetting from botanical samples previously inserted), lightly browned, [Attar 249.1; Cagle 936; Oxford pp.160-161], late 19th century half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with leather label, rubbed, with loss of some spine gilt, g.e., Manchester, Printed And Published By J. Gleave, 1826; and 6 others, provincially printed cookery, v.s. (8)

Drinks & Drinking.- Ricket (Edward) The Gentleman's Table Guide and Table Companion to the Art of Dining and Drinking...with Practical Recipes for Wine Cups, American Drinks, Punches, Cordials, third edition, printed in red and black, steel-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, advertisements at end and to yellow endpapers, occasional ink marginalia or signature, some spotting or staining, large armorial bookplate of Charles Willmore Emlyn to front pastedown, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, g.e., scarce, [cf. Cagle 962 (first edition)], Frederick Warne & Co., 1873; and 12 others, Drinks & Drinking, v.s. (13)

Fête book.- Sandford (Francis) The History of the coronation of the most high, most mighty, and most excellent monarch, James II...With an exact account of Their Majesties most splendid processions, and their royal and magnificent feast in Westminster-Hall, first edition, initial imprimatur f. signed 'Norfolk & Marshall', title in red and black with engraved coat-of-arms (printer's name in red), 30 engraved plates by William Sherwin & others, all but one double-page and mounted on stubs, engraved illustrations, head-pieces, and historiated initials, 'Yeomen' plate with marginal tear at head of fold, plan of Westminster with short tear at foot, just within platemark, but without loss, spotting, occasional marginal damp-staining, lightly browned in places, contemporary panelled calf, spine in compartments, joints splitting, but holding firm, spine ends little worn, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing S652], a good copy, folio (text block 442 x 282mm.), In the Savoy: printed by Thomas Newcomb, one of His Majesties printers, 1687.⁂ A wide-margined copy of this magnificent record of James II's lavish coronation, which set the standard for subsequent coronations. The plates include the regalia, the procession, plans and interior scenes of Westminster Abbey and the coronation itself, the banquet with accompanying seating plan and dishes served (with list in the text), and the fireworks on the Thames (often missing). Provenance: 'Mrs Isabella Drake, her booke, 1712' (ink inscription to front pastedown).

Sherratt & Hughes, publisher. The Manx Cookery Book. issued in aid of the Peel Church spire re-building fund, lightly browned throughout, original pictorial wrappers, Manchester, Sherratt & Hughes, 1908 § Colville (James, editor) Ochtertyre House Booke of Accomps 1737-1739, original cloth, gilt, Edinburgh, University Press, 1907 § Davidson (Alan) North Atlantic Seafood, first edition, one of 250 copies signed by the author in aid of the RNLI (on a label mounted on front free endpaper), illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 1979 § Coatts (Margot) Edible Architecture, one of 300 copies, colour illustrations by Ian Beck, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine gilt, Marlborough, Libanus Press, 1987; and a quantity of others, 20th century and later food & drink, generally in good clean condition, v.s. (Qty.) ⁂ An excellent group of 20th century and later works on food & drink.

Bread.- Photobook.- Simmons (Owen) The Book of Bread, first edition, 2 tipped-in gelatin silver prints, 8 tipped in black & white prints, 12 chromolithographed plates, photographic illustrations, ex-library copy with stamps to versos of prints and plates, preliminaries, and occasionally in text, otherwise internally clean, occasional creasing to lower inner corner of prints (including 1 gelatin), as often, some offsetting, original green cloth, lettered in gilt and black, library blind-stamp to upper cover, lower edges little worn, a couple of nicks, rubbed, [Bitting p. 435; Parr & Badger The Photobook, I, 56], 4to, Maclaren & Sons, [1903].⁂ 'one of the humblest, yet most essential of objects is catalogued as precisely, rigorously and objectively as any work by a 1980s Conceptual artist' (Martin Parr in The Photobook).

[Borella (Mr.)] The Court and country confectioner: or, The house-keeper's guide ; to a more speedy, plain, and familiar method of understanding the whole art of confectionary, pastry, distilling, and the making of fine flavoured English wines, 2 parts in 1, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking final blank, edges of first and last few ff. browned (including title), occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned elsewhere, modern pale calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Bitting p.49; Cagle 572; Maclean pp.10-11; Oxford p.102 'a well-arranged book'; Gabler G13780;cf Simon BG 227], 8vo, Printed for G. Riley, and A. Cooke, at their Circulating Library, Queen Street, Berkley Square; J. Bell, near Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand; J. Wheble, at No. 20. Pater-noster-row; and C. Etherington, at York, 1770.⁂ Rare first edition of this work by the self-styled 'ingenious foreigner, now head confectioner to the Spanish ambassador in England'. The second part is 'On distilling in general'.

Soyer (Alexis) The Gastronomic Regenerator: a simplified and entirely new system of cookery, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author after Emma Soyer, engraved self-portrait of Emma Soyer, 13 steel- or wood-engraved plates, of which 2 folding, offsetting, 'My table at home' plate trimmed at foot, affecting caption, 2 folding plates with short neat tear in fold, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary polished calf, sympathetically rebacked, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Bitting p.443 (note); Cagle 1003; Oxford pp.176-177; Vicaire 798; cf. Simon BG 1401], a good copy, Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1846; The Pantropheon Or, History of food, and its preparation, from the earliest ages of the world, first edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author after Emma Soyer, title printed in gold and black, 41 engraved plates, 6pp. advertisements for Soyer's publications at end, occasional spotting, new endpapers, original pictorial cloth, richly gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, this little darkened, rubbed and marked, [Bitting p.443; Cagle 1005; Simon BG 1405; Vicaire 798], Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1853; and 9 others, by the same, v.s. (11) ⁂ A good selection of works by this celebrated French chef, who worked to alleviate the suffering of the poor (including in the Great Irish Famine of 1845-1849), and to improve the quality of food offered to British soldiers in the Crimean War.

Thacker (John) The Art of Cookery. Containing above Six Hundred and Fifty of the most approv'd Receipts, first edition, woodcut illustrations, 32pp. letterpress bills of fare at end, errata slip mounted on final blank, S2 [i.e. S1] piece from upper margin torn away, water-stained, some spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped calf, spine in compartments, spine ends and corners worn, joints splitting, but holding, water-stained, rubbed, [Bitting p.458; Cagle 1019; Maclean pp.140-141; Oxford p.88], 8vo, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Printed by I. Thompson and Company, 1758.⁂ Thacker was cook to the Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral and opened a cookery school in the city in 1742. The influence of French cookery is evident in the collection.Provenance: 'Anne Williamson' (later ink signature to head of title); Mary Chadsey (modern bookplate to front pastedown).

Confectionery.- Wallace (James) The Confectioner's Guide and Ladies' and Housekeeper's Instructor being a grand display of pastry, in a variety of forms: also confectionary; Iceing, candying, preserving, jelly-making, sugar-boiling, colouring, &c. &c., index ff. carelessly opened, just touching text on G11, but without loss, occasional spotting, original yellow engraved architectural boards, publisher's advertisements to rear board, lightly soiled, rubbed, [cf. Oxford p.159 (Leeds imprint in same year) & Simon BG 1594 (10th edition, Bungay, 1831)], 12mo, Joseph Smith, 193, High Holborn, [1st July, 1826 (date of 'Advertisement' following title)].⁂ A very good copy of a rare little work. It is difficult to establish a sequence for the early editions with their different imprints. All carry an advertisement from the author stating that the particular printing is a reaction to high demand. The matter is further complicated by the fact that we find no edition before 1826 to help us to establish the first edition. No copy of this imprint found on WorldCat or Library Hub.Provenance: 'Gwenllian Jones' Book, Tyn yr [illegible], 1876' (ink inscription to front pastedown).

[Brillat-Savarin (Jean Anthelme)] Physiologie du gout, ou méditations de gastronomie transcendante, 2 vol., first edition, first issue, [one of 500 copies], half-titles, woodcut ornament to titles, ink author attribution to title of vol.1, water-stained, foxing, lightly browned, contemporary red straight-grain morocco-backed glazed boards, gilt and blind-stamped spines in compartments, vol.1 head of spine neatly repaired, little rubbed, [Cagle 98; Simon Vinaria p.218; Oberlé Fastes 144; Vicaire 116-117; cf. Simon BG 253], 8vo, Paris, A. Sautelet & Co., 1826.⁂ 'Brillat-Savarin's great book ... became such a landmark in the history of modern gastronomy that it set, and is still setting, the pattern for hundreds of imitators' (Elizabeth David, French Provincial Cooking, London, 1960, p.45). The rare first issue, with the 'E' of 'BOURSE' in imprint of first volume lying horizontally, and a weak 'D' in the 'DU' of 'A L'ORDRE DU JOUR'.

French.- Brillat-Savarin (Jean Anthelme) Physiologie du gout, ou méditations de gastronomie transcendante, 2 vol., third edition, the first illustrated, half-titles, 2 lithographed plates after Henry Monnier, ink writing offsetting to p.209 of vol.1 and pp.283-285 of vol.2, some water-staining (including titles), foxed and stained, lightly browned, contemporary blue calf-backed marbled boards, spines gilt, rubbed, [Oberlé Fastes 148; Vicaire 116-117; cf. Bitting, pp.60-61Simon BG 253], Paris, A. Sautelet & Alexandre Mesnier, 1829 § Albert (B.) Le Cuisinier parisien, ou Manuel complet d'économie domestique, contenant la cuisine, la charcuterie, la grosse pâtisserie, et la pâtisserie fine, seventh edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates, plates 1 and 2 with repaired tear, without loss, light water-staining to preliminaries, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary blue cloth-backed marbled boards, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.5 (note); Vicaire 9; cf. Cagle 28 (fifth edition)], scarce, Paris, A. Ledentu, fils, 1845; and 10 others, 18th & mostly 19th century French, v.s. (13)

[Campbell (Lady Charlotte)] The Lady's own cookery book, and new dinner-table directory; in which will be found a large collection of original receipts...adapted to the use of persons living in the highest style, as well as those of moderate fortune, first edition, some spotting or foxing, occasional staining, later half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, rubbed, [cf. Bitting pp.571-572 (1835, second edition) & Simon BG 935 (1844 edition)], 8vo, Published for Henry Colburn by Richard Bentley, 1832.⁂ Exceedingly rare, with WorldCat recording only one copy (New York Academy of Medicine).

Carême (Antonin) L'Art de la cuisine française au XIXe siècle, 3 vol., mixed set, vol.3 first edition, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, additional pictorial titles to each vol. (vol.3 with explanation f.), and 21 folding plates (12 of which in vol.3), vol.1 half-title neat marginal repair at head, vol.3 water-stained and with a few ff. browned, all vol. the odd marginal repair, some spotting or foxing, occasional staining, Paris, vol.1&2 Renouard, Tresse [& others], vol.3 The Editor, Rue Neuve-Des-Petits-Champs, vol.1&2 n.d. [c.1833] and vol.3 1835 § Plumerey (Armand) L'Art de la cuisine française au XIXe siècle, 2 vol. (forming the continuation of the above work, and numbered on titles as such), half-titles, 2 engraved pictorial half-titles 'Traite des entrées chaudes' by Daubigny, 4 engraved portraits (Appert, Grimod de la Reynière, Talleyrand and the Marquis de Cussy), errata f. at end of each vol., 8pp. advertisements at end of vol.1, ?lacking 'Le cordon bleu' engraved frontispiece, some water-staining and foxing, lightly browned, Paris, Dentu, Tresse [& others], 1843-1844, together 5 vol., near uniformly bound in contemporary or modern burgundy morocco-backed marbled boards (vol.1&2 contemporary), spines gilt, numbered 1-5, vol.1 and 2 some fading to spines, little rubbed, [cf. Bitting p.75 & 374; Cagle 118 & 394; Simon BG 283 and Vicaire 146-147], 8vo (5)⁂ 'De tous les ouvrages de l'ancien chef du prince de Talleyrand-Périgord, L'Art de la Cuisine française au XIXe siècle est sinon le plus important...' (Vicaire).

Carême (Antonin) Le Maitre d'hotel français, traité des menus a servir a Paris, a St. Pétersbourg, a Londres, et a Vienne, 2 vol., [second edition], half-titles (that of vol.1 with stamped signature of author to verso), engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 8 folding plates, 25 folding letterpress menus, a few menus trimmed at inner margin, with loss of some item numbers, menu at p.182 of vol.2 with piece missing from outer margin, not affecting text, 3 folding plates protruding from text block, with resulting dust-soiling, light browning, and very short tears or nicks, attractive contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spines in compartments and with red and black morocco labels, [Bitting p.75; Cagle 123; Simon BG 288; Vicaire 146; cf. Oberlé Fastes 187 (first edition)], scarce, 8vo, Paris, J. Renouard & Co., 1842.

Carter (W[illiam]) The Cook and confectioner's guide; or female's instructor, in cookery, confectionary, making wines, preserving, pickles, &c., wood-engraved frontispiece bill of fare, offsetting on to title, occasional spotting, some mostly marginal staining, lightly browned, modern boards, red morocco label to spine, [Oxford p.126 (erroneously dated c.1800); Simon BG 299; cf. Cagle 595], Printed for Bailey and Co., Booksellers, [c.1830] § Simpson (John) A Complete system of cookery on a plan entirely new, consisting of every thing that is requisite for cooks to know in the kitchen business, first edition, half-title, bills of fare in text, occasional spotting or light staining, later boards, printed paper label to spine, small piece from upper cover, lightly stained, [Bitting, p.436; Cagle 990; Oxford, pp.134-135; Simon BG 1386; Vicaire 792], Printed for W. Stewart, 1806; and 9 others, 19th century Cookery, v.s. (11)

Chomel (Noël) Dictionaire Oeconomique: or The Family Dictionary, edited by Richard Bradley, 2 vol., first edition in English, double column, titles in red and black, woodcut illustrations, mostly light foxing / browning throughout, occasional spotting or staining, contemporary panelled calf, spines in compartments and with brown morocco labels, spines and 1 corner neatly repaired, lower corners of vol.1 worn, some scuffing to upper covers, rubbed, [Bitting pp.87-88; Cagle 602; Fussell I, p.109; Goldsmiths' 6345; Kress 3591; Maclean p.27; Oxford p.57], folio, Printed for D. Midwinter at the Three Crowns in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1725.⁂ With much on food & drink; Bradley having added material to the cookery section. Includes distillation, agriculture and gardening (including vines and fruit-trees), hunting and trapping, preserving, the making of soaps and perfumes, and veterinary matters.

Collingwood (Francis) and John Woollams. The Universal cook, and city and country housekeeper. Containing all the various branches of cookery: the different methods of dressing Butchers Meat, Poultry, Game, and Fish, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece with oval portraits of the authors, 12 bills of fare, and a plate of carving, E6 lower marginal corner torn away, some spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, spine with full-length vertical split to leather and ends little worn, but holding, upper cover all but detached, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting pp.94-95 (note); Cagle 625; Maclean pp.30-31; Oxford pp.120-121; Simon BG 365 (note)], 8vo, Printed by R. Noble, for J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker, No. 12, Ave-Maria-Lane, 1792.⁂ Scarce at auction.

Adulteration & Preservation.- Accum (Fredrick) A Treatise on adulterations of food, and culinary poisons, exhibiting the fraudulent sophistications of bread, beer, wine, spiritous liquors, tea, coffee..., second edition, engraved title vignette, a few wood-engraved illustrations in text, Kelso Library inscription to head of title, some spotting and staining, contemporary tree calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine gilt and with black morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.2 (note); Oxford pp.150-151 (note); cf. Cagle 532 & Simon BG 17 (first edition)], Longman, Hurst [& others], 1820 § Robinson (James) The Whole Art of Curing, Pickling, and Smoking Meat and Fish, Both in the British and Foreign Modes, first edition, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, dated October, 1846, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, upper hinge weak, original cloth, spine ends and corners little frayed, ink stains to upper cover, rubbed, [Bitting p.401; Cagle 967; Oxford pp.177-178; Simon BG 1298], Printed for Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847; and 6 others, similar, including a duplicate of first mentioned (not collated), v.s. (8)

David (Elizabeth) A Book of Mediterranean Food, first edition, illustrations by John Minton, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light rubbing and creasing to spine tips and corners, short nick to head of upper panel, very light toning to spine, but near-fine generally, 8vo, 1950.⁂ Elizabeth David's first book, rare in good condition.

David (Elizabeth) A Book of Mediterranean Food, first edition, illustrations by John Minton, section from dust-jacket mounted on rear endpapers, original cloth, lightly soiled and spotted, John Lehmann Ltd., 1950; An Omelette and a glass of wine, first edition, signed by the author, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, spine uniformly faded, Robert Hale, 1984; and 13 others, by or about the same, a few duplicates, 8vo (15)

David (Elizabeth) French Country Cooking, first edition, illustrations by John Minton, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine with light browning and small gouge, minor chipping to spine tips, corners and head of upper panel, slight rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, 8vo, 1951.

David (Elizabeth) The Baking of an English loaf, proof copy with extensive autograph additions and corrections, original artwork for the pictorial upper wrapper and an autograph note loosely inserted, contemporary plain wrappers, [1969]; and 5 others, proof material for ?another edition of the first mentioned, and for Cooking with Le Creuset, with some autograph notes or corrections, v.s. (6)⁂ The first mentioned was one of her publications for the Pimlico shop.

Bread.- Acton (Eliza) The English Bread-Book for Domestic Use, Adapted to Families of Every Grade, first edition, wood-engraved additional pictorial title, a few wood-engraved illustrations within text, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end, occasional spotting or light staining, original terracotta endpapers, pastedowns with advertisements, original pictorial cloth, gilt, upper cover with some water-staining, corners bumped, rubbed, [Bitting p.3; Cagle 537; Simon BG 25], 8vo, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857.⁂ First edition of Acton's influential work on bread-making. Provenance: 'Housekeeper's room Broomhall' (ink inscription to head of letterpress title); 'H.Helm, March 6th, 1858' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).

Dubois (Urbain François) Cuisine artistique. Études de l'École moderne, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, titles in red and black, signatures of author to verso of titles for copyright, engraved additional pictorial title, 104 plates (of which 1 double-page), and 28 plates illustrating the 'du froid et de la pâtisserie' sections at end of vol.2, foxing to plates, particularly in vol.2, vol.2 some plates with browning to edges, and foxing to text ff., modern dark green morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt spines in compartments, [Cagle 165; Vicaire 290; cf. Bitting p.131; Oberlé 245], 4to, Paris, E. Dentu, 1872-1874.⁂ A solid set of this handsome production. The author was chef to Prince Alexey Orlov, ambassador for Nicholas I of Russia. Dubois is credited with introducing the now conventional service à la russe to Western Europe, in which dishes are served sequentially, instead of all at once.

Crahan copy.- Farley (John) The London art of cookery, and housekeeper's complete assistant. On a new plan. Made plain and easy to the Understanding of every Housekeeper, Cook, and Servant in the Kingdom, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author and 12 bills of fare, some spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary sheep, rebacked in modern pale calf in compartments with double red morocco labels, corners worn, covers rubbed and little marked, [Bitting pp.152-153; Cagle 675; Maclean p.50-52; Oxford p.114; cf. Simon BG 661 and Vicaire 355-356 (eighth edition)], 8vo, Printed for John Fielding, No. 23, Pater-Noster Row; and J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker, No. 12, Ave Maria Lane, 1783.⁂ Farley was 'principal cook at the London Tavern' (title), which was renowned for its good food, and apparently generous portions. Provenance: 'Wm. Jordan Jun., High Street, Sandwich, 10th Nov.1783' (ink inscription to verso of portrait and head of A1&2); Marcus Crahan, sold Sotheby's 9 & 10th October, 1984, lot 310, and again as the Crahan-Keck Day copy, Sotheby's, 25th November, 1986, lot 192 (Crahan bookplate to front pastedown).

Confectionery.- Francatelli (Charles Elmé) The Royal English and Foreign Confectioner; a practical treatise on the art of confectionary in all its branches, first edition, half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece and 7 plates, 5 wood-engraved plates, full-page bills of fare within text, 18pp. illustrated advertisements at end, a few short tears from careless opening (a few sigs. still partially unopened), occasional spotting or light staining, original brown pictorial cloth, gilt, a few small ink spots, rubbed at extremities, housed in a modern buckram slip-case, [Bitting p.164; Cagle 688 (erroneously calling for 9 chromolithographed plates)], Chapman and Hall, 1862; Francatelli's Cookery Book for the working classes, second edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, advertisements at ends, lightly browned, original printed cloth, some staining, Bosworth and Harrison, [c.1860]; and 5 others, by the same, including a duplicate of first mentioned (not collated), v.s. (7)

Frazer (Mrs.) The Practice of cookery, pastry, confectionary, pickling, and preserving, third edition, 2 engraved plates at start (the first laid down), red ink staining to plates, title and H1&2, final f. upper corner repaired, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, modern calf-backed cloth, gilt spine in compartments, [Bitting pp.166-167 (note); Cagle 690; Maclean, p.55; Oxford, p.120 (note); cf. Simon BG 711 & 712], scarce edition, Edinburgh, Printed for Peter Hill, 1800 § Watson (John Edward) The Housewife's directory: being the most complete system of domestic economy ever submitted to public notice, engraved frontispiece, tables, ?lacking half-title, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, original printed cloth, stained, rubbed, [Bitting pp.486-487; Cagle 1050 (defective)], Printed for William Cole, [c.1825] § Dolby (Richard) The Cook's dictionary and house-keeper's directory: a new family manual of cookery and confectionery, first edition, double column, some foxing and staining, original cloth, red leather label to spine, faded, some staining, [Bitting p.126; Cagle 648; Oxford p.164; and Simon BG 517], Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830; and c.30 others, 19th century cookery, v.s. (c.33)

[Glasse (Hannah)], "A Lady". The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, list of subscribers, title with outer margin neatly repaired and 3 small chips to inner margin, c2 short tear to lower blank corner, 2S1&2 repair to inner margin, with loss of a letter and a small part of another recto, and obscuring a few letters verso, but still legible, foxing and staining (includes a few small ink stains), including title, occasional minor marginal worm traces, lightly browned, antique style calf, spine in compartments and with double red leather labels, little rubbed, [Bitting pp.186-187; Cagle 695; Maclean pp.59-61; Oxford pp.76-77; Simon BG 761; Vicaire 48], folio, Printed for the author; and sold at Mrs. Ashburn's, a China-Shop, Corner of Fleet-Ditch, 1747.⁂ A cornerstone of any collection of English cookery books. Our copy conforms to Marcus Crahan's description of the first issue (16pp. preliminaries rather than 20, without notice of second place of sale, without O2 and with the 6 [pence] of price entered by hand on title). The work includes one of the first English recipes for 'Currey the India Way'.Provenance: Cooks Books, T&M McKirdy (book label to rear pastedown).

Confectionery.- Glasse (Hannah) The Compleat confectioner: or, the whole art of confectionary made plain and easy, first edition, first issue (with Mrs. Ashburner's in imprint), facsimiles of author's signature to end of dedication and at head of first f. of text, some water-staining, spotting or foxing, lightly browned, modern dark green half crushed morocco, gilt spine in compartments, [Bitting p.190 (note); Cagle 707; Maclean pp.61-62; Oxford p.90; Simon BG 774], 8vo, Printed: And Sold at Mrs. Ashburner's China Shop, the Corner of Fleet Ditch...By I. Pottinger, at the Royal Bible, in Pater-Noster Row; and by J. Williams, opposite St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-Street, [c.1760].⁂ Rare at auction. Before the Crisford copy sold in these rooms in 2022 (23rd June, lot 54), we must go back to the Cetus copy at Bloomsbury Auctions, 22nd September, 2011, lot 148.Provenance: 'Will. Humphreys' (contemporary ink signature to head of spine).

NO RESERVE Glasse (Hannah) The Art of cookery, made plain and easy, facsimile of the first edition of 1747, number 2 of 12 copies specially bound by C.B. Lewis for Janet Clarke, modern blind-tooled calf by C.B. Lewis, spine in compartments and with double red leather labels, Prospect Books, 1983; and a copy in original cloth, small folio (2)

Gouffé (Jules) Le Livre de cuisine, first edition, half-title, title in red and black, chromolithographed frontispiece and 24 plates, tissue guards, numerous steel-engraved illustrations, foxed, original red morocco-backed blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine in compartments, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.195; Cagle 218; Oberlé Fastes 226; Vicaire 417-418], Paris, Hachette, 1867; Le Livre des Conserves, ou Recettes Pour Preparer et Conserver, first edition, half-title, title in red and black, steel-engraved portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations, foxed, early 20th century cloth-backed marbled boards (?from a notebook, or similar), spine ends little frayed, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.196 (note); Cagle 220; Oberlé Fastes 229; Vicaire 418], Paris, Hachette, 1869; and 4 others, by the same, including a duplicate of first mentioned in original cloth, v.s. (6)

Gouffé (Jules) The Royal Cookery Book (Le Livre de Cuisine), first edition in English, half-title, title in red and black, 16 chromolithographed plates (including frontispiece), paper guards, numerous steel-engraved illustrations, plate at p.450 with sliver of paper guard adhered to it, occasional spotting, lightly browned, hinges cracking, but holding, original blue decorative cloth, richly gilt, corners little worn, some damp-staining to lower cover, rubbed, g.e., [Cagle 714; cf. Bitting p.195 & Vicaire 417-418], Sampson, Low, Son and Marston, 1868; The Royal Book of Pastry and Confectionery (Le Livre de Patisserie), first edition in English, half-title, title in red and black, chromolithographed frontispiece and 9 plates, steel-engraved plates and illustrations, final advertisement f., water-stained, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed and marked, [cf. Vicaire 417-418], Sampson, Low, Son and Marston, 1874; and 2 others, Gouffé in English, including a first edition of his Book of Preserves, 4to & 8vo (4)

Wine.- [Henderson (Alexander)] The History of Ancient and Modern Wines, first edition, half-title, mounted wood-engraved vignette to title, wood-engraved vignettes and historiated initials, half-title foxed, some spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional marginal water-staining, most noticeable in sigs. SS & TT, lightly browned, later half calf, spine in compartments and with red leather label, rubbed, [Bitting p.562; Gabler G23690; Simon BG 831 & Vinaria p.6], 4to, Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, 1824.⁂ Includes discussion of the practice of 'blind tasting'.

World cuisines.- [Hochheim (Amalia von)] A Handbook of foreign cookery, principally French, German and Danish, second edition, title printed in red and black, occasional spotting or light staining, original blind-stamped and gilt pictorial cloth, spine faded, spine and upper joint frayed, stained, Printed for Henry Washbourne, 1849 § Bregion (Joseph) and Anne Miller. The Practical cook, English and foreign; containing a great variety of old receipts...in English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Polish, Dutch, American, Swiss, and Indian cookery, 12 engraved plates, advertisement f. at end, a few sigs. working loose, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, some staining, faded and rubbed, [Bitting p.58], Chapman and Hall, 1845; and 6 others, World cuisines, some in Swedish or Danish, v.s. (8) ⁂ The first mentioned is rare, with Library Hub and WorldCat recording a BL copy only. It is not found in the standard bibliographies.

Johnson (Mary) Madam Johnson's present: or, the best instructions for young women, in useful and universal knowledge, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, title printed in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final contents f., portrait working loose, edges of portrait and title browned, some spotting or light foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped and blind-ruled sheep, spine in compartments, head of spine with short neat split, foot of spine with small chip, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, rubbed and little scuffed, [Maclean pp.75-77; cf. Bitting p.247, Cagle 782; Oxford p.83 & Vicaire 465], large 12mo, Printed for M. Cooper, Pater-noster-row; and C. Sympson, at the Bible, Chancery-Lane, 1754.⁂ Rare first edition under this title. It was originally published in 1753 as The Young Woman's Companion. ESTC records only four copies of this edition (all in America or Canada), and Library Hub adds a copy at Leeds University. Includes carving, pickling, and pastry & confectionery. As with another copy consulted the pagination of the preliminaries is as follows: [2], ii, [1], vi-xiii [i.e xiv, the recto of final f. thus numbered].Provenance: 'E. Guertz, 1754' (ink inscription to verso of portrait); loosely inserted letter from Sub-Librarian of Brotherton, Leeds to bookseller Mike McKirdy regarding their copy of the work. It is interesting to note that in the preliminaries of their copy the pagination also skips from ii to vi.

Crahan copy.- Kellet (Susanna, Elizabeth & Mary) A Complete collection of cookery receipts, (consisting of near four hundred,) which have been taught upwards of fifty years, with great reputation, first edition, dedication f. to the attendees of the Kellet's cookery school, list of subscribers, a few small marginal repairs, including to title, some water-staining, mostly at end, spotting and staining (including title), lightly browned, 6 later ink manuscript recipes loosely inserted, antique style pale calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with double red morocco labels, [Bitting p.256; Maclean p.79], 8vo, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Printed by T. Saint; and sold by W. Charnley, Whitfield and Co. and all the booksellers in town and country, 1780.⁂ Rare. Aside from this Crahan copy and that of Hroar Dege-Book for Cooks we can trace no others at auction. The authors, perhaps a mother and two daughters, or three sisters, ran a cookery school in the North of England. Provenance: Marcus Crahan, sold Sotheby's 9 & 10th October, 1984, lot 344 (bookplate), and again as the Crahan-Keck Day copy, Sotheby's, 25th November, 1986, lot 267, since which time the modern boards have been replaced by our binding; Mary Chadsey (bookplate).

[Kettilby (Mary, compiler) A Collection of above three hundred receipts in cookery, Physick and Surgery; for the use of all good wives, tender mothers, and careful nurses, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking half-title, water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, gilt, rebacked, spine in compartments and with burgundy leather label, corners worn, rubbed, [Cagle 789; Maclean pp.79-82; Oxford p.54; Simon BG 904 (note)], 8vo, Printed for Richard Wilkin, at the King's Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1714. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Kettilby recommended her book to the clergy, especially those in remote parishes.

[Kitchiner (William)] Apicius Redivivus; or, the Cook's Oracle...for the Purpose of Composing a Culinary Code for the Rational Epicure and Augmenting the Alimentary Enjoyments of Private Families, first edition, 2 engraved plates, each with engraved letterpress explanation f. opposite, 2 final contents ff. misbound at end, small single worm trace to lower margin of title and a2, diminishing to minute holes until around sig. C, K9v and K10r ink stain, just touching text, some spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary half calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine gilt and with red morocco label, corners worn, covers rubbed and scuffed, [Cagle 797; Oxford pp.145-146; cf. Bitting p.262 (second edition, 1818)], 12mo, Printed for Samuel Bagster, No.15, Paternoster-Row, By J. Moyes, Greville Street, 1817.⁂ The rare first edition. The last copy at auction we can trace was in 2010. Kitchiner (1775-1827), optician, cook, and best-selling food writer. He travelled around with his 'portable cabinet of taste', which contained his mustards and sauces, and himself created 'Wow-Wow Sauce'. The present work contains one of the earliest recipes for what we now know as 'crisps' ('Potatoes fried in Slices or Shavings').

American.- Lincoln (Mrs. [Mary J.]) Frozen dainties. Fifty choice receipts for ice-creams, frozen puddings, frozen fruits, frozen beverages, sherbets, and water ices, original printed wrappers, stained, Nashua, N.H., The White Mountain Freezer Co., 1889 § [Lee (N.K.M.)] The Cook's Own Book, and Housekeeper's Register, 2 parts in 1, first edition, second issue (with 38pp. pastry, cakes and sweetmeats supplement), double column, blanks spaces for notes (a few with contemporary annotations), supplement C1 (p.25) repaired tear within text, with minor loss, but no loss of sense, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original chipped backstrip, gilt and with later red leather label, rubbed, [Bitting pp.536-537; Cagle American 448; Lowenstein 169], Boston, Munroe & Francis, 1833; and 16 others, American cookery, v.s. (18)

Brewing.- Loftus (William Robert) The Brewer : a familiar treatise on the art of brewing, with directions for the selection of malt and hops...instructions for making cider and British wines, 2 parts in 1, first edition, advertisement slip for thermometers tipped-in to front free endpaper, 2 initial advertisement ff., full-page wood-engraved illustration of 'New Improved Saccharometer', bifolium E3&4 (signed E2) loose, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original brown cloth, gilt, spine and edges faded, a few spots, rubbed, [Gabler G27890; cf. Simon BG 964], rare, William R. Loftus, 1856 § [Robinson (James)] The Art and Mystery of Making British Wines, Cider and Perry, Cordials and Liqueurs..., first edition, half-title, wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary ink recipes to endpapers, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, hinges weak, original green blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, foot of spine little chipped, corners worn, stained, rubbed, [Gabler G34470], Chapman and Hall, 1865; and 2 others, Brewing, v.s. (4)

NO RESERVE Molluscs.- Lovell (M.S.) The Edible mollusks of Great Britain and Ireland; with recipes for cooking them, first edition, half-title, lithographed frontispiece and 11 plates by Sowerby, printed in colours, paper guards, 24 publisher's catalogue at end, original blue pictorial cloth, gilt, joints starting at ends, spine darkened, some fading, stained, rubbed, [Cagle 833], Reeve & Co., 1867; and a second edition of the same, in original cloth, 8vo (2)

Marshall (Agnes Bertha) Fancy Ices, first edition, ?first issue (address numbers transposed and later corrected), half-title, wood-engraved illustrations, 30pp. advertisements at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original pictorial cloth in silver and black, spine darkened and with gilt dulled, some staining, rubbed, [Driver 686.1], Marshall's School of Cookery, 32 & 30 [sic] Mortimer Street, [1894]; and 4 others, by the same, including a later issue of first mentioned with address corrected, v.s. (5)

[Menon.] The French family cook: being a complete system of French cookery. Adapted to the Tables not only of the Opulent, but of Persons of moderate Fortune and Condition, first edition in English, final advertisement f., water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary sheep, rebacked in a lighter brown modern calf with burgundy label, corners worn, covers little rubbed and marked, [Bitting p. 554; Cagle 872; Maclean p.101; Oxford p.121-122; Simon BG 714], 8vo, Printed for J. Bell, No. 148, Oxford Street, nearly opposite New Bond Street, 1793.⁂ First edition in English of his La Cuisinière bourgeoise, Paris, 1746.

Beeton (Mrs. Isabella) The Book of Household Management, first edition in book form, first issue (with Bouverie St. address to additional title and p.57 as first line of errata), colour-printed wood-engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 12 plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary half calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments, this creased, rubbed and scuffed, preserved in a 20th century cloth drop-back box, large black morocco label to spine, some staining to spine, [Bitting p.32; Cagle 561; Simon BG 186], 8vo, [Cox and Wyman] for S.O. Beeton, 1861.⁂ 'This is one of the earliest cookery books using colored illustrations' (Bitting).

Fish & Fisheries.- Mitchell (John M.) The Herring its natural history and national importance, first edition, half-title, folding chromolithographed frontispiece, 5 tinted lithographed plates, original green cloth, spine gilt, damp-stained, but solid, Edinburgh & London, Edmonston and Douglas, 1864 § [Hughes (William)], "Piscator". A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish, second edition, lightly browned, original green blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, spine darkened and with head chipped, some staining to lower cover, [Bitting p.237; Cagle 765; Oxford p.173 (note); Simon BG 1183], Longman [& others], 1854; and 9 others, Fish & Fisheries, including 3 early 20th century billheads for a Norfolk fish company, v.s. (11)

Moffett (Thomas) Healths improvement: or, Rules comprizing and discovering the nature, method, and manner of preparing all sorts of food used in this nation, edited by Christopher Bennet, first edition, initial imprimatur f., woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, imprimatur and title neatly mounted on stub, Z4 repaired marginal tear at head, not affecting text, 2C2 repair to outer margin, affecting part of printed side-note recto, minor marginal wormholes or traces, occasionally just touching part of a letter, some water-staining, mostly at foot, spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked in 20th century brown morocco in compartments and with double burgundy leather labels, corners repaired, some staining, rubbed, [Bitting p.327 (note); Cagle 879; Notaker 539; Oxford pp.27-28; Simon BG 1063; Vicaire 613; Krivatsy 8011; Wing M2382], small 4to, Printed by Tho: Newcomb for Samuel Thomson, at the sign of the white Horse in Pauls Churchyard, 1655.⁂ Includes bread, freshwater and sea fish, dairy products, fruits, and all types of meats. It is the first work to list British wild fowl and to comment on their migrations.Provenance: 'Wm. Lucas' (18th century ink signature to front free endpaper).

FOUNTAIN PEN MONTEGRAPPA COSMOPOLITAN "RUSSIA 1ST SPACE. ED. LIMITED".Embossed silver barrel.Limited edition. Exemplary 0202/1961.Nib in 18 kts. white gold. F point.Screw cap. Piston loading.No case.Measurements: 14 cm length, 14.94 mm diameter.Montegrappa has revived a much-loved collection from the 1990s: Cosmopolitan. A sterling silver pen with resin accents, with details formed in bas-relief, the Cosmopolitan will serve as a means of communicating the spirit of five different cultures. Each will be offered as a special edition of 500 silver rollerball pens and 500 silver fountain pens. Russia's first space flight. In 1957, Russia's Sputnik was the first man-made spacecraft to enter space; in 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space. Cosmopolitan's pen will honour Soviet achievements in space exploration.

ÉLYSÉE FOUNTAIN PEN.Gold-plated steel barrel and blue lacquer.Limited edition.Two-tone 18 K gold nib. 18 K gold nib.Screw cap. Piston loading.No box.Dimensions: 14.02 cm length; 10.2 mm diameter.This Elysee Parthenon fountain pen in blue lacquer. It belongs to the Parthenon series, in which the brand produced fountain pens in different colours and motifs. The barrel is made of gold-plated steel with blue lacquer and gold details. Élysée's Chinese lacquer process has several steps, the first of which is to engrave the body of the pen with impressions that are then filled with lacquer up to the surface of the pen. The lacquer is then inlaid into these impressions and the surface is polished to make it smooth and flush. Once completely smooth, the exposed metal is plated. Two-tone 18 Kts. gold nib, F-point.

First Edition, second printing The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling. From Macmillan & Co, June 1894 & December 1895. Blue cloth bound copies with gilt detail to spines and book fronts, some discolouration to spines.

Six books about high end fashion. ORIOLE CULLEN and CONNIE KAROL BURKS. 'Christian Dior,' special photography by Laziz Hamani, first edition, photographic illustrations throughout very good to fine condition, V & A Publishing, 2019; CLAIR WILCOX (ed). 'The Golden Age of Couture. Paris and London 1947-57,' first edition, photographic illustrations throughout, V & A Publishing, 2007; DIANA VREELAND. 'Allure,' with Christopher Hemphill, forward by Marc Jacobs, photographic illustrations throughout, Chronnicle Books, 2010; 'Schiaparelli & Prada: Impossible Conversations,' photographic illustrations throughout, Metropolitan Museum of New York, 2012; With three other books. (6)

J K ROWLING "Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone", first edition, paperback, published 1997 by Bloomsbury, bearing spelling error to back cover "Acclaim for Harry Potter and The Philospher's Stone...." and additional line "one wand" on Page 53 CONDITION REPORTS Book is "well loved and read", significant creases, dog eared to the covers, as well as some peeling/missing parts to the laminate colour. There is a spilt running up the lower left hand edge of the front binding and there is another on the very edge of the spine on the bottom back corner. Spine is very faded. No inscriptions, stickers or such like. There is a small tear to page 8. Some discolouration to the edges of the pages and a couple of small dog ears (not through deliberate folding). Wear and tear conducive to being read a number of times by child/ren. See images for more details.

Boxed Bachmann OO gauge 30-325 First World War Ambulance Train No 40 Special Commemorative Edition train pack, complete with City of Birmingham locomotive, rolling stock and carded figure set

4 vintage Number 1 first issue/Special Collectors edition adult erotic magazine. Screw, 8 Ball, Pornostars and Inside Marilyn.

The finest known Madras 2 Dubs, 1807 East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: Dub coinages, Madras, First issue, copper 2 Dubs, 1807, do fulus hanarabal kampani isavi 1807 [Two fulus of the honourable company christian year 1807], rev. kumpini yarapotta irantu dabbu [Honourable company, two dubs] around kampini varuvesana renddu dabbulu [Honourable company, two dubs], 22.13g/6h (Prid. 327, this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 435]; Stevens 3.358; KM. 334, this coin illustrated). Minor peripheral weakness, otherwise extremely fine and the best of the few known specimens of this substantial coin, extremely rare [certified and graded NGC MS 60 BN] £10,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 435, ticket Sir John Wheeler Collection, Baldwin Auction 22 (London), 2 May 2000, lot 65. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Literature: Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.63. Illustrated in George Cuhaj et al, South Asian Coins and Paper Money, Indian Edition, p.444. Following a report dated 12 March 1807, which highlighted the scarcity of copper coin in circulation, Benjamin Roebuck, the mint master at Madras, designed a new dub coinage, striking of which commenced in August 1807. Unusually, the series featured a regulating dub, necessary to facilitate a payment expressed in fanams but paid in copper dubs

3 x First Edition Harry Potter hardback books. Half Blood Prince with page 99 misprint, Order of the Pheonix & Deathly Hallows together with other editions.

Ashenden Press. Hornby, (C.H. St John). A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books printed at the Ashendene Press 1895-1935. Shelley House, Chelsea 1935. First Edition 250/390 signed by C.H. Hornby with initial letters by Graily Hewitt. Finely illustrated throughout with tipped in letter addressed to 'Dear Heal' dated 15th Jan 1936. This indicates that this book was once the property of Sir Ambrose Heal with later letter from C.H.H from 'Chantmarle' Dorchester 18/10/1943. Correspondent unknown. Original brown leather with gilt ornament. Small Fo. (325 x 230mm) Binding bumped. Some discolouration and fading, slip cases