Time Life Foods of the World by The Editors of Time-Life Books

The Editors of Time-Life Books & Ors. The Foods of the World. [FIRST EDITION - Japan] Time-Life Books: Tokyo, 1972-74. 15 vol, 14 in slipcases w/ recipe vol: 4to (280x215mm) pict bds 212pp + 8vo (230x150mm) wire bnd pict bds various pps. In Japanese

THE EDITORS OF TIME-LIFE BOOKS with various authors.

The Foods of the World


Tokyo : Time-Life Books, 1972-1974. First Japanese Editions. Printed by Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

Fifteen volumes, fourteen in slipcases with matching recipe volumes: quarto (280x215mm) pictorial boards 212pp + octavo (230x150mm) wire bound pictorial stiff card boards, various paginations.  In Japanese.  Some shelfwear to some slipcases, one repaired; quarto volumes generally near fine, some faint foxing and light buckling in a few volumes; octavo volumes near fine.


Editor in charge Nakanori Tashiro; supervised by Tomi Egami.

Bailey, Adrian. British Food. 
Brown, Dale. American Food.
Brown, Dale. Scandinavian Cuisine. supervised by
Claiborne, Craig & Franny, Pierre L. Classic French Cuisine.
Feebleman, Peter S. Spanish/Portuguese Food.
Fisher, M F K. French Cuisine.
Hahn, Emily. Chinese Cuisine.
Hazelton, Nika Standen. German Cuisine.
Papashvily, Helen & Papashvily, George. Russian Food.
Rau, Santha Rama. Indian Cuisine.
Root, Waverley. Italian Food.
Steinberg, Rafael. Pacific/Southeast Asian Cuisine.
Waugh, Alec. Wine & Liquor.
and
Ikeda, Yasaburo & Wakamori, Taro & Makita, Shigeru & Misumi, Haruo & Tada, Tetsunosuke & Kamata, Hisako & Tsuji, Yoshikazu. Japanese Event Cuisine.
Totsuka, Fumiko. Japanese Cuisine (No. 1). Lacks slipcase and recipe volume.

The final two volumes on Japanese cuisine are unique to the Japanese edition.

Scarce.  A lovely set