X Marcel Boulestin, Elvia and Maurice Firuski / Best of Boulestin 1951

Description: The Best of Boulestin Author: [Boulestin, X. Marcel]; Firuski, Elvia and Maurice (editors)] Title: The Best of Boulestin Publication: New York: Greenberg, 1951 Description: Octavo (21 x 14 cm.), 332 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. A collection of recipes drawn from across Boulestin's many cookbooks. X. Marcel Boulestin (1878-1943) had an outsized role in bringing French food to England between the wars. He wrote numerous cookbooks, was praised by Elizabeth David for his work, and opened Restaurant Boulestin, said to be the most expensive restaurant in London in 1927. Maurice Firuski was an antiquarian bookseller, a man of letters whose circle included Georges Simenon, Archibald MacLeish, and Lewis Mumford, and with his ex-wife (at the time of collaboration) editor of this volume. Publisher's blue cloth, decorated in brown, with some light edgewear, and light foxing throughout. Publisher's dust jacket, with only a hint of wear to top of spine, otherwise very good. Inscribed by the editors on the title page, and fully inscribed at the end of the introduction (page 22), to Margaret Rudkin, author for the Pepperidge Farm Cookbook. Seller ID: 7858 Rabelais is always serving up cookbooks and other printed and manuscript materials about food and drink. We have one of the largest selections of rare and out-of-print cookbooks in the U.S., along with a significant collection of manuscripts, menus, product cookbooks, prints, photographs and other ephemera, all expressions of the culture of food. Terms All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund. Prior to returning an item, please notify us by email of the return and the reasons for return. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

Price: 165 USD

Location: Biddeford, Maine

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