No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor crease to spine foot and creasing/tiny nick to upper rear edge. 278pp.

A well-researched history of English food and how and what we eat. We are guided through kitchens and dining rooms of noted gourmets in history, the pubs of Pepys, and bedrooms with Frank Harris. Plus recipes for long-forgotten dishes and for aphrodisiacs.