HEATH, Ambrose; Edward BAWDEN [Illus.] ~ Good Soups

FIRST UK PRINTING. Faber & Faber Ltd, London: 1935

8vo., publisher's boards blocked in red and blue, with titles and the image of a soup dish to the upper board; salt shaker to lower; lettered along backstrip; together in the repeat dustwrapper (2s. 6d. net to the inside front flap); decorative title page; THE BOOK a good to very good copy, browned at edges and with light pushing to the spine ends; lightly bumped at corners; text block with mild shelf-lean; sporadic spotting throughout, especially prevalent at the endpapers and paste-downs; also affecting the outer edges; Henry Sotheran sticker to front paste-down at the gutter; the DUSTWRAPPER very good, darkened to panels and along spine with creases to folds, some chipping, mostly affecting the upper edge (max depth 1cm); otherwise unclipped and unrestored. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. First edition, first printing. Another collaboration between Ambrose Heath (one of the best-regarded food writers of his day) and Edward Bawden, the celebrated illustrator who would later go on to be a renowned war artist. Heath wrote prolifically on the subject of food throughout the 20th century, and many of his books were illustrated by Bawden with the bold and often humorous illustrations for which he is perhaps best known today. Here, a whole menagerie of soups are described, from thin to thick, fish to meat to vegetables, hot and cold, as well as crémes, consommés, potages, pureés and veloutés. Despite the diversity, Heath was keen to provide recipes which would suit any household budget, with most ingredients readily available at the time of publication.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Very Good
JACKET: Very Good