Kitchen Book

First edition, first impression. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some slight foxing to page fore edges, slight yellowing to back jacket, but jacket still quite bright and unsunned, price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 192pp. Nicolas Freeling, born Nicolas Davidson (1927-2003), was best known as the creator of Inspector Piet Van der Valk, what is less well known is that he began his working life as a commis chef in the kitchen of a large French hotel, this is his witty and succinct tribute to those years.