Description
Pre-Owned. It is a guide in that it gives advice on the selection of wines and liqueurs, on the planning of full menus, and on every aspect of a party in the grand French tradition, including invitations, table decoration, cocktails and canapes, conversation, and even the solution to parking problems. It is a history book in that the foreword by the Countess Guy de Toulouse-Lautres relates innumerable delightful and revealing anecdotes of the past and present of Maxim’s, a king of history of the early twentieth century. Some slight tanning to pages. Tears to dust jacket but otherwise good condition. First Edition. Hardcover. Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc 1962