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Paperback. Condizione: Fair. 1st Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 256 Pp. Maroon Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, 1973. Near Fine; Dust Jacket Priced $14.95, Light Wear, Short Tears And Minute Losses At Edges. Also With Two Publicity Photographs Reproducing Photographs Used In The Book. Presentation Inscription From Chroman To Harry Yoxall- "To The International Wine & Food Society And Harry Youxall (Sic)- In The Hope That You Can Impart Perhaps A 'Split' Of Information. From You I Have With Great Pleasure Received A Jeroboam & More! Nathan Chroman". Per Wikipedia, Harry Yoxall Was The Son Of James Yoxall, Liberal Mp For Nottingham West. He Was Educated At St Paul's School And Balliol College, Oxford. He Saw Active Service In The First World War On The Western Front As A Junior Officer In The 18Th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps (41St Division) From May 1916 Up To The Attack At Flers During The Somme Offensive In September 1916; In Various Staff Appointments In The Division And Its Component Infantry Brigades, Mainly In The Ypres Salient, From October 1916-July 1917; Including Preparations For The Battles Of Messines Ridge And 3Rd Ypres; As Adjutant To The 18Th Krrc During Their Heavy Involvement In 3Rd Ypres August-September 1917; And As An Instructor In Trench Mortars With The British Military Mission To The United States November 1917-April 1918. Yoxall Joined Condé Nast Publications In 1921. Appointed Managing Director Of Condé Nast In 1934, He Was Chairman From 1957 To 1964. Yoxall Started The English Edition Of Vogue. He Was Described As An "Imaginative Gourmet", And A "Great Burgundy Connoisseur". Inscribed by Author(s).…