New edition, revised and enlarged. 4p ads, frontispiece, xxx, 239, 2 folding plates. Title to xiv loosening, light spotting to first few pages. Marbled boards, rebacked in green cloth, retaining original label. Includes 6 Bills of Fare, showing desserts for up to 30 people. Unusual book with more information on technique and the working of equipment e.g. avoiding lumps in ice cream and the correct use of the early sorbetiere machines. Bookplate of Jill Norman, award winning writer and editor on food and drink, and literary executor of Elizabeth David.