The Compleat Imbiber: An Entertainment
by Ray, Cyril (Editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Rinehart & Company Inc., 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 256pp; No DJ, orange cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, boards square & clean, spine faded, illustrated purple endpapers, previous owner's name to flyleaf, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Vintage collection of writings about imbibing alcoholic beverages. Illustrated.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Happy Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017994
- Title
- The Compleat Imbiber: An Entertainment
- Author
- Ray, Cyril (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rinehart & Company Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- drinking alcohol beverages booze wine cocktails
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.