J. M. Dent, 1969, Hardcover, Book Condition: Damaged, Dust Jacket Condition: Poor, First, Illustrated By: Photographic

750 g; 218 pages, includes French index of recipes, and index of recipes and subjects. Illustrated with monotone photographs, colour frontispiece, and drawings by Christiane Neuville, edited with a foreword by Theodora Fitzgibbon. The decorated front board shows signs of water damage on the right-hand side, and there is foxing to the edges of the text block and to the first few and last few pages. The dust jacket is rubbed, chipped, torn, and shows signs of water damage on the underside. The classical French recipes are explained in a simple and practical way, and there are chapters on using pressure cookers, refrigerators, barbecue, and even slate cooking (A. method used in Andorra) which is reminiscent of the lava rock cooking that had a vogue in the 1980s. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; ISBN: 0460076639. ISBN/EAN: 9780460076630. Inventory No: 0219711.