Quaglino; Charles Graves [editor] — The Complete Hostess

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce illustrated work on hosting from restauranter Giovanni Quaglino. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated throughout. Quaglino moved to England at seventeen to work at The Savoy and further expanding his knowledge and expertise in fine dining. Eventually, after building a wealth of experience and insight, he opened his own restaurant and wrote The Complete Hostess, a guide featuring some of his top recipes. Written by Giovanni Quaglino, an Italian-born London restauranter. Edited by Charles Patrick Ranke Graves, a British journalist, travel writer and novelist who was the brother of writers Robert Graves and Philip Graves. Illustrated by Anna Katrina Zinkeisen, a Scottish painter and artist. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small handling mark. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Anna K. Zinkeisen. Very Good Indeed .