Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2002
ISBN 10: 0747556032 ISBN 13: 9780747556039
Seller: 2Vbooks, Derwood, MD, U.S.A.
Hard cover. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Roberts, Bruce (illustrator). New edition. New edition. 208 p. Includes Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. HC 341.
Published by Heinemann, London, 1952
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Xiv, 192 pages, colour illustrations. Publisher's original dark pink cloth with blind-stamped Venus device to the bottom right-hand corner of the front board and with gilt lettering to the spine. Top edge aquamarine blue (slightly faded). A bookseller's ticket to the front paste-down otherwise a VG+ copy (no inscriptions) in a dustwrapper that is VG with a slightly darkened spine and miniscule fraying/shallow loss at the head and tail of the spine. The back panel is nice and clean. A collection of supposed aphrodisiacs. Great cover art and full-page chapter decorations by Bruce Roberts. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Published by Heinemann, London, 1952
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY (FOR YOUR PERSONAL READING) of the First UK Edition. Xiv, 192 pages, colour illustrations. Publisher's olive wraps. A VG copy (no inscriptions). No proof dustwrapper. Uncommon in proof state (the first we have handled). Photographs/scans available upon request.
Published by Heinemann, London, 1952
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bruce Robbets (illustrator). 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover chips and tears. First published 1952. Introduction by Graham Greene.
Published by Heinemann, London, 1952
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: William Heinemann Ltd 1952). First UK Edition. Publisher's original dark pink cloth with blind-stamped Venus device to the bottom right-hand corner of the front board and with gilt lettering to the spine. Top edge aquamarine blue b(slightly faded). Faint offsetting to both sets of end-papers and a bookseller's ticket to the front paste-down otherwise a fine copy in a near fine D/W with a touch of foxing to the verso and a slither of shallow loss at the head and tail of the spine (not affecting any lettering). A collection of supposed aphrodisiacs. A much nicer copy than normally seen of this classic recipe book. Great cover art and full-page chapter decorations by Bruce Roberts. Photographs/scans available upon request.