The Mycophagists' Book
EVANS, PATRICIA HEALY
Published by San Francisco: The Peregrine Press, 1951, 1951
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8vo, original tan buckram, black spine lettering. Illustrated with 12 linoleum block prints by the author. An attractive and amusing work on mushrooms, the history of their uses in cooking, how to choose and clean them, etc., with several recipes of the ideal mushroom dishes, including beouf stroganoff, oeufs aux champignons and creole mushroom sauce. Patricia Healy Evans worked with her husband, Henry Evans, at the Peregrine Press and Porpoise Bookshop in San Francisco. Spine a little worn; nearly fine copy. Seller Inventory # 28776
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Title: The Mycophagists' Book
Publisher: San Francisco: The Peregrine Press, 1951
Publication Date: 1951
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First edition, one of 175 copies.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Illustrated by the author. Limited to 175cc. Seller Inventory # 102677
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The author, Patricia Healy Evans, was also the creator of the decorations for this limited edition, 175 copies, of this title. Her husband hand set and printed the text for this volume. It is a hard cover with cream colored cloth covers and black lettering on the spine. The covers show discoloration-a darkening from the original color. This volume includes a special addition to the front free end paper. George Wittenborn has added an original drawing and inscription to his wife Joyce, "To a mush-rooming idea of those Phillips-Wittenborn ideas and good deeds-to my beloved wife Joyce. It is then signed and dated by Mr. Wittenborn, "George." Mr. Wittenborn's wife's maiden name was Joyce Phillips. Mr. Wittenborn was a book publisher, ran a well known book-art store in New York City, and also a book store in Paris. He also worked for Brentano's German Department. Seller Inventory # 21Sp
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