(*NEW ARRIVAL) (Food History) Dorothy Hartley. Water in England

Illus. Jacket. First Edition. London: Macdonald, [1964].

Hartley's book Food of England is considered to be the authoritative book on the subject. Taken for granted now, indoor plumbing for almost all was a twentieth century development. Born in 1893, the author had first hand experience of houses without indoor sanitation, describing the indoor earth closets still in use in the early twentieth century - including those at Newnham College, Cambridge. For personal hygiene, cooking, and laundry, using the right kind of water was essential, and even when piped water was available, hoteliers continued to supply rainwater for hair washing.

Before piped supplies managed by local authorities then regional companies, protecting that water from pollutants was a householder's responsibility. Dorothy Hartley celebrates too, the role of water in leisure, including, for pilgrims, the pre-Reformation cruise ships operated by the Knights Templar and Hospitallers. As she says, ' the word 'pilgrim' was elastic.'

Bookplate of William Magnus Tullberg; William founded Tracklements in England in 1970, and during his 35-year career there he was instrumental in forging the business’s innovative approach to condiments – including the invention of wholegrain mustard, a widely appreciated result of following his endless food curiosity.

Small pieces of jacket lacking from uppr areas, else very good.

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