Countess Morphy — The Kitchen Library

London, Herbert Joseph, 1936. Cloth. A scarce complete set of six volumes of recipes by Countess Morphy, each focusing on a particular type of food or food type. A complete six volume set of Countess Morphy's 'The Kitchen Library' series.Scarce works.Volumes I-V are in their original unclipped dust wrapper, whereas Volume VI is bound in paper covered boards.Each volume in this set presents delicious recipes for a certain food group, including a lot of global recipes. This set contains: No. 1, Soups. No. 2, Fish Dishes. No. 3, Entrees. No. 4, Meat Dishes. No. 5, Vegetable Dishes. No 6. Sweets and Puddings.By Countess Morphy, the pen name of Marcelle Azra Hincks. Morphy was a noted food writer, famed for her 1935 'Recipes of all Nations', an impressive global volume of recipes.Bookplate of Martin and Pamela Finch to the recto of the front endpaper of 'Fish Dishes', 'Entrees', 'Meat', 'Vegetable Dishes', and 'Sweets and Puddings&apos. The Finch couple founded Matthew Finch Design Consultants Limited, a graphics group which specialised in in design for print and publishing. They opened an antiquarian bookshop, Wadard Books, in 2001.Undated, dated from Jisc from copies held at the British Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrappers, Volume VI is in the original paper covered boards. Externally, smart. A touch of fading and bumping to the head and tail of the spines. Rubbing and loss to Volume VI, with a small amount of loss to the spine. Handling marks to the boards of Volume VI, and a small tidemark to the head of the rear board. Dust wrappers are a little edge worn, with small tears and chips, and light rubbing. Surface loss to the spine of No. 2. Light marks and spots to the dust wrapper. Small tidemarks to the wraps of No. 2, and tape repairs to the reverse. Small tape repairs to No. 3, 4, and 5. Spine of No. 4. Bookplate to the recto of the front endpaper of 'Fish Dishes', 'Entrees', 'Meat' and 'Vegetable Dishes&apos. Internally, firmly bound, though No. 1 is generally firmly bound. Pages are age-toned and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.