Serve it Forth
by Fisher, M F K
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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1937. Second-hand hardcover.
Fisher, M F K. Serve it Forth. [FIRST EDITION - UK] Hamish Hamilton: London, 1937. 8vo (210x135mm) orange, black lettered cloth, xii,[2],253,[5]pp, illustrated. Lacks dj; bds & spine faded; t.e soiled; front hinge repaired; faint foxing to prelims
FISHER, M F K [Mary Frances Kennedy (1908-1992)]
Serve it Forth.
London : Hamish Hamilton, 1937. First UK edition, Printed in the United States of America from the Harper & Brothers sheets.
Octavo (210x135mm) orange, black lettered cloth boards, orange end-papers, xii,[2],253,[5]pp, eight out of text plates, eleven illustrations.
Lacks dust jacket; spine and boards edges sunned; top edge soiled; front hinge repaired; faint foxing to preliminaries; corners gently bruised; tight backed; spine head split.
Fisher's first book. In her words, "about eating and about what to eat and about people who eat"¹. A collection of essays on eating ranging from the scholarly to the personal, examining classical and medieval meals and her own personal experiences. Researched and written in the Los Angeles Public Library during 1933-34 after Fisher had returned from living in France.
A solid copy.
§ Zealand & Tarpey-Schwed p.13;
¹ Serve it Forth, preface p4.
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- Books for Cooks
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- Title
- Serve it Forth
- Author
- Fisher, M F K
- Format/Binding
- Second-hand hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference & Food Writing;
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