Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Volume I & II

by Julia Child, Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle

$2,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992, 1994. Later printings. Two volumes, both signed by Julia Child and inscribed to the same former owner. Bound in publisher's Fleur-de-lis patterened cloth with corresponding red and blue topstains. Fine, with light fading to the topstain of Volume II, in Fine unclipped dust jackets. A lovely set of the culinary classic. Child's life story was recently adapted into the HBO series Julia

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