Dione Lucas; Rosemary Hume — Au Petit Cordon Bleu

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this charming French recipe book from Dione Lucas and Rosemary Hume. The very scarce first edition of this work. In the original cloth binding. Illustrated with charming line drawings by Phoebe Nicol. A well-versed cookbook of traditional French recipes. Compiled here by Dione Lucas, the first female graduate of Le Cordon Bleu, and Rosemary Hume, who taught at the cookery school in London and co-devised coronation chicken in 1953. Each category is introduced with information on essential utensils, drink pairings, methods and best times to source ingredients. Homard thermidor, pedrix au choux, crepes nicoise, risotto maison and creme brulee are just a handful of the recipes offered here.  In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart indeed, with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Slight discolouration to the spine and a couple small spots or marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only an ownership bookplate of ones Martin and Pamela Finch and a small ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: Phoebe Nicol. Near Fine .