The Gentle Art of Cookery, with 750 Recipes (1929)
A fair copy only but perfectly usable
Author
C F Leyel, and Olga Hartley
Publisher
Chatto & Windus, London, 1929
Printing Details
First thus (first issue in the Phoenix Library). Small hardback, green cloth. 17.5 × 11cm, 461pp.
First published in 1925, this is a classic cookery that bought imaginative recipes and ingredients to the British table, featuring recipes inspired by Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, and Asian cuisines alongside traditional British dishes.
Condition
Fair only. The boards are faded and the binding a little loose but complete and still readable. Some handwritten recipes at the end of the book.
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