The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book; Illustrations by Sir Francis Rose
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Rose, Sir Francis. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 288 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. True first edition with the errata slip between the index and preface. Born is San Francisco in 1877, Toklas made her way to France after the 1906 Earthquake. Toklas arrived in Paris in 1907 and immediately met Gertrude Stein - they would spend the rest of Stein's life living and working together. In this Cookbook/Memoir, Toklas writes about French food with American sensibilities in mind - for instance, as an American, one substitutes ingredients when they are not on hand. Boards and interior clean and crisp, dust wrapper very lightly rubbed at spine. Orange and green boards. Near fine, in Near fine dust wrapper. Item #3282
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