Description

• Special Christmas Edition [Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1988]
• #382 of 400 copies SIGNED by Elizabeth David
• Grey boards, slightly sunned at top & bottom edges, small mark at bottom corner of block; in price-clipped jacket, tape-reinforced corners in protective plastic; tissue guard present over signed limitation page; a very good copy
• Italian Food, David’s third book, was first printed in 1954, then in this format [standard trade edition] in 1987. It was her first in-depth foray into Italian cuisine & remains a culinary classic
• A new, revised edition illustrated throughout with Italian paintings
• ISBN: 0712620001