A Cordiall Water: A Garland of Odd and Old Receipts to Assuage the Ills of Man or Beast
Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1961. Edith Allard. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. 178. Green half cloth binding over decorated boards printed red on white, gilt lettering on the spine. Dust jacket unclipped, illustrated by Edith Allard. Laid paper, edges trimmed. Spine a touch cocked, faint age-tone shadow on front endpapers. Owner name and date (1961) in pencil on free endpaper. Dust jacket chipped, stained, soiled, with spine sunned. Very Good / Good. Item #4931
A great writer famous for subjects culinary here offers a soul tonic, beautifully printed. Recollections and reflections "written purely for pleasure while living in Aix-en-Provence," this little volume glows through tattered clothes. Jacket preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.
Price: $60.00