A Taste of Tradition: The Story of the Samworth Family Business (1896-1996)

First edition, first impression.  xx. [2], 202pp, with black and white illustrations.  Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine. 8vo.  Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.  In its original, slightly shelf worn, dust jacket, just a tad bumped on extreme edges. An account of the history of Samworth Brothers, a leading British food processor and manufacturing which started out as a small one-man-band pig dealing business in Birmingham in the late 19th century.  Among other things, the firm today manufactures well-known brands such as  Ginster's Cornish Pasties and Soreen malt loaf and operates the High Street fast food outlet,  West Cornwall Pasty Company.