May Byron — May Byron&Apos;S Cake Book

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this cake recipe book from British writer and poet Mary "May" Byron. First edition. Scarce work. A collection of seven hundred and fifty recipes for large and small cakes, bread rolls, buns, scones, muffins, fried cakes, biscuits, gateaux, eclairs, and more. With chapters on icings, decoration, and fillings. Written by Mary Clarissa "May" Byron, a British writer and poet, best known for her abridgements of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan books. She published under the names May Byron, M.C. Gillington and Maurice Clare, and specialised in writing biographies of great composers, poets and writers, before going on to rewrite some of J. M. Barrie's works for younger readers, to write poetry, and to write cookbooks. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the first and last few pages. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .