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Lot 521: A Collection of Modern Cookbooks Including Titles by James Martin and The Hairy Bikers
A collection of modern hardcover cookbooks and culinary pamphlets, primarily featuring works by British celebrity chefs and specialist publishers. The group includes several titles by James Martin published by Mitchell Beazley and Collins, specifically Eating In with James Martin, Desserts with gold foil spine lettering, James Martin’s Great British Winter Cookbook, James Martin: The Collection, James Martin: My Kitchen, and James Martin’s Easy British Food. The collection further contains the professional culinary textbook Practical Cookery by Victor Ceserani and Ronald Kinton, published by Hodder and Stoughton. Other notable titles include The Hairy Dieters by Dave Myers and Si King, Chinese Cantonese Cooking by Deh-Ta Hsiung, and The Dukan Diet Life Plan by Pierre Dukan. The lot is rounded out with themed volumes such as Slow Cooking, Biscuits and Cookies, and Book of Cakes, alongside various paper-bound booklets and a red card folder titled Grange Cafe Primary Cookery Book.
Condition report:
The books are in good secondhand condition. Visible light shelf wear is present at the spine ends and corners of the hardback volumes and their respective dust jackets. Some spines show minor fading and surface rubbing consistent with domestic use. No significant staining, moisture damage, or structural failure is visible from the external inspection.
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