Author: DAVID, ELIZABETH
Title: French Provincial Cooking
Description: London, Michael Joseph. 1960, First Edition. Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Renny, Juliet. Book, 493 pages. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt on red ground, pictorial design to upper board in red, red top-stain. With the rare dust jacket which has been professionally restored. Pages 247-250 have been re-stitched by a professional bookbinder. First edition, first impression of the author's most influential work, some light staining to bottom edge. David (1913-1992) taught herself Mediterranean-style cooking while living abroad during the early 1940s, and began writing a food column for Harper's Bazaar in 1949, to her amazement the only place you could buy olive oil in England at that time was the chemist!. Good/Good.

Keywords: Renny, Julietcookery Cooking Food Recipes French France European


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