Cocoa and Chocolate: Their History from Plantation to Consumer
London: Chapman & Hall, 1920. First Edition. Octavo; xii, 210pp; Bibliography; Index. Extensively illustrated. Offsetting to endpapers, very light foxing to page edges, else a Fine copy in publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in gold with 'beans' and 'cup of chocolate' devices to boards; the dust jacket has extremity wear with a small loss to upper corner. Item #21023
This book is the author's attempt to cover all things cocoa for the general reader. To that end, chapters are dedicated to the history, cultivation, manufacture and consumption of chocolate. Of particular note is the bibliography provided at the end of "Important Books on Cocoa and Chocolate." Arthur Knapp was a research chemist at Cadbury's and a leading expert in his day.
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