Fit for a King: The Merle Armitage Book of Food.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce Publishers, 1949. Second edition. Hardcover. 258 pages. Edited by Ramiel McGehee. Features text by Louis Untermeyer, Marie Beynon Ray, Merle and Elsa Armitage, Crosby Gaige, Frank Conroy and Abbe Ernest Dimnet. Also includes drawings by Elise and four black and white photographs of vegetables by Edward Weston. A clean near fine copy in cloth boards with a small handwritten number to the front pastedown and in a fair only example of the uncommon dust jacket which is price clipped, the rear flap is detached, the same small handwritten number appears on the front flap and there are numerous tears, chips and wear. Presents well in mylar though. Item #204224 More
Price: $125.00





