NMLP P-007936 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
A Book of Mediterranean Food
Elizabeth David · John Lehmann (London) · 1950
The UK John Lehmann 1950 edition is the true first. The revised illustrated Macdonald edition of 1955 and the Penguin paperback of 1955, with a new Minton cover, are later first-thus forms. There was no simultaneous US edition; later American printings are subordinate.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-007936 for "A Book of Mediterranean Food" by Elizabeth David (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-007936, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).