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French Country Cooking.
by DAVID, Elizabeth; MINTON, John (illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, John Lehmann, 1951. . First edition, first impression; 8vo; full-page illustrations and decorations by John Minton throughout, previous owner's signature to front free endpaper; publisher's beige cloth, brown decorative panel and gilt lettering to spine, slight offsetting to endpapers, minor spotting to fore-edge, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket by John Minton, without fading, loss or tears; a near-fine example.
An exceptional copy of this first edition of Elizabeth David's second book, still a core text and inspiration for any aspiring cook over seventy years on. Rare in this condition.
An exceptional copy of this first edition of Elizabeth David's second book, still a core text and inspiration for any aspiring cook over seventy years on. Rare in this condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 109286
- Title
- French Country Cooking.
- Author
- DAVID, Elizabeth; MINTON, John (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, John Lehmann, 1951.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Shapero Rare Books
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London, London
About Shapero Rare Books
Specialising in rare books on Travel & Voyages, Natural History, Literature (including modern first editions), Children's Books, Guide Books, Judaica & Hebraica, titles of Russian interest, and Islamica.
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