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THE TASTE OF WAR: WORLD WAR TWO AND THE BATTLE FOR FOOD
Written by Lizzie Collingham.
Stock no. 1825036
Published by Allen Lane; The Penguin Group. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How control of food and its production was crucial to total war. The interaction between food and strategy, on both the military and home fronts, demonstrates how the issue of access to food was a driving force within Nazi policy and contributed to the decision to murder hundreds of thousands of 'useless eaters' in Europe. Black cloth boards, white title to spine. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 9780713999648. Text block slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby to rear panel with a small closed tear (no loss) to top rear edge.

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COME INTO THE KITCHEN
Written by Alexie Gordon; Trudy Bliss. Illustrated by Nancy Innes.
Stock no. 1323738
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A cookery book for boys and girls. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers and contents clean. Dustwrapper is a little grubby and edge worn, a few foxspots.

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SUGAR CONFECTIONARY AND CHOCOLATE MANUFACTURE
Written by R. Lees; E.B. Jackson.
Stock no. 2136826
Published by Blackie Academic & Professional. 1994. Very good condition.

Brown/tan boards with gilt titles. B/w diagrams and photos. ISBN: 0751401145. Some light staining to front cover. Outer page edges are marked.

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THE HARE
Written by H.A. MacPherson; Gerald Lascelles; Charles Richardson; J.S. Gibbons; G.H. Longman; Kenney Herbert. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; Charles Whymper; et al..
Stock no. 2136038
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1896. Very good condition.

Fur and Feather series. Beige pictorial cloth with red titles. B/w plates. Natural History, Shooting, Coursing, and Cookery. Foxing throughout. Some page edges are not fully opened.

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THE RABBIT
Written by James Edmund Harting; Alexander Innes Shand; Alfred E.T. Watson. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; G.E. Lodge; S. Alken; Charles Whymper.
Stock no. 2136037
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1898. Almost very good condition.

Beige pictorial cloth with red and gilt titles. Fur, Feather and Fin Series. B/w plates. 248 pages, plus 32 page booklist to rear. A chapter on cookery by Shand. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing and some damp marking. Plate page 124 MISSING.

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SNIPE AND WOODCOCK
Written by L.H. De Visme Shaw; Richard J. Ussher; Alexander Innes Shand. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; Charles Whymper.
Stock no. 2136036
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1903. Almost very good condition.

Fur, Feather & Fin series. Beige pictorial boards, red and gilt titles. B/w plates. With chapters on Snipe and Woodcock in Ireland by Ussher; Cookery by Shand. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Damp staining to prelims and top of page edges.

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THE GROUSE
Written by H.A. MacPherson; A.J. Stuart-Wortley; George Saintsbury. Illustrated by A.J. Stuart-Wortley; Archibald Thorburn.
Stock no. 2136034
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1894. Almost very good condition.

Fur and Feather Series. Beige pictorial cloth, red and gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small damp stain to bottom corner of rear cover. Foxing and browning throughout. A couple of page edges are uncut.

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THE PARTRIDGE
Written by H.A. MacPherson; A.J. Stuart-Wortley; George Saintsbury.
Stock no. 2136031
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 2nd 1894. Almost very good condition.

Fur and Feather series. Second edition. B/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corner. Browning to spine. Some pages/edges are unopened. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing throughout book and to outer page edges.

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THE PLEASURE OF COFFEE BY ROMBOUTS
Written by Pierre Massia; Hugo Rombouts.
Stock no. 1706909
Published by Artis-Historia Publishing. Circa 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Colour photos. History, recipes and growing coffee. ISBN: 9056570617. One hinge cracked. Wrapper corners worn.

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THE ENGLISH ART OF COOKERY
Written by Richard Briggs.
Stock no. 816819
Published by G.G. And J. Robinson. 1794. Very good condition.

According to the Present Practice; Being a Complete Guide to All Housekeepers on a Plan Entirely New Consisting of 38 Chapters. 12 b/w illustrations of Bills of Fare. Modern tan full leather binding with red title label and gilt title to spine. xx + 564 pages. Bookplate of Eleanor Lowenstein to front cover, the author of 'The Bibliography Of American Cookery Books 1742-1860'. First few pages are foxed at edges, light browning to contents which in general are very good indeed. In a very handsome binding.

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THE COOK'S DICTIONARY AND HOUSE-KEEPER'S DIRECTORY
Written by Richard Dolby.
Stock no. 816833
Published by Henry Colburn; Richard Bentley. 1830. Very good condition.

The Cook's Dictionary and House-Keeper's Directory: A New Family Manual of Cookery and Confectionery, On a Plan of Ready Reference Never Hitherto Attempted. Modern binding, brown cloth with gilt title to spine. iv + 516 pages. Title page and first 12 pages browned. Scattered browning throughout. A few small marks to rear board.

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