Particular books penguin group (4 resultados)

2012, xxiii,295pp. Halfcloth. Oblong. In very good condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with '001' on copyright page. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE 'To Lesley, Blackpool is (underlined) the seaside! Cheers Pete Brown'. Some edge wear and creasing to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed, very slight lean, not price clipped (£16.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy. 342pp. In Britain, we have always had an awkward relationship with food. We've been told for so long that we are terrible cooks and yet when someone with a clipboard asks us what the best things are about being British, our traditional food and drink are more important than the monarchy and at least as significant as our landscape and national monuments in defining a collective notion of who we are. Taking nine archetypically British dishes, Pie and Peas, A Cheese Sandwich, Fish and Chips, Spag Bol, Devonshire Cream Tea, Curry, The Full English, The Sunday Roast and a Crumble with Custard, and enjoying them in their most typical settings, Pete Brown examines just how fundamental food is to our sense of identity, perhaps even our sense of pride, and the ways in which we understand our place in the world. Scarce signed. Jacket after Eric Ravilious (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Reprint. First published in 1970 by Knopf in the USA and in the UK in 1977, this is a new edition of 2011. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of covers and spine, no jacket as issued, slipcase absent, corners very slightly bruised, price on back cover (£25.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 651pp, illustrated. In this book Julia Child and Simone Beck help cooks everywhere master the full repertoire of classic French dishes. Their recipes range across soups from the garden and bisques from the sea, famour fish stews from Provence and Normandy, to suckling pig and charcuterie, baguettes and croissants, and through a huge variety of desserts to petit fours, all accompanied by clear step-by-step instructions. Julia Carolyn Child (1912-2004), was an American chef, author, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing French cuisine to the American public with this debut cookbook 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' and her subsequent television programmes, the most notable of which was 'The French Chef', which premiered in 1963. The difficult birth of her cookbook was documented in the 2009 film 'Julie and Julia' by Nora Ephron and starring Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci and Meryl Streep. Illustrations by Sidonie Coryn and Paul Child (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, subsequent impression with '002' on copyright page. Some very slight edge wear to top of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£20.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy, looks unread. 347pp. a wry, intimate, truly revealing exploration of how art acquires its financial value, from Philip Hook, a senior director at Sotheby's. When you stand in front of a work of art in a museum or exhibition, the first two questions you normally ask yourself are 1) Do I like it? And 2) Who's it by? When you stand in front of a work of art in an auction room or dealer's gallery, you ask these two questions followed by others, how much is it worth? how much will it be worth in five or ten years' time? and what will people think of me if they see it hanging on my wall? An interesting book. …