Notes from a Collector's Catalogue: With a Bibliography of English Cookery Books.
London: Messrs. John and Endward Bumpus, Ltd., 1909.
Octavo, 116 pages. FIRST EDITION. The first of Oxford's important gastronomic bibliographies. Along with English Cookery Books to the Year 1850, Bitting describes them as the "most detailed and exhaustive treating of English cookery books" (352). Though a text on collecting in general, approximately three-quarters of the book is dedicated to a bibliography of English cookery books dating 1508 to 1814. Quarter-cloth over gray boards worn and mildly soiled at edges. Paper spine label rubbed and worn. Deckled edge with slight discoloration, and some discoloration appearing throughout text, otherwise in very good condition. Bookplate of Duff Cooper (1890-1954), a British Conservative Party politician, diplomat, and author, designed by British artist Rex Whistler.
Price: $150.00