The Cheese Book (Vivienne Marquis and Patricia Haskell)

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket. First edition. 

From the cover: "There has never been a book like it. Here is a book that does for the Cheese what Brillat-Savarin did for French gastronomy - a book that tells everything there is to know about cheese. 

Dust jacket lightly discolored from age and slightly worn at edges. Price-clipped. Personalized inscription inside the front cover to previous owner. Interior pages bright and clear with no markings.