Elizabeth David: 'French Provincial Cooking', London, Michae...

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£120

Elizabeth David: 'French Provincial Cooking', London, Michael Joseph, 1960, 1st edition, b/w ills. in text by Juliet Renny throughout, original pictorial cloth gilt, dust wrapper (worn with some part losses, 35s net price intact); together with Mrs. Isabella Beeton, 2 titles: 'The Book of Household Management', London, Ward Lock, 1888, new edition, folding colour frontis + 12 further colour plates (of which 1 folding) as called for, b/w ills. in text throughout, xlvi,[6],1644pp + 28pp ads at end + [12]pp publisher's catalogue of ads + [2]pp further ads, original cloth, later rebacked red calf, large part of original decorative red leather gilt backstrip retained, 'Beeton's Every Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book', L, Ward Lock, c.1890, folding colour frontis + b/w plates & ills as called for, orig. pictorial cloth gilt (3)