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North Atlantic Seafood (Signed 'lifeboat Edition')
by Davidson, Alan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0333226321
- ISBN 13
- 9780333226322
- Seller
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Machynlleth, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: MacMillan London Ltd. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. Original decorated boards. 0333226321 . Some wear to spine, edges and corners. Binding firm with no creasing to the spine. Dustjacket clean with protective plastic covering. Minor marking on top-end of block. Block edge and base clean. Very slight yellowing of page edges due to aging. With detailed illustrations of fish and shellfish species (B&W). See 'Notes' for detail on the Lifeboat Edition plate and signing. ; Octavo (Royal); 512 pages; Includes a paste-in plate attached to front free-end paper. Signed in pen by Alan Davidson - a World authority and writer on seafood. This copy number 156 (identified in pen). Plate reads 'With the kind co-operation of the publishers the first 250 copies of this first edition of NORTH ATLANTIC SEAFOOD are being sold in aid of The American/British Appeal of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. This appeal aims to raise the funds required to buy a new Waveny class lifeboat to serve at one of Britain's busiest lifeboat stations. Sales of this 'lifeboat edition' are expected to contribute over £1500 of the sum needed. The RNLI, the publishers and the author join in thanking all who have helped the appeal in this way. This copy is number 156. Alan Davidson (and signed) . ; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
ALAN DAVIDSON is one of the world'¬?s leading authorities on fish and fish cookery. In 1975, he retired from Britain's diplomatic service to pursue a fruitful career as a food historian and writer. Cofounder and editor of the prestigious food journal Petits Propos Culinares, Alan has authored many books, including the award-winning Oxford Companion to Food and NORTH ATLANTIC SEAFOOD, which was inducted into the James Beard Foundation Cookbook Hall of Fame in 2002. He lives with his wife, Jane, in London, England.
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- Bookseller
- Literary Cat Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LCB60336
- Title
- North Atlantic Seafood (Signed 'lifeboat Edition')
- Author
- Davidson, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Original decorated boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0333226321
- ISBN 13
- 9780333226322
- Publisher
- MacMillan London Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- 0333226321, Seafood, Cookery, Cuisine, North Atlantic, Sea Fishing, Sea Fishing, Ocean, Shellfish Recipes, Edible Fish
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