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Simon (André L.)

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An Autobiography.

Description: FIRST EDITION, frontispiece portrait by Youngman Carter and 4 further tissue-guarded plates, pp. ix, [2], 180, 8vo, original mid-blue cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt (partially against a pale blue ground) and gently faded, a couple of spots to top edge, good

Publication Details: [Printed at the Curwen Press for] The Wine and Food Society, 1957

Notes: Inscribed by the author, at Christmas 1959, 'To Nurse Broderick, with our thanks and good wishes, André L. Simon'. The first of Simon's two volumes of memoir, recounting his journey from Paris, to the heart of London's culinary scene - involved in various literary and epicurean societies, including founding the Wine and Food Society with A.J.A. Symons, he was 'regarded as the leading authority in the world on wine and gastronomy, although he himself never learned to cook' (ODNB).

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Price: £30

Subject: Sciences

Published Date: 1957

Stock Number: 72992

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