It Tastes Better. With Photographs by Simon Griffiths
Camberwell, Lantern/ Penguin, 2010. Presentation warmly inscribed and signed by the publisher on the contents page. More
Camberwell, Lantern/ Penguin, 2010. Presentation warmly inscribed and signed by the publisher on the contents page. More
Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1974 [first thus]/ 1970. A revised and expanded edition of 'Cooking a la Cordon Bleu'. More
Broome, Magabala Books, 1987. More
Boca Raton, CRC Press, 2011. Volume 8 in the Traditional Herbal Medicines for Modern Times series. More
St Leonards, Allen & Unwin, 1995. Signed in ink on the title page by both authors. From the front flap: 'Cheong's long-awaited collection of original recipes captures the essence of Australian cultural diversity in seven eclectic menus' (including one titled 'Adelaide Courtyard'). Foreword by Barbara Santich. More
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1968. More
Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing, 1998. More
Barcelona, Libreria de Zoilo Mayol, 1859 (second edition, revised and enlarged)/ 1851. 'The Modern Confectioner. Complete and Practical Treatise of Confectionery and Pastry, the Liquorist and all kinds of Refreshments pertaining to Pastry, with the Method of preparing all kinds of Preserves and Pickles' (and if you can read the..... More
Adelaide, Ellis Limited, [1924]. 'The Ellis Cafe organisation was formed about 1917 as bakers, pastry cooks, caterers, fruiterers and confectioners. The office and factory was at 120 Gouger Street, Adelaide, with a restaurant Covent Gardens at 50 (later 68) King William Street, the Arcadia Cafe in Bowman's Buildings, King William..... More
St Louis, The C.V. Mosby Company, 1935 (second, revised, edition)/ 1930. 'A complete revision of the book ... certain chapters, as, for example, the one on the Vitamins, have been almost completely rewritten ... A chapter on Allergy has been added' (Preface to the Second Edition). More
Adelaide, Woman's Christian Temperance Union of South Australia, 1949. More
East Melbourne, CSIRO, 1995. More
East Melbourne, CSIRO, 1995. More
London, I.B. Tauris, 1988. More
[Boston], Boston and Albany Railroad, 1894 ('6-5-'94'). Dinner was one dollar, and one could dine handsomely on Mackerel, Ribs of Beef or Spring Lamb, Fried Soft Shell Crabs, and all the trimmings. However, this pales beside the choices available on the wine list, commencing with seven varieties of Champagne ....... More
Melbourne, The Southern Cross Hotel, [1960s]. Quite apart from the hotel's boast of being 'Australia's Finest Hotel', this Coolibah Coffee Shop menu makes a special feature of their 'Steak Namatjira', 'a thin minute steak grilled to perfection and smothered in a tantalising Arnhem Land Sauce'. If that were not evidence..... More
[Adelaide], Cooper and Son, 1987. With a few related brochures and newspaper clippings loosely inserted. More
[Adelaide], Cooper and Son, 1987. Signed by Bill and Max Cooper. More
London, J. & A. Churchill, 1922. Provenance: Dr Lance Walters (Chief Brewer at the South Australian Brewing Co. from 1944 to the 1980s), with his early quirky bookplate ('XXX Libris'); the later inkstamp of the company's technical library is on the front flyleaf. More
Roseworthy, Roseworthy Agricultural College, [1982]. Number 24 of an unspecified limited edition. Copies in the standard binding, papered boards with a dustwrapper, state that the edition is 1000 copies, which presumably includes a modest quantity with this deluxe binding (which we have not seen before). More
Bordas, Dunod, 1983 (first edition). Text in French. More
Melbourne, National Press, [1944]. An account of a 15-week tour of the North Australian battle zones, and in particular the activities of the Army Farm Services. With the Harold Sheard bookplate (slightly foxed) designed by his wife Rose Lowcay mounted on the verso of the front cover. More
The photograph (image size 102 x 150 mm) is mounted as issued on a plain card. The photographer is not identified, but we suggest he was a travelling photographer working in South Australia, circa 1890s. The butcher is framed between two dead trees in a fairly harsh environment, with a...... More
London, Henry Kimpton, 1923 (fourth, entirely rewritten and enlarged, edition)/ 1911. 'In the twelve years that have elapsed since [the last edition], I have found it necessary to modify many of my views ... I have assumed that the more accurately artificial feeding is modelled on the natural method the..... More