[Food & Drink] Brillat-Savarin, (Jean-Anthelme). Group of 2 First Editions

Brillat-Savarin, (Jean-Anthelme), and Mario Avati
Aphorismes Menus & Varietes
(Paris): Les Francs-Bibliophiles, 1961. First and limited edition, #160/175 numbered copies privately printed on Velin de Rives a la cuve paper, and signed by the illustrator, Mario Avati, in pencil on colophon (from a total edition of 223). 8vo. Text printed in blue and in black. Illustrated with mezzotint frontispiece and 24 mezzotints, by Avati. With an additional original pencil drawing by Avati laid in (Two Poissons, mezzotint appears on p. 19), signed and dated (1960) by him in top right; in a window mounted bifolium sheet. Loose gatherings, as issued, laid into publisher’s stiff printed wrappers, in glassine; scattered light foxing to text; in publisher’s white paper-covered chemise and black faux-suede slip case. Strachan 325

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Brillat-Savarin, (Jean-Anthelme)
The Handbook of Dining; or, Corpulency and Leanness Scientifically Considered
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1865. First American edition. 12mo. 200, (4, ads) pp. Publisher’s brown cloth-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt, spine and extremities faded, spine ends lightly worn, extremities slightly rubbed; ownership signature in blue pencil on front free endpaper; bookseller’s ticket at bottom of front free endpaper verso; in blue-cloth fall-down-back box.

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Darren Winston, Senior Vice President at Freeman’s, has served as Head of Department for Books & Manuscripts, Philadelphia, since 2018. He has been a trustee of the Rosenbach Museum and Library since 2022, is a member of The Manuscript Society, The Bibliographical Society of America, and Philadelphia’s Philobiblon Club.

Raised in northern New Jersey, Darren moved to New York City in 1988 and began his career there as a bookseller in 1995. He spent the next 18 years selling to private clients and at East Coast book fairs. In 2003 he moved with his young family to Sharon, Connecticut where, in 2009, he opened his own bookshop. Darren Winston, Bookseller offered rare and vintage books, prints, fine art, and more, and hosted over 50 book signings and art shows. He was a trustee and, later, Board President, of the Sharon Historical Society, and for six years a trustee of Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, Connecticut.

Darren has hosted the radio program "Darren Winston's Book Report" for NPR-affiliate WHDD since 2009, appeared in the 2014 book-themed documentary The Paper Trail, and in 2024 he joined Antiques Roadshow as a books and manuscripts appraiser. From 1999 to 2005, Darren was the buyer and consultant to the Fine and Rare Books Department at Asprey, the British luxury goods company, at its New York headquarters. While there he spearheaded various in-store events including readings by Salman Rushdie and Dominick Dunne.

In 1993, Darren was hired as a Creative Consultant to Columbia Records, where he assisted in the repackaging of their 12-record Aerosmith back catalogue. He later sold his extensive collection of Aerosmith memorabilia, which he began amassing at the age of 14, directly to the band.

Darren now lives on the Main Line, outside Philadelphia, with his wife, two children, and dog. The family travels frequently to his wife's native England and Scotland. When not bookselling, he plays guitar in Pumped, an Aerosmith tribute band. Darren also appears on the top-rated PBS television program Antiques Roadshow.

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