Colonel Kenney Herbert ("Wyvern") — Fifty Breakfasts
London; New York, Edward Arnold, c.1895 (Undated, dated approxima. Cloth. London; New York: Edward Arnold, c.1895 (Undated, dated approximately from copy held by the University of Leeds Library). Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. An uncommon cookery book detailing a wide range of breakfast ideas. A breakfast cookery book, penned by Arthur Robert Kenney-Herbert, who wrote articles on Anglo-Indian cooking using the pen-name "Wyvern".Kenney-Herbert also notably penned a vegetarian cookery book, though he didn't adhere to the diet himself.In original red pictorial boards, and featuring several illustrated monochrome advertisements to endpapers. Bound in original red pictorial boards. Externally, smart. Book has a backwards lean. Mild rubbing to extremities. Mild marks to boards. Front hinge slightly starting, but firm. Slight age toning to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Slight spotting to text block edges. Multiple ink inscriptions to title page. Small tide mark to title page and approx. 5 pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .