[Cookery Books]

i) Cooke, M.C. British Edible Funghi. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1891, 12 colour plates, library stamp to title, frontispiece and list of plates loose, worn at head and foot of spine; ii) Beeton, Isabella. Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management. Ward, Lock & Co., 1907, 30 colour plates, later dark red backed green boards, lettered in gilt on spine; iii) Boulestin, X. Marcel and Jason Hill. Herbs, Salads and Seasonings. Heinemann, 1930, number 23 of the edition of 75 copies signed by both authors, spine faded; iv) Heath, Ambrose. The Country Life Cookery Book. Country Life Limited, 1937, wood engravings by Eric Ravilious, boards rubbed; v) Maclean, Veronica. Lady Maclean's Diplomatic Dishes. Collins, 1975, inscribed by the author, head of spine worn with loss; vi) Parker Bowles, Tom. E is for Eating. Long Barn, 2004, inscribed by the author and the illustrator, dust-jacket; vii) Green, Rachel. Chatsworth Cookery Book. Green Shoots, 2007, inscribed by the author; together with 32 others, of which 6 inscribed to Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, 4to and 8vo, mostly original cloth and wrappers, many with the Duchess's bookplate, some wear to dust-jackets (39)

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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