Not Now but NOW

New York, NY: The Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1947. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Cover Art; This is the author's second novel (following Touch and Go, which was published under the pseudonym Victoria Berne and co-written with Dillwyn Parrish). This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some very beginning sunning / toning to the edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has several small edge nicks, tears and beginning chips along with noticeable toning to the spine of the book and a couple of spots of foxing / discoloration. Issued in a fairly small print run, this book is rather difficult to find in decent condition. "Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (July 3, 1908 – June 22, 1992) was a preeminent American food writer. She was also a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library. She wrote some 27 books, including a translation of The Physiology of Taste by Brillat-Savarin. Two volumes of her journals and correspondence came out shortly before her death in 1992. Her first book, Serve it Forth, was published in 1937. Her books are an amalgam of food literature, travel and memoir. Fisher believed that eating well was just one of the "arts of life" and explored this in her writing. W. H. Auden once remarked, "I do not know of anyone in the United States who writes better prose." (from Wikipedia) .