PORTRAIT OF A CHEF: The Life of Alexis Soyer, Sometime Chef to the Reform Club.

FIRST EDITION 8vo. blue cloth hardback gilt, with dust jacket; [xi] + 221pp, indexed, illustrated with b/w plates and text figures. A clean copy with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. Spine a little faded, dust jacket slightly worn at edges with a few small chips, priceclipped. Overall VG/VG.