[COOKERY.] A Kitchen Goes to War. A Ration-Time Cookery Book with 150 Recipes Contributed by Famous People. Illustrated by Walter Holz. London: John Miles. [1940.]
8vo. Original printed card wrapper, dust-wrapper replicating the design; pp. xii, 113, [3], decorative headpieces; wrapper a little spotted and frayed, internally margins frayed due to paper stock, a very good copy of a great rarity.
First and only edition. Among the contributing celebrities of the day are John Gielgud, J. B. Priestley, Rebecca West, Marie Stopes, the wine writer André L. Simon and Agatha Christie. Her 'Mystery Potatoes' (without murder) involve cream and anchovies, whilst 'Omelet Agatha Christie' contains shrimp and tongue.
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