| British Library: | 012215.f.1 |
| British Library: | 012215.f.1 |
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A CONCISE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF GASTRONOMY [swelled rule] SECTION IV CEREALS Comprising an Alphabetical List of Cereals, Grasses, Plants and Trees, the seeds, roots, fruits or pith of which are made into flour, meal or paste for human consumption; together with the description of various flours and meals, and a number of recipes, both old and new, for the making of Bread, Biscuits and Cakes, Macaroni, Noodles and Spaghetti; Pastry and Pastries, etc.; also an analytical table of Contents COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL DIRECTION OF ANDRÉ L. SIMON PUBLISHED BY THE WINE AND FOOD SOCIETY 30 GROSVENOR GARDENS LONDON, S.W.1
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First published in 1943 . . . Reprinted in 1948 . . .
[A]8 B-K8.
[i-iii] iv [v] vi-viii [ix] x-xvii [xviii,1] 2-141 [+1].
Demy 8o: 8½" × 5½", trimmed, white wove, no mark; 8didot Walbaum,(9pt. setting); 10didot Walbaum (11+1½pt. setting); casing brown cloth, gold-blocked up spine [within a double-rule border forming 3 panels, 1st panel] ‘Wine and Food Society’, 2nd panel: ‘IV [across spine, then upwards] CEREALS’, 3rd panel ‘Edited by André Simon’; printed dust-jacket lacking, presumably similar to Xda.
This is the fourth of 9 sections which together form this encyclopedia; it seems probable that each section was published in 2 versions, one hardback and the other paperback; also most sections were reprinted several times. Those copies examined either at Curwen or the B.L. are described here, but for some sections it has not been possible to trace and describe both versions. As a result evidence for the Date or the Wrapper colour of some sections may be lacking.
The complete set comprises I Vb Sauces, II Wb Fish, III Xd Vegetables, IV ZAb Cereals, V Yg Fruit, VI ZBs Birds, VII ZCr Meat, VIII ZDq Wine, IX ZDr Cheese + Analytical Index.
Where comparison of both editions has been possible the only changes found have been: the Society's address on the t.p.; the type of paper used; slight variation in page-size; one slight change in pagination; and of course the change in the note of the Impression on the verso of t.p.
Robin Phillips, 1963
| Curwen Press: | G50 |
| Aberystwyth University, Thomas Parry Library: | Simon 402 |
As ZAb.
Crown 8o: 8½"×5½", trimmed, white wove, no mark; 8didot Walbaum (9pt. setting); 10didot Walbaum (11+1½pt. setting); wrappers printed up spine: ‘A CONCISE ENCLYCLOPAEDIA OF GASTRONOMY [space] CEREALS’, and on upper and lower wrappers identicly: ‘[within a 42pt. border of decorative rules, a panel 6¾" × 3¾" printed orange, with lettering over in black as follows]:A CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GASTRONOMY SECTION IV CEREALS [block: knife fork and spoon surrounded by wreath of berries and grain] COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL DIRECTION OF ANDRÉ L. SIMON [short double rule] THE WINE AND FOOD SOCIETY LONDON’.
One of the books shown in J. Curwen & Sons Centenary Exhibition 1963 (see Ab7) in Bloomsbury.
Douglas Ball, Aberystwyth, reported 1/Apr/1977 that their copy of the paperback edition is 1945 reprint, the background colour of the wrapper being pale green.
