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not a book, but the guardian website have a 'how to make the perfect...' series where they test bake and evaluate the different choices from various prochef recipes and then amalgamate an 'ideal' recipe from the pieces.
Quite nice as they are transparent about the recipes/choices they make which in turn allows you to alter back to other options as you prefer/see fit. If nothing else it often serves as a perfunctory literature review of other recipes.
For example:
Apple and Blackberry pie
kkg337-
Oh nice.
So I looked... and it seems ace, and this is the top level https://www.theguardian.com/food/series/how-to-cook-the-perfect----
461 recipes.
There must be a book! And there is... there are two.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Perfect-Essential-Recipes-Every-Repertoire/dp/1905490836/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Perfect-Too-Essential-Recipes-Repertoire/dp/0241003121/I've already ordered the Grigson, but have added these to my Wish List https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3GD2QRMGLDYQ9?ref_=wl_share I'm reasonably good at buying the most recent things on there... obviously not true of the books I added a decade ago.
Velocio
Ah, I shouldn't have used the word 'original', perhaps definitive is better. Just the most common version of a recipe - only refined to be better than average in taste and texture - rather than the "my lemon drizzle has chocolate chips because why not!" kind.