Fanny Cradock; Johnnie Cradock — Cooking with Can & Pack

London, Museum Press Limited, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this cookery book from renowned English restaurant critic, television cook and writer Fanny Cradock and her husband Johnnie, signed as Bon Viveur. First edition. Signed by Fanny Cradock to the title page as Bon Viveur, her occasional nom de plume. A cookery book intended for those to whom food is something that must be obtained in a can or pack and that must be prepared with the minimum trouble. Using their experience in getting meals in a hurry, the Cradock's provide an assembly of three hundred meals which can be made within fifteen minutes. Written by Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey, better known as Fanny Cradock, an English restaurant critic, television cook and writer, and her fourth husband Major John Whitby Cradock, an English cook, writer and broadcaster. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear and minor fraying to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and minor chipping. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges with light sunning to the spine. The occasional small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and minor age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.