New James Beard

1981. First Edition. Signed. BEARD, James. The New James Beard. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket. $1200.First edition of Beard's ""impressive"" cookbook, signed on the half title by James Beard.In this critically praised cookbook of nearly 1,000 recipes, James Beard ""combines foods in new and appealing ways… The result is impressive… invaluable both to accomplished cooks and beginners… Beard's personality comes through in his pleasant and affable prose… [and] the book is beautifully illustrated with line drawings by Karl Stuecklen"" (New York Times). A fine copy.