A Book Of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth
Long acknowledged as the inspiration for such modern masters as Julia Child and Claudia Roden, A Book of Mediterranean Food is Elizabeth David's passionate mixture of recipes, culinary lore, and frank talk. In bleak postwar Great Britain, when basics were rationed and fresh food a fantasy, David set about to cheer herself —and her audience— up with dishes from the south of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and the Middle East. Some are sumptuous, many are simple, most are sublime.
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by DAVID, Elizabeth
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- 1952
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New York: Horizon Press, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition from English sheets. A bit of rubbing on the spine else near fine in evenly spine-toned very good or better dust jacket with light wear at the spinal extremities.
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by Elizabeth David
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- 1950
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth
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Horizon Press. Collectible - Very Good. NY: Horizon Press 1952. 1st. Hardcover 8vo 191 pgs. B/w illustrations. Very good in a near good dust jacket. Slight wear to spine ends. Owner's gift inscription in ink on the front endpaper. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket is edgeworn, chipped and toned. 1 inch by 5 inch piece missing at… Read more
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by Elizabeth David
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- 1958
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London: Macdonald & Co, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. John Minton. 1958 hardcover with dust jacket. The book is in very good condition clean, square and tight. top of spine and edges faded. corners sharp. The dust jacket is very good condition , clean and bright. top and bottom of spine and extremities are chipped and bumped with… Read more
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth
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- 1952
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New York: Horizon Press, 1952. First American edition of this remarkably influential cookbook, which first appeared in post-war Britain two years earlier, when food was bland and rationed; her introduction of previously-suspect ingredients and insistence that they be fresh and simply prepared was revolutionary. Small hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Edges & spine ends rubbed & frayed; jacket chipped with… Read more
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by DAVID, Elizabeth
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- 1950
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
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London: John Lehmann Ltd, 1955. Second-hand hardcover. David, Elizabeth. A Book of Mediterranean Food. (7th Imp) John Lehmann: London, 1955. 8vo (200x130mm) red dec cloth x,[2],13-191,[1]pp. (decoration by John Minton) VG-/VG- dj rubbed, chipped, 2 long closed tears; name to ffep; a few marginal notes
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth
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London: John Lehmann, 1951. 2nd imp.. Very Good. octavo. hardback in original cloth 191pp., illusts., index, Recipes from Provence, Greece, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Syria, Egypt, and North Africa. Illustrated by John Minton. Neat ownership inscription o/w nice copy
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth
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John Lehmann. 1951. Octavo, original cloth boards, b&w drawings by John Minton, pp 191. Marked to front board, otherwise in very good condition. Early printing of a culinary classic, the author's first book. Elizabeth David revolutionised English cooking. 2nd impression.
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by DAVID ELIZABETH
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London: John Lehmann, 1951. Hard Cover. (London: John Lehmann 1951). Second Impression First Published in May 1950. Publisher's original grey tweed cloth with backstrip blocked in brown and lettered in gilt. Numerous decoration by John Minton including frontispiece. A name on the FFEP, some marks to the boards in places, foxing to the early/late pages… Read more
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A Book of Mediterranean Food (Illustrated by John Minton)
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- 1951
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John Lehmann, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1951. Third Impression. 191 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and black and white illustrations throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and visible tanning to text block edges. Book is shaky. Boards have… Read more
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by Elizabeth David
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
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NYRB Classics, 2002. Paperback. New. 7.96 x 4.98 cm.
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
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London, UK: The Folio Society, 2008. Second-hand hardcover. decorations by John Minton; watercolours by Sophie MacCarthy. David, Elizabeth. A Book of Mediterranean Food & other writings. The Folio Society: London, 2008. 8vo (252x184mm) qtr bnd green cloth, illust bds, slipcase (preface by Julian Barnes; decorations by John Minton; watercolours by Sophie MacCarthy) Near Fine James Beard Book Awards -… Read more
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
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London, UK: John Lehmann, 1955. Second-hand hardcover. David, Elizabeth, A Book of Mediterranean Food. (7th Imp) John Lehmann: London, 1955. 8vo (205x130mm) red cloth bds, xi,[3],15-191[1]pp. (decorations by John Minton) VG-/- lacks dj (pieces glued to front bds & pastedown) bds marked; gift inscription;
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A Book of Mediterranean Food (Penguin Cookery Library)
by David, Elizabeth
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth
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- 1967
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Penguin. Good. 1967. Reprint Edition. Soft Cover. (I396) .
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A book of Mediterranean food
by DAVID, Elizabeth
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A Book Of Mediterranean Food
by Elizabeth David
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- 1951
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John Lehmann, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. Second Impression. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Moderate tape… Read more
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
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A Book of Mediterranean Food (New York Review Books Classics)
by David, Elizabeth
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by Elizabeth David
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- 1967
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A Book Of Mediterranean Food
by Elizabeth David
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- World of Rare Books
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- 1954
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John Lehmann, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. 6th impression. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. Illustrated by John Minton. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Grubby endpapers. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Slight stains to text block edges. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and… Read more
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by Elizabeth David
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- Eaglestones
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- 1958
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- Very Good
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- First Thus.
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$27.12
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London: MacDonald, 1958 Originally published in 1950 A Book of Mediterranean Food is based on a collection of recipes she made while living in France, Italy, the Greek islands and Egypt.She gives us hearty pasta and polenta dishes from Italy; aromatic and tangy salads from Turkey and Greece; and tasty seafood and saffron dishes from Spain.Whether it is the simplicity… Read more
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A Book of Mediterranean Food (New York Review Books Classics)
by David, Elizabeth
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by Elizabeth David
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- 2007
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Folio Society, 2007. Hardcover. Good. 2007. Fourth Printing. 265 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Illustrated cloth with a colour illustrated frontis and black and white illustrations throughout. Comes in a green slipcase. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Boards have minor rubbing and light bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends. Slipcase… Read more
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth
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- 1988
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UK: Dorling Kindersley, 1988. Long acknowledged as the inspiration for such modern masters as Julia Child and Claudia Roden, A Book of Mediterranean Food is Elizabeth David's passionate mixture of recipes, culinary lore, and frank talk. In bleak postwar Great Britain, when basics were rationed and fresh food a fantasy, David set about to cheer herself --and her audience-- up… Read more
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth
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- 1952
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1952. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo., 191 pp. Illus. with b&w decorations by John Minton. Acceptable, no dust jacket. Wear and soiling to covers; spine rubbed to the point that it is mostly illegible. Dampstain to top edge of front and rear endpapers; sparse spattering to fore-edge of text-block (presumably from being used in a kitchen). Contents clean and unmarked. Hinges… Read more
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A BOOK OF MEDITERRANEAN FOOD
by David, Elizabeth
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- Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976) (Bookdealer)
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- 1955
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GB: Penguin Handbooks, 1955. A tight fairly clean sound copy but text paper NOTICEABLY BROWNED. Rear cover also browned. Book is in good plus condition with very noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Thus. Paperback. G+. Illus. by John Minton.
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth
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- 1988
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Sydney: Collins, 1988. Revised Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 224pp, ills., incl. line drawings by John Minton. This is her first wonderful book, published originally in 1950 Size: Small 4to. Includes her introduction to 1950 edition and an intro also to this editions.
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth
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- 1960
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London: Penguin, 1960. reprint. Very Good. small octavo. softback with stiff wrappers 208pp., text ills., index, Recipes from Provence, Greece, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Syria, Egypt, and North Africa. Illustrated by John Minton. Paper browning & ownership signature o/w nice tight, clean copy
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by DAVID, Elizabeth
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- 1983
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(Middlesex): Penguin Books, 1983. Softcover. Good. Second revised edition. Trade paperback. 203pp. Pages age-toned, dampstain on bottom corners, wrappers creased and worn, a good only copy.
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth
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A book of Mediterranean Food
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Published by The Folio Society, London, 2007, 4th printing. Black cloth spine, illustrated paper covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Contained in a plaindark green slipcase. 10Ins x 7.25ins, xxii, 265pp plus 9pp colour plates painted by Sophie MacCarthy.Preface by Julian Barnes.. F in VG slipcase.
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A Book of Mediterranean Food (Penguin Cookery Library)
by Elizabeth David
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- 1988-01-05
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by Elizabeth David
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- 2008
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The Folio Society, 2008. Hardcover. Good. 2008. Fifth Printing. 265 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Green patterned paper covered boards with green cloth spine and gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Slipcase. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Binding throughout remains firm. Boards have light edgewear with minor corner bumping.… Read more
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by Elizabeth David
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- 2007
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Folio Society, 2007. Hardcover. Good. 2007. Fourth Printing. 265 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Illustrated cloth with a colour illustrated frontis and colour illustrated plates throughout. Comes in a green slipcase. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Boards have minimal rubbing and mild bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends. Slipcase has… Read more
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth
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A Book of Mediterranean Food: Recipes from Provence, Greece, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Syria, Egypt, and North Africa/ Elizabeth David; decorations by John Minton
by David, Elizabeth
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- 1960
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Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1960. First Edition. Softcover. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Browning to the wrappers and the pages. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical Description: 207 pages. Subjects: Cooking, Mediterranean. Cooking Regional & Ethnic Mediterranean. Cooking Specific Ingredients Herbs, Spices, Condiments. General cookery & recipes. Genre: Cookbook.
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by Elizabeth David
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- 1968
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- Book Club Edition
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London: The Cookery Book Club, 1968. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Firmly bound, navy blue boards. Small foxing on closed page edges. Jacket in poor to fair condition with dust spotting marks on the back, some rubbing, creases and tears, also some loss, mostly from the top edge.
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A Book of Mediterranean Food (Penguin Cookery Library)
by David, Elizabeth
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- 1998-05-28
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Penguin, 1998-05-28. Paperback. New. 1.5988 cent in x 18.9856 cent in x 12.5904 cent in.
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A Book of Mediterranean Food
by David, Elizabeth (Author)
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- 1998
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Penguin, 1998. Paperback. New. 240 pages.
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A Book of Mediterranean Food (Penguin Cookery Library)
by Elizabeth David
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- 1991
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Penguin, 1991. 203 pages. Would make nice gift.. Paperback. As New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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A Book of Mediterranean Food (Penguin Cookery Library)
by Elizabeth David
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- 1998-05-28
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