Caviar

New York: Broadway Books, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards, cream cloth spine. Fine, in ...
first edition Hardcover

2002 · New York

by Saffron, Inga
New York: Broadway Books, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards, cream cloth spine. Fine, in near fine dust wrapper. 270 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. The author, Inga Saffron, reveals how the virgin eggs of the prehistoric sturgeon were transformed form a humble peasant food into a czar's indulgence - and ultimately a coveted status symbol for a rising middle class. Saffron describes the complex industry that caviar has spawned, and shows how the transformation of this rare extravagance into a mass-market commodity has pushed the sturgeon to the brink of extinction. Interior and boards clean and crisp. Dust wrapper very lightly rubbed at edges. In protective (truncated)
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