Mrs. K. Jameson — The Nursery Cookery Book

London, Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd , 1929. First edition. Cloth. A charming book of recipes for children by Mrs. K. Jameson, complete with illustrations and the very pleasing original dust wrapper. First edition. Complete with this charming and very scarce original dust wrapper, price-clipped, however bearing a contemporary price sticker to the fly leaf. Very pleasing condition for its age and the book's subject. This dust wrapper variant is particularly scarce. "A Dainty Book of Dainty Dishes" compiled by Mrs. K. Jameson, with importance placed on the benefits of a healthy diet. Recipes vary from the familiar such as bread sauce, kedgeree and vegetable soup, to the more uncommon by today's standards, such as brains cooked in milk and raw meat juice, said to be "very good for delicate little children". Illustrated with a frontispiece and many lovely in-text drawings by Muriel Harris.  In the original cloth binding. With the original dust wrapper, price-clipped, however bearing a contemporary price sticker to the fly leaf. Externally, excellent, with shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is very smart, with handling marks and minor edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with light spotting to the first and last few leaves. Ownership bookplate tipped-in to the front free endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: Muriel Harris. Near Fine/Near Fine.