Ettie A. Hornibrook — Whole-Meal with Practical Recipes

London, William Heinemann, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first UK edition of this practical guide to making whole-meal bread and the benefits of its consumption. First UK edition. Very scarce work. A commentary of the use of whole-meal flower when making bread and its superior nutritional value to white bread and white flours. With medical opinions, confirmation of the wheats used, and guides to other cereals. This volume also includes a collection of whole-meal recipes for breads, biscuits, cakes, and more. Written by Ettie Annie Rout, later Ettie Annie Hornibrook, a Tasmanian-born New Zealander whose work among servicemen in Paris and the Somme during the First World War made her a hero among the French, yet through the same events she became persona non grata in New Zealand. She married Frederick Hornibrook, an Irish physical culturalist and writer, in 1920. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark. Original unclipped dust wrapper is worn with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and marks to the boards. Light loss to the head and tail of the spine as well as the panel edges has been sympathetically repaired with paper. With further loss to the rear panel also repaired. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd small spot or handling mark and light age toning. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good Only.