Books

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 dust-jacket 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.