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Blue Trout and Black Truffles. the Peregrinations of an Epicure
by Wechsberg, Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. [vi], 288, [i] pp. Octavo. Dark blue dust jacket with bright yellow shield outlined in red folk flowers. Dust jacket has been neatly repaired at the edges with old matte tape, front flap price clipped. Book itself is slightly sunned at top edge of front cover, interior is clean, paper is creamy. A previous reader has made a neat list of recipes in faint pencil on the first blank at the rear. A continental bon vivant's engaging essays on food and eating in "the greatest of Europe's gastonomic sancta santorum" in the first half of the 20th century. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11453
- Title
- Blue Trout and Black Truffles. the Peregrinations of an Epicure
- Author
- Wechsberg, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Joseph Wechsberg, Gourmet Eating, Epicures, Epicurians, Maxims, Ferdinand Point, Haute Cuisine
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- Biography;
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Fair
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Price Clipped
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