Trader Vic's Book of Food & Drink (SIGNED COPY) by Trader Vic - 1946

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946. Edge and corner wear; no dj; heavy damage to the lower corner of the front board (appears to be chewed); lightly scuffed and scratched; some outer page edge soil; some light shelf wear; overall still a nice collectible SIGNED FIRST EDITION (stated first edition)! Flatsigned by the author on the ffep! Brown cloth with green and brown illustration and brown lettering on the front board and green lettering and tan illustration on the spine. 272 very clean unmarked and uncreased fun-filled and appetizing pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color illustrations! "My secretary, my bookkeeper, my storekeeper, the garbage collector, the waiters, even my customers will be greatly relieved when I finish this volume. It's been cooking for about two years and has been in everyone's hair, including my own thinning locks. Maybe I have no damn business writing it, as I'm no writer, and I haven't spent years and years traveling around prying recipes from great chefs or the lone descendants of ancient families.........." ------ from the Preface (SIGNED COPY).. First Edition. Tan Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Guy Huze; William F. M. Kay . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.