Eleanour Sinclair Rohde — Haybox Cookery

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1939. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce, first edition of this cookery book championing the cost-effective and traditional method of slow cooking in a "haybox", with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Very scarce work. A study of haybox or retained-heat cooking, utilizing the heat of the food being cooked to complete the cooking process through insulation. Thousands of busy housewives started haybox cooking during the Great War and have never given it up due to its fuel and labour saving processes. Rohde's aim with this work was to present a guide for housewives, containing recipes for this cost-effecting and labour saving technique. With a guide to making a haybox, tips for use, and a collection of handy recipes. Written by Eleanour Sophie Sinclair Rohde, a British gardener, garden designer, and horticultural writer who authored thirty books on gardening between 1913 and 1948. She is best known for her book, The Scented Garden, published in 1931. Rohde wrote for various periodicals, including The Field, My Garden, The Cornhill Magazine and The Queen, promoting different uses for plants. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities resulting in minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Sympathetic repairs and reinforcements made with tape. Sunning to the spine with the odd mark or spot to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light scattered spotting to the endpapers with the previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.