The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book First UK Edition, 1954.<br />Illustrated by Sir Francis Rose.
by Toklas, Alice B
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1954. First edition, 1954. Hardback. 288pp. Original cream buckram with gilt-titled green leather label to spine. Top edge tinted green. No jacket. Alice Babette Toklas (1877 - 1967) was the life partner of the writer Gertrude Stein. The cook book includes anecdotes about their many well-known friends and the recipes celebrate their time in Paris. This English first edition includes the famous recipe for "Hashich Fudge" from the Surrealist artist Brian Gysin. Toklas suggests that the recipe "might provide an entertaining refreshment for a Ladies' Bridge Club". This recipe was removed from the American and later editions. Provenance: From the library of John Arlott (1914 - 19991). English journalist, author, cricket commentator, poet and wine connoisseur. Black & white illustrations by Sir Francis Rose. Book in very good condition. A few very minor marks to boards. Half title browned, otherwise clean and bright. Foremargins of pages 15 -18 a little chipped.
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- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1308132
- Title
- The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book First UK Edition, 1954.Illustrated by Sir Francis Rose.
- Author
- Toklas, Alice B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Gertrude Stein, John Arlott
- Bookseller catalogs
- Food & Wine;
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Buckram
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- Half Title
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