Davidson 1924 (24 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. With remainder mark. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

2nd edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Creased cover. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 425 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-398). Subjects; Cooking (Seafood). Fishes Mediterranean Sea. Shellfish Mediterranean Sea. Cooking, Mediterranean. Recipes - Food Mediterranean fish dishes Recipes. Food Mediterranean seafood dishes. Cookbooks. Recipes. How to cook. 1 Kg.

Illus. By Susan Alcantarilla (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988). 1988 1st edition. Large 8vo (170 x 248mm). Pp328. Colour illustrations by Susan Alcantarilla. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good copy in slightly used dust-wrapper. An excellent anthology of food writing. .

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2003). (1972) 2003 2nd edition. 8vo paperback with flaps (173 x 246mm). Pp368. B/w illustrations, map, extensive bibliography. New unread copy. A species by species guide to the fish, molluscs and crustaceans of the Indian Ocean, Indo-China and the East Indies, with comments on the palatability of each. Includes seaweeds, dolphins, dugongs, and a range of subsidiary vegetable ingredients. The second half of the book has a long section of recipes. "A remarkable combination of zoological catalogue and cook's bible." New, revised edition. This American second edition was published simultaneously with the British second edition. The two differ only in the title page and cover design. Davidson was a career diplomat who joined the Foreign Office after wartime service in the RNVR. Much of his writing explores the cuisine of the places he worked in. His first published book (with Giorgio Bini), Mediterranean Seafood, began life as the privately issued Seafood of Tunisia and the Central Mediterranean, written for his wife while living in Tunis. Davidson also had a spell as ambassador to Laos. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 17.99.

Second Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 429 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-398). Subjects; Cooking (Seafood). Fishes Mediterranean Sea. Shellfish Mediterranean Sea. Cuisine (Fruits de mer). Cooking (Fish). Cooking, Mediterranean. 3 Kg.

2nd edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Creased cover. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 425 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-398). Subjects; Cooking (Seafood). Fishes Mediterranean Sea. Shellfish Mediterranean Sea. Cooking, Mediterranean. Recipes - Food Mediterranean fish dishes Recipes. Food Mediterranean seafood dishes. Cookbooks. Recipes. How to cook. 1 Kg.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1979). (1979) Later reprint of 1980 edition. 8vo paperback (138 x 215mm). Pp512. B&w illustrations. Slightly rubbed - a good copy only. I have about twenty good books on fish and shellfish cookery. After Jane Grigson's 'Fish cookery', this is the most used of them. Davidson was a career diplomat who joined the Foreign Office after wartime service in the RNVR. Much of his writing explores the cuisine of the places he worked in. His first published book (with Giorgio Bini), Mediterranean Seafood, began life as the privately issued Seafood of Tunisia and the Central Mediterranean, written for his wife while living in Tunis. Davidson also had a spell as ambassador to Laos. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st US edition. 8vo (145 x 215mm). Ppxiv,274. B/w vignette illustrations. Maroon cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slightly bumped else very good in slightly bumped dust-wrapper. Forty-nine articles on food of the best sort, written with "erudition and charm [by] one of Britain's most discerning and authoritative writers on food". Includes the "Giant Gooseberry Competition of Yorkshire, gigantic fish [and] miniature vegetables". Davidson was a career diplomat who joined the Foreign Office after wartime service in the RNVR. Much of his writing explores the cuisine of the places he worked in. His first published book (with Giorgio Bini), Mediterranean Seafood, began life as the privately issued Seafood of Tunisia and the Central Mediterranean, written for his wife while living in Tunis. Davidson also had a spell as ambassador to Laos. Chapters are grouped into the following sections: A personal miscellany; Food science; The good things of life (ingredients); History (British cookery); Seafood - the giant of the Mekong, not yogurt with fish, fish liver in Shetland, sandals from the sea, a fishy tour round the North Sea, seafood through a fish-eye lens, fish in the Bosphorous, the harlot of Marseilles; Asia - the traditions of Laos, more bell-flower root please, plum meal, taking coffee seriously, the size of things to come, hallo halo-halo, sticky fingers, three meals in Phuket, Vietnamense food, the fish sauces of Vietnam and south-east Asia, European eels in Japan; Cheese - British cheeses a historical introduction, the hard cheeses of England, soft cheeses revived, the noble blues, Welsh and Scottish cheeses; Tailpiece, a kipper with my tea. .

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; from the library of the noted food and wince critic Hugo Dunn-Meynell with his bookplate. Notes; Inserted Invitation to book launch from publisher addressed to Alice Woolodge Salmon and description letter of book from publisher. Physical description; 208p. Subjects; Cooking. Seafood. Fish. Fish cookery. Genres; illustrated. text. 3 Kg.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1979). (1979) Later reprint of 1980 edition. Small 8vo paperback (130 x 198mm). Pp512. B&w illustrations. Slight use - good-plus. I have about twenty good books on fish and shellfish cookery. After Jane Grigson's 'Fish cookery', this is the most used of them. Davidson was a career diplomat who joined the Foreign Office after wartime service in the RNVR. Much of his writing explores the cuisine of the places he worked in. His first published book (with Giorgio Bini), Mediterranean Seafood, began life as the privately issued Seafood of Tunisia and the Central Mediterranean, written for his wife while living in Tunis. Davidson also had a spell as ambassador to Laos. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. Large 4to (230 x 300mm). Pp208. Beathiful illustrations by Charlotte Knox. Dark blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in silver. Edges dusty but a very good copy in used dust-wrapper. A beautifully "illustrated celebration of the world's seafood divides the fish, crustaceans and molluscs of the world's oceans into clearly organized family groups. The author selects a representative member of each family of species, describes it and uses it in a traditional recipe. Each article is accompanied by an accurate, life-size portrait of the fish in the style of a botanical plate." .

2nd edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Spine and covers creased as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 512 pp.: ill, 4 maps,1 coat of arms,1 port ; 20 cm. Subjects; Cooking (Seafood). Food North Atlantic seafood dishes. 3 Kg.

Second Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 429 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-398). Subjects; Cooking (Seafood). Fishes Mediterranean Sea. Shellfish Mediterranean Sea. Cuisine (Fruits de mer). Cooking (Fish). Cooking, Mediterranean. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Very slightly dust-toned bottom edge, but remains very well-preserved overall -- tight, bright, clean and strong, with especially sharp corners. Physical description; xviii, 892 pages : illustrations (black and white). Notes; Illustrations by Soun Vannithone. Contents; Introduction -- Contributors -- Listing of entries by subject -- Notes on using this book -- Text -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements. Subjects; Food Encyclopedias. Food habits Encyclopedias. Cookery Encyclopedias. Food history. 3 Kg.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2002). (1972) 2002 new pbk edition. Paperback. Pp432. B/w illustrations, map, extensive bibliography, French-fold covers. Fine new copy. Two-hundred Mediterranean fish recipes, classic and obscure. New revised edition. "A handbook giving the names in seven languages of 150 species of fish, with 50 crustaceans, molluscs and other marine creatures, and an essay on fish cookery, with over 200 recipes from the Mediterranean and Black Sea countries. This classic .is at once a cookery book and a hungry naturalist's guide to the edible marine life of the Mediterranean sea". Davidson was a career diplomat who joined the Foreign Office after wartime service in the RNVR. Much of his writing explores the cuisine of the places he worked in. Mediterranean Seafood (with Giorgio Bini) was Davidson's first published book. It began life as the privately issued Seafood of Tunisia and the Central Mediterranean which he wrote for his wife when they were living in Tunis. .

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; from the library of the noted food and wince critic Hugo Dunn-Meynell with his bookplate. Notes; Inserted Invitation to book launch from publisher addressed to Alice Woolodge Salmon and description letter of book from publisher. Physical description; 208p. Subjects; Cooking. Seafood. Fish. Fish cookery. Genres; illustrated. text. 1 Kg.

2nd edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Spine and covers creased as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 512 pp.: ill, 4 maps,1 coat of arms,1 port ; 20 cm. Subjects; Cooking (Seafood). Food North Atlantic seafood dishes. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Very slightly dust-toned bottom edge, but remains very well-preserved overall -- tight, bright, clean and strong, with especially sharp corners. Physical description; xviii, 892 pages : illustrations (black and white). Notes; Illustrations by Soun Vannithone. Contents; Introduction -- Contributors -- Listing of entries by subject -- Notes on using this book -- Text -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements. Subjects; Food Encyclopedias. Food habits Encyclopedias. Cookery Encyclopedias. Food history. 1 Kg.

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 133 pages: illustrations, 1 map; 19 cm. Subjects: Puddings Great Britain History. Puddings Europe History. Cooking (Puddings). Cooking, English History. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 3 Kg.

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 133 pages: illustrations, 1 map; 19 cm. Subjects: Puddings Great Britain History. Puddings Europe History. Cooking (Puddings). Cooking, English History. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Hardcover.

Großes Porträtfoto (quer 8°, aufgezogen auf Karton), auf dem Untersatzkarton von dem Ministerpräsident von Baden-Württemberg und den drei frischgebackenen Kammersängern eigenhändig signiert (07. Juli 1981 : Ministerpräsident Lothar Späth händigt den Mitgliedern des Opernensembles Astrid Schirmer, Michael Davidson und Franz Mazura im Nationaltheater die Urkunden über den verliehenen Titel Kammersängerin bzw. Kammersänger aus. Oberbürgermeister Wilhelm Varnholt und Intendant Arnold Petersen sind zugegen.).

Limited edition. Signed and inscribed. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 366p. Subjects; Cooking (Seafood). Cooking, Southeast Asian. Fishes Asia, Southeastern. Shellfish Asia, Southeastern. Fishes Southeast Asia. 3 Kg.

Limited edition. Signed and inscribed. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 366p. Subjects; Cooking (Seafood). Cooking, Southeast Asian. Fishes Asia, Southeastern. Shellfish Asia, Southeastern. Fishes Southeast Asia. 1 Kg.