Published by The Wine and Food Society, London, 1951
First Edition Signed
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of wine merchant and gourmand Andre Simon's guide to pairing foods and wines. Inscribed by Simon to the verso of the front wrap by the author and his wife, 'with all best wishes from Andre & Edith Simon, Christmas 1957'.An uncommon first edition, offering an informative and concise guide to 'the game of wine and food match-making'.The work of André Simon, a French-born wine merchant, writer, and one of the foremost authorities on wine in 20th-century Britain. In 1933, he founded the Wine and Food Society to cultivate a broader understanding of good food and wine, shaping modern wine culture in the English-speaking world, and publishedthe influential A Concise Encyclopedia of Gastronomy. In the publisher's paper wraps. Externally, fine. Inscription to verso of front free endpaper. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine. signed by author. book.