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NEW GUIDE FOR THE HOTEL, BAR, RESTAURANT, BUTLER AND CHEF. Being a Hand Book for the Management of Hotel and American Bars, and the Manufacture of the Principal New and Fashionable Drinks.
by [BACCHUS & CORDON BLEU [pseudonym for EMILIE LEBOUR-FAWSSETT]. SIGNED.:
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- Hardcover
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- first
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About This Item
London, William Nicholson and Sons, [1885].. Title continued: Hotel & restaurant cookery, as now practised, with the newest entrees and dishes. FIRST EDITION, in 2 parts. Preface dated 1885. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY TO JOHN COTTERILL. FIRST PART BY BACCHUS. Treats of Home Brewing; The Manufacture of Wines, Spirits, Liqueurs and Cordials Without Distillation - The Preparation and Manipulation of, with the Newest Names and Styles of Mixing and Dressing American Drinks, Suitable for Licensed and Non-Licensed Houses, Garden Parties, Clubs, Temperance Fetes, Bazaars, Etc,. SECOND PART BY CORDON BLEU. Treats of All Branches of Cookery, Confectionery and Bread, Suitable for Public Dinners, Clubs, Small Family Parties, Balls, Routs, Luncheons, Garden Parties, Suppers, Etc., 8vo, approximately 185 x 115 mm, 7 x 4½ inches, pages: [9], 10-496, original publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, black decoration to covers. Recased with the original spine laid on new cloth, new cloth visible at head and tail of spine and on upper and lower hinges, shelf wear to edges, tips of corners worn, spine darkened and gilt dull, covers unevenly darkened, new endpapers, occasional small tear to outer margins neatly repaired, nowhere near text and hardly noticeable, occasional turning crease, pale age-browning to margins, occasional small fox spot, otherwise a very good copy. Emilie Lebour-Fawssett has inscribed the reverse of the original endpaper in the names of Bacchus and Cordon Bleu in 1888 (see image). See: James M. Gabler, Wine into Words, page 19, No. G11790; Elizabeth Driver, A Bibliography of Cookery Books Published in Britain 1875-1914, page 85, No. 37.1. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47878
- Title
- NEW GUIDE FOR THE HOTEL, BAR, RESTAURANT, BUTLER AND CHEF. Being a Hand Book for the Management of Hotel and American Bars, and the Manufacture of the Principal New and Fashionable Drinks.
- Author
- [BACCHUS & CORDON BLEU [pseudonym for EMILIE LEBOUR-FAWSSETT]. SIGNED.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, William Nicholson and Sons, [1885].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- cocktails wines spirits mixing drinks restaurants drink wines american drinks butler chef cocktails hotels cordon bleu bartenders bars hotel management cookery cordon bleu cooking food
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