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BELLA TUSCANY; The Sweet Life in Italy
by Mayes, Frances
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0767902831
- ISBN 13
- 9780767902830
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Broadway, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, reddish brown quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over olive boards; sketch of the Tuscan home site as frontispiece, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a Tuscan verdant hillside; reddish brown endpapers; xiv, [xv-xvi] + 286 pages. Solid, clean copy. Slight crimping to the top of the dj's spine. No remainder marks.<br/> <br/> "How sweet it is!" to quote Jackie Gleason...now recontextualized and wonderfully realized in this charming book and memoir on life and delicioso food in Tuscany.
Synopsis
Frances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites us back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food, there and throughout Italy.A companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany is Frances Mayes's passionate and lyrical account of her continuing love affair with Italy. Now truly at home there, Mayes writes of her deepening connection to the land, her flourishing friendships with local people, the joys of art, food, and wine, and the rewards and occasional heartbreaks of her villa's ongoing restoration. It is also a memoir of a season of change, and of renewed possibility. As spring becomes summer she revives her lush gardens, meets the challenges of learning a new language, tours regions from Sicily to the Veneto, and faces transitions in her family life. Filled with recipes from her Tuscan kitchen and written in the sensuous and evocative prose that has become her hallmark, Bella Tuscany is a celebration of the sweet life in Italy. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7701
- Title
- BELLA TUSCANY; The Sweet Life in Italy
- Author
- Mayes, Frances
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0767902831
- ISBN 13
- 9780767902830
- Publisher
- Broadway
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Italy, Travel, biography, social science, Florence, garden, map
Terms of Sale
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Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
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BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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