Vicomte de Mauduit — The Vicomte in the Kitchenette

London, Stanley Nott, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming cookery book for the kitchenette from French author Georges, Vicomte de Mauduit. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A cookery book for smaller kitchens and kitchenettes, being a commentary on the art of cooking in a restricted space, with limited time and reduced income. With tips on how to make easy and tasty dishes of all kinds and advice on how to set up a small house, with a glossary of cooking terms. Written by Georges de Mauduit de Kervern, Vicomte de Mauduit, a French pilot, engineer and author. His series of "original and valuable" cookery books began with The Vicomte in the Kitchen (1933), followed by The Vicomte in the Kitchenette (1934) and The Kitchen Companion (1939). Illustrated by Mary Eleanor Jessie Knox, popularly known as Mary Shepard, an English illustrator of children's books, best known for the Mary Poppins stories. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear and light fading to the spine. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges with loss to the head of the spine and rear panel sympathetically repaired with paper. Sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Mary Shepard. Very Good Indeed/Good.