(Baking) Kirkland, John. The Modern Baker, Confectioner and Caterer: A Practical and Scientific Work for the Baking and Allied Trades

6 vols. Illus. profusely from photographs & drawings, incl. color frontispieces of confectioner's shops, cakes, famous pastry-makers, etc. Art Nouveau-dec. cloth. First Edition. London: Gresham, 1907.

An amazing and important work on everything about the confectionery and pastry trade in Victorian England, from sugarwork to shop interiors to laws binding the industry and equipment used. General shelf wear like rubbing to extremities, some fading to cloth, but generally very good condition. Scarce complete.