The Book Shed

Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book; jacket is edgeworn with closed tears, small chips, creases, price clipped. In brodart protector. Clean and unmarked. First printing / edition stated. Drawings by Vladimir Bobri. Beard's fifth book, scarce in first printing with dust jacket. The book was written with British journalist Alexander Watt. Beard, who was just coming to prominence, did his bit to introduce American audiences to French cuisine. Gastronomic tour of post-war Paris with recipes from each of the restaurants written about. "The long cherished, secret recipes of sixty great Parisian chefs."--from the jacket. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!