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New York: The Viking Press, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A lovely copy in the publisher's mulberry cloth covered boards, black titles to the spine, (discreet bookseller's label and 'paid' stamp to the first free endpaper), in an excellent pictorial dustwrapper with some paper loss at the cr own of the spine, light edgewear and a few short closed tears. A superbly witty and sensual excursion through the alphabet. Fisher's Proustian observance to detail and nuance has assured her place as America's premiere culinary author.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1983. 1st Edition, 2nd Impression. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition, 2nd Impression. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Fisher, M. F. K. AMONG FRIENDS. Inscribed. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1983. First Edition, second impression Inscribed by M. F. K. Fisher in her later hand on the front free endpaper. "Jaye, from Mary Frances/ MFKF/ Glen Ellen, 1983". 8vo. 306 pp. A fine copy, (dedicatee's small unobtrusive bookplate to the front free endpaper), in the publisher's white wrappers in illustrated dustwrapper. MFK Fisher's remembrances of people and places of her girlhood and growing up as a minority in the Quaker town of Whittier, California.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Fisher, M. F. K. AMONG FRIENDS. Inscribed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1971. First edition. 8vo., 306pp. . 8vo. 306pp. Publisher's gray cloth stamped silver, green ep's. Warmly inscribed in black ink on the ffe: "For Marjorie Lindner / from M.F.K. Fisher / [Together, we are among / friends!] / Affectionately - / Bareacres Ranch / 1974" A fine fresh copy in like dustwrapper. Among Friends chronicles childhood recollections of growing up in Whittier, California, at the time still a predominately Quaker community. Fisher writes "The white children I knew when I was little had no need to be anything but well fed and secure in the best houses in town where they belonged to the best families. . . Their ancestors, buried in the Whittier cemetery or along the routes to California, had given up other homes just as solid, positions just as secure, to live their own lives as they… Leer más

New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, (1991), 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Ferrary, Jeannette. BETWEEN FRIENDS. M. F. K. Fisher And Me. Inscribed. New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, (1991). First Edition Inscribed by noted food writer and cookbook author Jeannette Ferrary on the front free endpaper. "To Dave and Dottie/with warmest regards to a photogenic couple/ Jeannette Ferrary". 8vo. 237 pp. A fine copy in 1/4 yellow cloth over sea green paper covered boards, red titles to the spine in a fine illustrated dustwrapper. A wonderful memoir by the author recalling her friendship with M. F. K. Fisher.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Fisher, M. F. K. THE BOSS DOG. Inscribed. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1991. First Trade Edition, Inscribed by M. F. K. Fisher in her later hand on the front free endpaper. "To Jaye - best, MF/ MFKF/ Glen Ellen, 1991". 8vo. 118 pp. A fine copy, (dedicatee's small unobtrusive bookplate to the front free endpaper), in brown cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a fine illustrated dustwrapper. An enchanting semi-autobiographical short story set in Aix-en-Provence.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Fisher, M. F. K. A CONSIDERABLE TOWN. Signed with TLS. New York: Knopf, 1978. First edition. 8vo., 208pp. Quarter gilt stamped blue cloth over blue paper covered boards. Map endpapers of the port of Marseille [from 1702]. Neatly signed by Fisher on the title page. Laid in is a 1 page TLS dated October 20th, 1978, Bouverie Ranch, Glen Ellen, CA. addressed to Madelon Hambro, thanking her for notifying Knopf of the Bowery notice. "I really owe you much more than thanks. . . / Sincerely / M.F.K. Fisher". With original mailing envelope. In fine condition. "one of America's greatest prose writers "celebrates Marseille: Its glory and wickedness, past and present; its life, its legends, its mystery." - from the dustwrapper. A fine fresh copy in like dustwrapper. Lovely example.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Fisher, M. F. K. DUBIOUS HONORS. Inscribed. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. First Edition Inscribed by M. F. K. Fisher in her later hand on the second free endpaper. "For Bunny and Arthur White, from MFKFisher / Glen Ellen / 1988 / for my two good friends with real affection - / Mary Frances". 8vo. 212 pp. A fine copy in brick cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper with lovely color photo of MFK Fisher by Jill Krementz on the front panel. A lovely copy of M. F. K. Fisher's collected Introductions to her own books and other writer's books, published on the occasion of her 80th birthday. Superb copy. Signed copies of this title are quite scarce.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1989. First Edition. Soft cover. First Edition. Soft cover. Fisher, M. F. K. DUBIOUS HONORS. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. First Edition, Advance Uncorrected Page-Proof Copy. 8vo. 213 pp. A fine copy in salmon wrappers, printed in black, as issued. M. F. K. Fisher's collected Introductions to her own books and other writer's books, published on the occasion of her 80th birthday.

Sonoma, California: Cadmus Editions, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. First Edition, Limited to 100 Numbered Copies Signed by M. F. K. Fisher. 15 in. x 22 in. A fine copy designed and printed from handset type on Rives BFK, Gutenberg Laid and Mohawk Superfine by Judyl Mudfoot at Mudborn Press. Calligraphy by Pamela Gardella. An excerpt from M. F. K. Fisher's engaging, A Cordiall Water: A Garland Of Odd And Old Receipts To Assuage The Ills Of Man And Beast, collecting age-old folk remedies, "a perfect combination of superstition, instinct, and primitive knowledge", with autobiographical anecdotes from the author's life in California, Provence, Mexico and Switzerland. From the broadside: "The first advice is from the Journal kept by a London apothecary, in Shakespeare's time. The second is from a handbill thrust at me in Aix-en-Provence in about 1970, by a tall man dressed in rough thick clothes. It was night. Down the side street from which he darted now and… Leer más

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. (Fisher, M. F. K.). Thompson, Sylvia. FEASTS AND FRIENDS: Recipes From A Lifetime. Inscribed. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. First Edition of her fourth cookbook Inscribed by acclaimed food writer Sylvia Thompson on the front free endpaper. "To Susan - I hope this book continues to give you pleasure! Warmest best, Sylvia Thompson". 8vo. 287 pp. A fine copy in wine cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a beautiful pictorial dustwrapper. Superb recipes from M. F. K. Fisher's goddaughter. With a Foreward by M. F. K. Fisher.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1943, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Fisher, M.F.K. THE GASTRONOMICAL ME. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1943 . "Like most humans, I am hungry. . . our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others. So it happens that when I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it. . . ." First Edition, Publisher's green cloth stamped in silver at the spine. 8vo., 295pp, with the more common dustwrapper of a handsome Fisher three quarter portrait on the back panel that replaced [by the publisher] the more provocative reclining pose shot by Hurrell. A fine copy in the publisher's smooth green cloth in a fine bright dustwrapper with one tiny chip at the spine crown of this admired tightly woven memoir & collection of cooking essays written over a twenty year period that have more to do with the… Leer más

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986. First Edition Thus. Soft cover. First Edition Thus. Soft cover. Signed by Author. Fisher, M.F.K. HERE LET US FEAST. A Book of Banquets. Subtitled: An epicure's zestful visit to the festive boards of ancient & modern literature. Inscribed. Avis DeVoto's Copy. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986. First Edition Thus, revised by the author. Illustrated glossy wrappers. A fine copy. 8vo., 323pp. Inscribed by Fisher in black ink on the ffe.: "For Avis DeVoto / from Mary Francis Kennedy / With love - / MFK Fisher / Glen Ellen / 1986". Laid in is lovely postcard from the Bodleian Library, Oxford: "Dear Avis / This is definitely not as / attractive an edition as / former ones have been, However / here it is. I am / delighted you want it. / Yours / Diana". [There's no indication who Diana is or why this postcard graces this book, but it does]. A Mimi Sheraton Time review also laid in. Fisher's good friend Avis MacVicar DeVoto, [1904 - 1989] was perhaps best known for… Leer más

New York: The Viking Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Fisher, M.F.K. HERE LET US FEAST. A Book of Banquets. Subtitled: An epicure's zestful visit to the festive boards of ancient & modern literature. Signed. New York: Viking, 1946. 8vo., 491pp. First Edition. Publisher's blue cloth stamped in gilt on the spine & upper cover. Signed by Fisher on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in like dustwrapper showing minor use. "For her latest excursion into the art or science of gastronomy is more an anthology of the finest writing on the subject than strictly a text of her own composition. Here are extensive excerpts from such widely diversified writers as Edgar Saltus, Petronius Arbiter, Tobias Smollett, Lucius Apuleius, Ovid, Rabelais, Plato and others. Mrs. Fisher begins her book with the introductory verse to the King James Version of the Bible: 'In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.' And she concludes with… Leer más

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1942], 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Fisher, M. F. K. HOW TO COOK A WOLF. Advance Review Copy. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1942]. Plain unprinted white wrappers in dustwrapper. First Edition. 8vo., 261pp. A fine copy in a very good or better dustwrapper that is glued by the publisher to the spine & showing some rubbing there. A rare state of the author's third book; perhaps the only example to come to market in the last 25 years. Fisher wrote "How to Cook a Wolf" in 1942, in the midst of World War II, just as food rationing programs were kicking into high gear with strict limits placed on basics like sugar, butter, meat, & coffee. War-time slogans encouraged American households to "make do, or do without." [Fisher wrote "How to Cook a Wolf." as a reminder of the pleasure - the rapture - you could still find in food, even under a tight budget or war-time rationing. "I early on thought, as long as we have to… Leer más

Little, Brown and Company, 1964. 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 1st Edition. Cloth. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by M. F. K. Fisher in the year of publication on the second free endpaper. "For John and Bill Dutton /with love / MFKFisher / St. Helena /1964". A fine copy in plum cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper with some modest overall use. 8vo. 273 pp. A stimulating guide for the senses and spirit, M. F. K. Fisher's Proustian observance of detail and nuance bring together a classic portrait of Aix-en-Provence. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Viking Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Fisher, M. F. K. NOT NOW BUT NOW. New York: The Viking Press, 1947. First Edition. 8vo., 256pp. publisher's green wove cloth stamped in blind on the front cover & lettered in gilt on spine. Red topstain. A fine fresh superb copy in like dustwrapper illustrated by Leo Manson [one short closed tear on the back panel]. The finest copy we've seen in 20 years. Fisher's first novel had a smaller press run & true fine copies are virtually impossible to find. "Fisher depicts with startlingly sharp strokes the discrepancy between the inner and outer Jennie, creating a remarkable character that illuminates Fisher's evident skill at fiction writing." - Publishers Weekly. "Her eye is so acute and her voice is so true, she invariably bewitches us." - Newsweek. A swagger premium copy.

New York: Viking Press, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A near fine copy in the publisher's green cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine in a near fine, very bright pictorial dustwrapper with just a bit of sunning on the back panel. 8vo. 256 pp. America's premiere culinary author's first novel. A very nice copy.

New York: Harper & Brothers [1937, Book Date], 1937. First Edition. No Binding. Not A Book/No Jacket. First Edition. No Binding. Custom Clamshell Case. Fisher, M.F.K. SERVE IT FORTH. Custom Clamshell Case Only. New York: [1937, Book Date]: Harper & Brothers, 1937. Excellent Custom Clamshell Case [Not A Book] For The First Edition. Fine Orange cloth & Black Nuba®, Custom Gilt-Stamped title piece to the spine. Embossed multi-layered, [sculpted] flautist design on the side inspired by the books DJ. Finished in black velour on the interior. A superb & unique protective clamshell case for the first edition of Fisher's first book.

New York: Targ Editions, 1985, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Fisher, M. F. K. SPIRITS OF THE VALLEY. New York: Targ Editions, 1985. First Edition Limited to 250 copies Signed by M. F. K. Fisher. Small 4to. 21 pp. A fine copy in 1/4 beige cloth over patterned green paper covered boards, red titles to the spine in the publisher's unprinted glassine dustwrapper. Fine dark navy blue slipcase. An engaging autobiographical memoir by America's premiere culinary author.

New York: Pantheon Books, (1993), 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy in 1/4 gray cloth over gray paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a lovely, fresh pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 349 pp. Unpublished autobiographical writings from America's premiere culinary author.