Jessie Conrad

275. 1st British ed. Famous preface by her husband by Joseph Conrad. 'Simple Cooking. Precepts for a Little House' with a preface by Joseph Conrad. 1921 subsequently titled as above. Conrad’s cookery book was simultaneously printed in New York by Doubleday, Page and Company. Leonard N. Beck in his book Two Loaf Givers devotes a page to Jessie with an illustration. illustrated cloth designed by William Nicholson

300. Dust jacket title: Home Cookery. Recipes of unusual and delicious dishes suitable for every household. This title is unseen in bibliographies.
CONRAD, Jessie, Emmeline, née George (1873-1936)

100. Preface by her famous husband, Joseph Conrad, 'The cookbook is the only product of the human mind altogether above suspicion.' 1st American edition. Red & blue ribbon bookmarks bound in.
'Simple Cooking. Precepts for a Little House' with a preface by Joseph Conrad. 1921 subsequently titled as above.