Margaret Sim; L. B. Walford — Margaret Sim&Apos;S Cookery

Helensburgh, Macneur & Bryden, 1879. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this traditional cookery book from Scottish housekeeper Margaret Sim. First edition. Very scarce. A collection of traditional Scottish recipes based on those made and practiced in the kitchen at Rossdhu House, the seat of Clan Colquhoun. With recipes from dried turtle soup and curried oysters to fruit souffle and elderberry wine. Written by Margaret Sim, a Scottish housekeeper to the Colquhoun family at Rossdhu on Loch Lomondside, who originate from the Highland Clan Colquhoun. With an introduction from Lucy Bethia Walford, a Scottish novelist and artist, the majority of her books were "light-hearted domestic comedies". In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing to the extremities and the odd mark to the cloth. Minor fading to the spine. Hinges tender with page 229/230 detached but present. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. The odd pencil mark with a pencil inscription to the front endpaper. Age toning to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .