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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Elizabeth David

French Country Cooking (First Edition)

Published: John Lehmann Ltd., London, 1951

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London: John Lehmann Ltd., 1951

8vo (20 x 13.2 x 2.1cm) xi + 247pp. Original hardcover binding with dust jacket. Gilt lettering to spine. With frontispiece and various fine illustrations.

First Edition, published 1951

French Country Cooking is filled with Elizabeth David's authentic recipes drawn from across the regions of France. Showing how each area has a particular and unique flavour for its foods, derived as they are from local ingredients, Elizabeth David explores the astonishing diversity of French cuisine. Her recipes range from the primitive pheasant soup of the Basque country to the refined Burgundian dish of hare with cream sauce and chestnut puree. French Country Cooking is Elizabeth David's rich and enticing cookbook that will delight and inspire cooks everywhere. Elizabeth David (1913-1992) is the woman who changed the face of British cooking. Having travelled widely during the Second World War, she introduced post-war Britain to the sun-drenched delights of the Mediterranean and her recipes brought new flavours and aromas into kitchens across Britain. (googlebooks.com)

Condition: Dust jacket in poor condition, with open tears to front and top of spine with sections missing, and to bottom edge of rear. Chipping and light wear to edges of dust jacket, which has been covered with protective Brodart plastic sleeve. Book in very good condition. Very small bump to tail of spine. Minor stain to fore edge of the front free endpaper, and small crease to half title page. Text is clean, and copy is well bound.

Reserve: $90

Estimate: $200-300

  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 8vo
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