No hardback copy of section II yet traced; the description sketched below is extrapolated from the patterns of other sections.
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A CONCISE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF GASTRONOMY [swelled rule] SECTION II FISH Comprising an Alphabetical List . . .
No hardback copy of section II yet traced; the description sketched below is extrapolated from the patterns of other sections.
[A]2v
? ?
As Wba.
Medium 8o: trimmed (probably a bit less than Wba), white wove, no mark; 8 didot Walbaum (9pt. setting); 11 didot Walbaum (11pt. setting); casing, cloth, blocked up spine: ‘SECTION II FISH’ colour of cloth and blocking unknown; printed dust-jacket.
Hardback version Wb appears not to be in B.L.
Robin Phillips, 1963
| Curwen Press: | G48 |
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A CONCISE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF GASTRONOMY [swelled rule] SECTION II FISH Comprising an Alphabetical List of edible Fishes and a selection of American, English and French Recipes for their culinary preparation and presentation COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL DIRECTION OF ANDRÉ L. SIMON PUBLISHED BY THE WINE AND FOOD SOCIETY 28-30 GROSVENOR GARDENS LONDON, S.W.1
[A]2v
. . . First published 1940 . . . Reprinted 1948 . . .
[A]8 B-H8 I4.
[5] iv-xii [1] 2-119 [+3].
Medium 8o: 8½" × 5½", trimmed, white wove, no mark; 8 didot Walbaum (9pt. setting); 11 didot Walbaum (11pt. setting); paper wrappers, printed up spine: ‘A CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GASTRONOMY [space] FISH’, and on upper and lower wrappers identically: ‘[within a 42pt. border of decorative rules, a panel 6¾" × 3¾" printed pink, with lettering as follows in black] A CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GASTRONOMY SECTION II FISH [block: knife fork and spoon surrounded by wreath of berries and grain] COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL DIRECTION OF ANDRÉ L. SIMON [short double rule] THE WINE AND FOOD SOCIETY LONDON’.
This is the second of 9 sections which together form this encyclopedia; it seems probable that each section was published in 2 versions, one hardback and the other paperback; also most sections were reprinted several times. Those copies examined either at Curwen or the B.L. are described here, but for some sections it has not been possible to trace and describe both versions. As a result evidence for the Date or the Wrapper colour of some sections may be lacking.
The complete set comprises I Vb Sauces, II Wb Fish, III Xd Vegetables, IV ZAb Cereals, V Yg Fruit, VI ZBs Birds, VII ZCr Meat, VIII ZDq Wine, IX ZDr Cheese + Analytical Index.
Where comparison of both editions has been possible the only changes found have been: the Society's address on the t.p.; the type of paper used; slight variation in page-size; one slight change in pagination Wba; and of course the change in the note of the Impression on the verso of t.p.
1940 printing in B.L. has address and date on t.p. as Vba, and paging ends -118 [+4]; paper wrappers light blue, otherwise as above.
One of the books shown in J. Curwen & Sons Centenary Exhibition 1963 (see Ab7) in Bloomsbury.
Robin Phillips, 1963
