DATES: PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, FOOD, AND MEDICINAL VALUES (MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS - INDUSTRIAL PROFILES)
Written by A. Manickavasagan; M. Mohamed Essa; E. Sukumar; et al.
Stock no. 1831247
Published by CRC Press. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

This text covers the post-harvest operations and processing of dates, physical, chemical, structural, and sensory properties of dates as human food. The authors also discuss the value of low quality dates and byproducts as cattle feed. The final section focuses on the potential medicinal values of dates. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and a few colour. xviii and 415 pages including index. ISBN: 9781439849453. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

ENTERTAINING WITH CRANKS
Written by Kay Canter; Daphne Swann. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830973
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Following the enormous success of The Cranks Recipe Book, there has been great demand for a sequel suitable for entertaining and celebrating. The recipes in this book are based on the popular 'Dine and Wine' evening menus at Cranks famous London restaurant in Marshall Street, and represent the very best of wholefood vegetarian cookery. Beige cloth boards with brown title to spine. Two-tone colour illustrations, a few colour photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 046004706X. Boards clean. Text block slightly dusty. Small brown mark to vertical edge of rear endpaper. A few pale foxspots and a few marks to contents. Light browning to page edges. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby.

FOOD AND WINE ADVENTURES
Written by Jancis Robinson. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830971
Published by Headline Book Publishing PLC. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author is one of the world's best-loved authorities on wine. A Master of Wine, a respected wine judge and lecturer. A book to bring joie de vivre to gourmets and wine lovers, promoting the pure pleasure of honest experience and delightful experiment. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w wood engravings. 96 pages including index. ISBN: 0747200300. Boards clean. A few scattered foxspots, mainly to endpapers and text block. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lighltly sunned to spine, foxing to verso (not visible to front).

MRS. BEETON'S HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT
Written by Mrs. Isabella Beeton.
Stock no. 1330576
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Circa 1925. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red leather embossed spine, gilt titles, brown cloth covers. 1680 pages + 8 pages of advertisements. Colour and b/w plates. A hefty volume. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some hinges pulled/cracked but binding still nice and tight. Slight musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with repairs on verso, section of loss to top corner of rear panel. Exceptionally scarce in dustwrapper.

IMPROVING ORGANIC CROP CULTIVATION
Written by Ulrich Kopke.
Stock no. 1826660
Published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science No. 47. Pictorial glazed boards. A physical copy printed on Demand by Lightning Source. A few colour photos and charts. ISBN: 9781786761842. Text block very slightly grubby. Contents clean.

CUMIN (CUMINUM CYMINUM): PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING
Written by M. Kafi; M.H. Rashed Mohassel; A. Koocheki; M. Nassiri.
Stock no. 1826559
Published by Science Publications Inc.. Circa 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Cumin is a spice widely used in the medicinal, cosmetic and food industry. It is a cash crop for the dry areas of South Asia and the Middle East. This book contributes to the better understanding of different aspects of cumin including history, botany, production, ecophysiology, crop protection, genetics, economics and processing. Green glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 1578085047. Still in original shrinkwrap which is splittling along the lower edge.

NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS: FOOD, HEALTHCARE AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Written by Azamal Husen; Rakesh Kumar Bachheti; Archana Bachheti.
Stock no. 1825092
Published by Springer. 1st 2021. Slightly better than very good condition.

This book provides a wide spectrum of information on NTFPs, including important references. The main NTFPs comprise herbs, grasses, climbers, shrubs, and trees used for food, fodder, fuel, beverages, medicine, animals, birds and fish for food, fur and feathers, as well as their products like honey, lace, silk and paper. A very uyseful reference book for students and researchers in various disciplines of forestry, botany, medical botany, economic botany, ecology, agroforestry, and biology. Green cardwraps. ISBN: 9783030730796. Minor mark to text block. Corners lightly creased. Light scuffing to rear cover. Contents clean.

SNIPE AND WOODCOCK
Written by L.H. De Visme Shaw; Richard J. Ussher; Alexander Innes Shand. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; Charles Whymper.
Stock no. 2136036
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1903. Almost very good condition.

Fur, Feather & Fin series. Beige pictorial boards, red and gilt titles. B/w plates. With chapters on Snipe and Woodcock in Ireland by Ussher; Cookery by Shand. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Damp staining to prelims and top of page edges.

THE GROUSE
Written by H.A. MacPherson; A.J. Stuart-Wortley; George Saintsbury. Illustrated by A.J. Stuart-Wortley; Archibald Thorburn.
Stock no. 2136034
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1894. Almost very good condition.

Fur and Feather Series. Beige pictorial cloth, red and gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small damp stain to bottom corner of rear cover. Foxing and browning throughout. A couple of page edges are uncut.

THE ENGLISH ART OF COOKERY
Written by Richard Briggs.
Stock no. 816819
Published by G.G. And J. Robinson. 1794. Very good condition.

According to the Present Practice; Being a Complete Guide to All Housekeepers on a Plan Entirely New Consisting of 38 Chapters. 12 b/w illustrations of Bills of Fare. Modern tan full leather binding with red title label and gilt title to spine. xx + 564 pages. Bookplate of Eleanor Lowenstein to front cover, the author of 'The Bibliography Of American Cookery Books 1742-1860'. First few pages are foxed at edges, light browning to contents which in general are very good indeed. In a very handsome binding.