CLASSIC FRENCH COOKING.
by Harris, Valentina
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/GD++/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0744506549
- ISBN 13
- 9780744506549
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Walker, 1986-01-01. 1st Edn Thus, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG/GD++/ND. Box 94 HARDBACK "" SAINSBURY CLASSIC COOK BOOK,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. thus.* Date: 1986.* Pub: Walker Books for Sainsbury.* Binding and cover condition: Coloured illustrated glossy paper covered boards with black titles to spine & face. No bumps, minor rubs to corners & to head and tail of spine, now covered in clear self-adhesive protective film. GD++* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: Ex school-library copy of the 1st./1st.with usual stamps and labels to end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minor reading wear, no marks to text. Some slight toning to all edges, no tanning or other visible faults. VG* Illustrations: Numerous coloured illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 92 pp. text. iii pp. index at rear.* Description: The author learnt her French cooking in a Yorkshire kitchen. Fifteen years later, when she went to France she found that the French paid more attention to cooking than anyone else. This book starts with the basics, the sauces which form part of so many typical French dishes. Then she goes on to explore the dishes themselves, the mousses, the ragouts, and souffles, each with its own characteristics and often, special pieces of cooking equipment. It does not contain deserts or pastries.* A NEAR VG ex school-library copy of the 1st /1st with NO MAJOR FAULTS. No dust jacket but boards now in clear self-adhesive protective film.* 0
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9866
- Title
- CLASSIC FRENCH COOKING.
- Author
- Harris, Valentina
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/GD++/ND
- Edition
- 1st Edn Thus, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0744506549
- ISBN 13
- 9780744506549
- Publisher
- Walker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986-01-01
- Pages
- 95
- X weight
- g
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