Basic French Cooking

London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Inscribed by Deighton on the title page. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (£4.95), lightly soiled throughout, foxed at the flaps. Green buckram, lightly rubbed at the bottom edge, with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square, slightly shaken, bound with some reading wear, stains at the edges, clean internally. A revised version of "Ou est le garlic?" in which Deighton as "selected, analyzed and presented the finest recipes available--and has explained them not only in the siplest possibe way, but so that they may be seen within the entire context of French cooking.