Owen, Catherine (pseud. of Helen Alice Matthews Nitsch).

Choice Cookery.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1889.

Thick duodecimo, 316 + 4 ads. First edition. A collection of recipes original written for the pages of Harper's Bazaar. The book encourages a style of simple cookery, with a touch of luxury, but not extravagance. The recipes themselves, which include "reed birds in aspic", and "compote of pigeon", are written in full prose instead of as a list of instructions, are an enjoyable read, and quite detailed in their description. Near fine in publisher's gilt stamped, blue pebbled cloth. [Brown 2479; Axford p. 63; Bitting p, 351; Cagle 581].