first edition
1980 · Paris
by Aoun, Fayez
Paris: Jacques Grancher, Editeur, 1980. Squarish octavo (23 x 18 cm.), 249, [6] pages. Glossary. Index. Text in French. Illustrations by Jacques Bellanger; color photos by Daniel Czap; with 17 unnumbered pages of plates. FIRST EDITION. An important work, presenting the dishes of Lebanon in literary and historical context. Includes a list of Lebanese restaurants in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Montreal, Dakar, and Ottawa. In publisher's blue cloth, titled in magenta. Unclipped dust jacket, has some light soil and a bit of sun fading to the spine. Near fine. Bookseller's ticket of John Lyle to the front paste-down. [OCLC locates fourteen copies (just four in the US)]. (Inventory #: 9018)