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London: Phaidon, 1988. First edition. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp 142, (2), the fore-edges very slightly marked and a small marginal stain to the last few pages, otherwise very clean internally, red cloth very slightly bumped near the spine head, in a very good dustwrapper with a slight internal stain. [Alan Davidson's copy, with his "fish" bookplate. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxford Companion to Food. In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Washington, Tunis, Brussels, Cairo, the Hague; from 1973 to 1975, he was ambassador to Laos. While living in Tunis, his wife asked him to look for a cookbook on fish because she did not recognize any of the local varieties. Not being able to find one he wrote one himself. The original… Read More

Phaidon Press in Association with The Royal Horticultural Society, Oxford, 1988.. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0714824984 1st edition, hardback, large 4to, 144pp, colour illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper, edges slightly rubbed, price-clipped. . ISBN: 0714824984 .

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Oxford: Phaidon, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 142 pages. The English Apple is a breathtakingly beautiful book which celebrates the visual splendour and rich diversity of apples grown in England..