In the original repaired dust jacket. Green cloth spine with gilt title. Coloured boards with black title.

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First edition 

Dinner with James is a 1931 satirical novel by Rose Henniker-Heaton, published in London by Elkin Mathews & Marrot. It follows the fictional, comedic, and philosophical dialogues of Sir James Montgomerie and his acquaintances as they travel across Europe. The 244-page book explores vanity, human nature, and higher-society etiquette. 

The author is possibly better known for her 1932 book on etiquette (The Perfect Hostess) and her book on cookery, (Notes on Cooks). This book is on the theme of dinner conversation and follows James and his guest as they talk with unrelenting brightness over rare vintages. Title-page and numerous decorations in the Rex Whistler style. Cloth-backed decorative rainbow effect boards. “A treatise on Sunday supper, together with sundry reflections on the vanity of human nature.

NOTE: This is an original  book from the library gathered by the famous Cambridge Don, computer scientist, food and wine connoisseur, Jack Arnold LANG. Note: Jack founded the Michelin Guide ‘Midsummer House’- Cambridge’s paramount restaurant. This dining experience is hidden amongst the grassy pastures and grazing cattle of Midsummer Common and perched on the banks of the River Cam. 

In 2008, Jack was one of the co-founders of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, alongside other members of the Department, and acted as the Foundation’s Chair. The project’s original goals were modest: to build and distribute low-cost computers for prospective applicants to our Computer Science degree. Initially the project was a “success disaster”, as Jack would say, as demand far outstripped the low-scale manufacturing plans. Ultimately the Raspberry Pi became the UK’s most successful computer with more than 60 million sold to date. Jack was drawn to the educational possibilities of the Raspberry Pi, its potential uses in emerging economies and the way it could support self-directed learning.