Fisher's original jacket blurb from the 1945 edition of Jones' book (originally titled "High Bonnet")
was used as the "salutation" (introduction) for this gorgeous, fine press limited edition of 275 copies.
Illustrated by Milton Glaser, with an afterword by renowned chef Thomas Keller.
Signed by Glaser and Keller at the colophon.

500.Limited to 275 numbered copies. SIGNED by Milton Glaser and Thomas Keller. Small 4to. [7], 167 pp. Monochrome frontispiece and 11 color plates by Milton Glaser.With a Salutation by M.F.K. Fisher; Afterword by Thomas Keller. The story of young Jean-Marie who buys a ripe melon from a cart at the Toulon wharf and is launched by the succulent fruit on an odyssey which takes him to the most fabled kitchens of Franch. The illlustrations are portraits of the principal characters drawn for the Press by Milton Glaser. ( )