J. E. M. — Old English Wines and Cordials

Bristol, High House Press, 1938. Cloth. A limited edition volume of recipes for wines and cordials, all of which had originally been published two hundred years before this work. A scarce limited edition work, limited to two-hundred and fifteen copies, of which this is numbered one-hundred and fifty-one. A charming little work about "making all sorts of English wines and all the choicest cordials for the closet", a series of recipes which had originally been published in 'The Whole Duty of a Woman' in 1737.Illustrated in-text with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone, a leading engraver, designer, and typographer, who was a member of the Society of Wood Engravers. Edited by J. E. M.Bookplate of Martin & Pamela Finch to the recto of the front endpaper. The Finch couple founded Matthew Finch Design Consultants Limited, a graphics group which specialised in design for print and publishing. They opened an antiquarian bookshop, Wadard Books, in 2001. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, with light marks to the boards and spine. Fading to the spine, tail of the front board, and to the extremities of the rear board. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Hinges are starting but firm. Bookplate to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with a few scattered spots. Good . Ill.: Reynolds Stone. Good .