Lady from Longboat Key.

New York: Carlton Press, Inc., A Hearthstone Book, (1986). Signed and inscribed by the author (without a named recipient), card from the author’s restaurant laid-in. Octavo, khaki cloth (hardcover), 192 pp. Fine; in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with light edgewear. From dust jacket: The author of this fascinating autobiography tells how she, the daughter of a coal miner from South Wales, made a million dollars in the restaurant business. She seems to have inherited this golden touch from her parents who opened a grocery called Jones’ in the (truncated) new country -- America -- which turned into a successful deli-restaurant. Edith’s first business venture on her won occurred at the age of four. While out walking with her mother in the Pontypridd, Wales, she saw a beggar making money singing and holding a tin can for alms. As soon as she got home, she got hold of one of her mother’s china teacups and was out on the streets singing her little heart out -- and making money. Big Edith’s basic formula is not much different from that early one: hard work, imagination and enterprise. She has added a few other ingredients over the years, such as treating paople well, both employees and customers. Author Dunn’s writing has the same kind of spunk she has. It is lively, captivating, and full of amusing anecdotes. Her book makes for entertaining reading -- and who doesn’t like to hear a good success story told by someone willing to share her secrets with the world? Join Ms. Dunn in her world of restaurants -- Shenkel’s, Barr’s, The Waffle Shop -- all in Sarasota, Florida. You will love the lady from Longboat Key. (Inventory #: 61318bd)