CHINESE COOKERY SECRETS
by CHAN, ESTHER
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
SINGAPORE: WAH SEONG PRESS. BOUND IN WHITE PICTORIAL BOARDS WITH CHINESE LADY IN GREEN AND BLUE ROBES HOLDING BOWL OF FOOD ON FRONT BOARD, TOGETHER WITH ORANGE TITLES AND CHINESE SCRIPT, THIS DATED 1952 HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION IS VG. AUTHOR'S NOTE STATES THE TEXT OF THE BOOK WAS BEGUB WHILE SHE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE US MILITARY ADVISORY GROUP IN NANKING, CHINA.SOME OF THE RECEPIES WERE LATER PUBLISHED IN THE STRAITS TIMES WHEN THE AUTHOR MOVED TO SINGAPORE. NUMEROUS RECIPES PLUS LIST OF UTENSILS AND ADVICE ON CHOOSING MENU, METHODS OF PREPARATION ETC. 153pp PLUS PREFACE FROM PENG ME NEICE. AND MANY DISPLAY ADVERTS OF THE TIME. ONE FOR THE PAVILION RESTAUARNT IN SINAPORE SHOWS PHOTO OF THE SILVER GRILL. ONE RECEPE WOTH MENTIONING IS THE CHRYSANTHEMUM FISH CHAFING DISH. WITH INGREDIENTS OF THE FLOWER HEAD, CARP OR PERCH,SPINACH, BAMBOO SHOOTS, VERMICELLI, SHERRY, LARD, EGGS AND SALT. ODD MARKS TO BOARDS BUT GENERALLY SOUND BINDING AND VG . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1952.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002022222276
- Title
- CHINESE COOKERY SECRETS
- Author
- CHAN, ESTHER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- WAH SEONG PRESS
- Place of Publication
- SINGAPORE
- Date Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 153
- Keywords
- "CHINESE COOKERY SECRETS2 BY ESTHER CHAN 1952 FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED IN SINGAPORE BY WAH SEONG PRESS, HARDCOVER CONDITION VG
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
Camillas Bookshop
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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- First Edition
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- VG
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