The glorious oyster :. his history in Rome and in Britain, his anatomy and reproduction, how to cook him, and what various writers and poets have written in his praise. Collected together as an acknowledgement of the supreme pleasure he has given to all persons of taste since Roman times /
Henry Hector Bolitho (1898-1974)
Category
Books
Date
1929
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3165807
Summary
Bibliographic description
x, 203 [5] p. : front ; 19 cm. Pages vii-x loose. Loosely inserted: publisher’s printed review copy slip, with manuscript price: 6/-; and date: August 20th 1929. Provenance: inscribed "V.N. / Long Barn" [i.e. Vita [Sackville-West] Nicolson, 1892-1962] Binding: quarter grey cloth, with beige paper over boards, gold lettered spine.
Makers and roles
Henry Hector Bolitho (1898-1974) Maurice Burton (1898-1992)