Montagu, John, 4th Earl of Sandwich; Rodger, N. A. M.

THE INSATIABLE EARL: A life of John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich 1718-1792.

Pp. xviii+426(last blank), 8 plates, notes, sources, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; grey boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges of boards; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; HarperCollins Publishers, London, 1993. First edition. *'No historical figure of eighteenth-century England has been more grossly misrepresented than the inventor of our favourite fast food' [wrapper blurb]. Item #179539

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