VG tight clean copy not priceclipped in VG protected DJ. withsigns of slight rubbing along top edge. 6.5"x9.5"tall . Renowned for his work with the poor in the Irish famine and the time spent in the Crimea alongside Florence Nightingale. Soyer is well known for his years as chef at the Reform Club. The book is divided into Chapters 1:- Prologue followed by 2:=Chef at the Reform, 3:- the Poor, 4:- All Nations, 5:- the Troops, 6:- Epilogue. plus 1 page of Bibliography. This is a portrait of the man through his own writings