The Way to Cook

signed first edition

1989 · New York

by Child, Julia
New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc, 1989. Thick quarto (28 x 24 cm.), 511, [1] pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION, first printing. The book is a well-illustrated guide to technique with recipes for delicious classics. More than eight hundred recipes in this magnificent cookbook. Of Child's works, arguably second in importance only to Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Fine in a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the half-title, "Bon Appetit, to Pat & John, Julia Child". The inscription was to Pat Brown, founding editor of Food & Wine magazine, and her husband, John. (Inventory #: 9708)
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