M.F.K. Fisher.
 
Duell, Sloan and Pearce: 1941. Octavo. Hardcover with a dust jacket. First edition. Grey boards with white lettering and designs. Unclipped jacket has mild edge wear and a bit of rubbing to the rear cover. Book is near fine, jacket is on the upper end of very good. A stunning copy of the first printing of a culinary classic.
 
"An oyster leads a dreadful but exciting life . . . Indeed, his chance to live at all is slim, and if he should survive the arrows of his own outrageous fortune and in the two weeks of his carefree youth find a clean smooth place to fix on, the years afterwards are full of stress, passion and danger."