Les Diners de Gala

New York: Felice, Inc., 1973. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Cloth illustrated boards. Near fine, in very good foil dust wrapper. DALI, Salvador. 320 pages. 31 x 22 cm. Lavishly produced in color/black and white illustrations, photos, and gold illustrated dustwrapper. Beginning with a description of "Dalinian Gastro Esthetics, and dedicated to Gala dinners, including the Menu of the 2500th Anniversary of The Foundation of the Persian Empire (Iran) in October, 1971 (catered by Maxim's), this tome is a bacchanalian extravaganza. Interior crisp and clean. Boards very lightly rubbed at edges. Foil wrapper lighty scuffed. Covered in protective mylar.