Description and condition:

Red cloth hardback, 12mo, 238pp, index.

Good reading copy with heavily soiled and discoloured boards, water damage to rear, last few pages (publisher adverts) stuck together, front hinge starting to crack, archival-tape repair to FFEP, else nice bright clean pages.

Contents:

Old English, Scottish and Irish recipes taken from manuscripts in the author's possession, the French recipes were collected by a famous (but unnamed) French chef and handed down to the author's grandmother, the remaining recipes have been picked up on travels abroad. First edition (Driver 904) of this scarce title.