Doris Grant — &Apos;Dear Housewives&Apos;

London, Faber and Faber Ltd , 1954. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this guide to nutritional eating for the family by Doris Grant. The first edition, first impression. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A passionate discussion of the current state of the British diet, together with advice for leading a nutritionally balanced household and examples of such recipes. Written by Doris Grant, a British nutritionist and food writer who championed the use of fresh and natural ingredients along with minimising the amount of processing in our food. She ran a long campaign against many of the major food companies by continually criticising the overuse of refined carbohydrates, especially in the manufacture of white bread and sugar. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with light fading and bumping to the spine head and tail. Dust wrapper is smart, with slight sunning to the spine and chipping to the head. With general edge wear and handing marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and a small contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.