Heath, Ambrose & Bawden, Edward [Illus.] ~ Good Food

FIRST UK PRINTING : Faber & Faber Ltd., London : 1932

The First UK Printing published by Faber & Faber Ltd., London in 1932. 8vo., publisher's oatmeal cloth, lettered in black and decorated in green and red with images of cutlery, fish, fruits and a chicken to both boards and spine; fully decorative title and numerous other illustrations by Bawden within text, including tail pieces and chapter headings; The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition with boards lightly spotted and marked; Mild pushing to the spine tips; light spotting internally, mostly confined to the prelims and outer edge of text block. The book is protected in a removable Mylar cover. Heath's first (and arguably the finest), in a long series of cookery books written towards the middle of the twentieth century in collaboration with Edward Bawden's wonderfully enigmatic illustrations. A follow-up, 'More Good Food', was published the following year. With some of the recipes previously appearing in columns in The Manchester Guardian, The Morning Post and The News-Chronicle. Some of the illustrations were also taken by Bawden at the kitchens of The Horseshoe Tavern in London. Divided into monthly segments, Bawden asks only that a reader might give his recipes time ("Food that is worth eating cannot usually be flung together and dished up in a hurry") and willingness "to learn something of that graciousness of eating which has been lost or, rather, submerged since 1914". Recipes include 'Braised Duckling with Turnips', 'Banana Soufflé' and 'Lobster Pancakes'. Scarce as the first edition.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Very Good++