First Edition, First Printing. Carefully handled, Text clean, Bindings firm. No flaws but some age-spots on fore-edge of text-block. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. Forward by Anne Lamont. 8vo; 24 cm.; 9.5 inches tall; 500 pages with index of correspondents. ------- What is the spell that M.F.K. Fisher casts over enchanted readers who, privileged, dip into her timeless culinary masterworks and occasional fiction? With this volume of never-before-published letters, fans who know M.F.K. only by such gustatory marvels as The Art of Eating and How to Cook a Wolf may now draw closer to the life the loves and loves lost, the travails and travels that inspired this woman of unique appetites, wit, and tastes.