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The Cook and the Gardener A Year of Recipes and Writings for the French Countryside
by Hesser, Amanda
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0393046680
- ISBN 13
- 9780393046687
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. Fourth Printing; Hardcover. 0393046680 . B&W Illustrations; 9.3 X 7.7 X 1.4 inches; 632 pages; Hard cover has yellow boards with black lettering on spine; light bumping to tail of spine. DJ has light rubbing, scuffing, faint shelfwear. Illustrated with b/w drawings scattered through the book. ''Hesser recounts her year as a cook in a Burgundy chateau and her friendship with its crusty old gardener. Over 240 recipies, "have a simplicity derived directly from the freshness and flavor of their ingredients." Index. .
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- Bookseller
- Pegasusbooks.biz
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13656
- Title
- The Cook and the Gardener A Year of Recipes and Writings for the French Countryside
- Author
- Hesser, Amanda
- Format/Binding
- Fourth Printing; Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393046680
- ISBN 13
- 9780393046687
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- 0393046680, Cookery;, Recipes;, Cook Books;, Cookbook:, Hobbies;, France;, French Cooking;, Cultural History;, Social History;
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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