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The American Hostess In private, social and business life-the arts and professions
by Dunne, Ida Lee
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Northport, New York, United States
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About This Item
Louisville, KY: The Dunne Press, 1948. Stated First edition; Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper; small 4to.; blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering, hardcover; 556 pages; black and white photographic illustrations and illustrations; page edges are foxed else a very good clean, tight copy in sunned boards that have lightly bumped corners.
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Details
- Bookseller
- WellRead Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41928
- Title
- The American Hostess In private, social and business life-the arts and professions
- Author
- Dunne, Ida Lee
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Louisville, KY: The Dunne Press, 1948
- Keywords
- Cooking and Drinking, Entertaining, Menus, American; Social History, Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking and Drinking;
Terms of Sale
WellRead Books
New York State orders must include appropriate sales tax. Books are returnable within ten days
About the Seller
WellRead Books
Biblio member since 2005
Northport, New York
About WellRead Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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