Devon Books 2001 (4 results)

1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. 200, illus with coloured and b&w photos (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper and half title).

200 p. Cloth with dustjacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Pictorial covers. A fine copy. Folk tale memories as illustrated and interpreted in the fairy story of Hansel and Gretel, Joan P. Alcock; Madeleines and other aides-me moires: the importance of food references in Proust's Recherche, Rose Arnold; Omiyage: constructed memories and reconstructed travel in Japan, Michael Ashkenazi; Language of flavour : learning and memory, Anthony Blake; Amarcord: the flavour of buried memories, John F. Carafoli; Spice memories, Fred Czarra ; Dining with the Caesars / Andrew Dalby; Journeys through smell and taste: home, self, identity / Ferda Erdinc ; Whisky sours, flapjacks and woodsmoke : a century in the life of an Adirondack picnic, Elizabeth Field [etc].…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good -. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Offers a fascinating insight into the remarkable view of health, personality and fate. Introduces the reader to the basic principles of Chinese medicine and astrology. Includes the concepts of Yin and Yang and of the five elements. Further chapters describe the different types of face as classified in Chinese face reading. Faces are grouped according to five elements (wood, metal, earth, fire and water). This section also introduces the basic characteristics associated with each face type. 127 pages including index. Illustrated. Dust jacket has some wear notable a mended tear and a bit of minor creasing on back close to upper corner and side edge. Another small, mended tear along top edge at spine.…