Soyer, Nicolas

Soyer's Standard Cookery. A complete guide to the art of cooking dainty, varied, and economical dishes for the household.

London: Andrew Melrose, 1912.

Octavo (20.5 x 14.5 cm.), x, 434, [1] pages. Illustrated with 12 plates, four in color, eight black & white. Publisher's advertisement at rear. Index. FIRST EDITION. Nicolas Soyer, chef at the Brooks Club, author of Paper Bag Cookery, and grandson of the famous Victorian French chef Alexis Soyer, presents his ideas of a "cookery for the people". Foxing to endpapers, age toning throughout. In publisher's burgundy cloth, blind-stamped to mimic a three-quarter leather binding; the spine is gilt-titled and decorated. Very good. [OCLC locates twenty-five copies].

Price: $90.00