Mrs C. F. Leyel — Summer Drinks and Winter Cordials

London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully presented, first edition of this scarce work compiling 1920's drink ideas, written by Mrs. C. F. Leyel, presented in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition.Published as part of the authors "The Lure of Cooking" series, comprised of nine volumes of recipe books, published by George Routledge.  Dated using Jisc from copies of the work held at the British Library. A very scarce work, presented in the original, extremely scarce, unclipped dust wrapper, with Tallows Stanfield dust wrapper design. Written by C. F. Leyel, known for her expertise on herbalism, founding the society of Herbalists in 1927. Leyel was a strong advocate of a simpler style of cookery, favouring seasonal and local dishes rather than "high class" cookery. She was praised by renowned cookery writer, Elizabeth David, who credited her recipes with teaching her to cook, describing her writing as "fresh and alluring". This delightful work presents a collection of ideas of summer drinks and winter cordials, combining non-alcoholic and alcoholic options, intended for people with limited incomes. Leyel notes that she has not included any drinks with brandy or spirits, as the price at the time of publication makes them "prohibitive". Despite this, she assures the reader that she has included the newest American-style beverages, as well as the more traditional English ones.  From the library of Jill Norman, an editor and food writer. Norman began working at Penguin in the early 1960s and, as the only woman, the care of the company's cookery books fell to her. It was her responsibility to expand the cookery titles Penguin produced, and thus began to publish works by Jane Grigson, Claudia Roden, and Alan Davidson. In particular Norman worked closely with the famed cookery writer Elizabeth David, with whom she was good friends. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the publisher's original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light bumping and the odd mark to cloth. Bookplate to front endpaper. Dust wrapper is also very smart, with light chipping to the extremities . Sunning to the backstrip of the wrap, with the odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.