Margaret Alice Fairclough — The Ideal Cookery Book

London, Waverley Book Company Ltd, c1911. Cloth. A vast collection of richly illustrated recipes, with detailed explanations, guidance, and vivid colour plates. In the publisher's original navy cloth binding.With 48 colour plate illustrations by A. H. Sands, including a coloured frontispiece, and 250 illustrations within the text. Collated, complete.Undated. Dated circa 1911 from copies held at Jisc.This volume is a thorough culinary guide with enduring popularity, with a wide array of recipes from more experimental dishes, to classic essentials, covering stocks, sauces, vegetables, meat, fish and much more. The detailed instructions and illustrations make this an enduring staple for novices and experienced cooks. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Bumping and rubbing to extremities. Rubbing to joints. The odd handling mark to boards. Slight evidence of damp staining to rear board, slight creasing to rear board corner. The odd spot to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. The first leaf is separated from the backing material, but firm. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot close to the fore edge. Page 465 has two very small closed tears to the right side, not obscuring the text. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: A.H Sands. Very Good Indeed .