Cook It Outdoors
by Beard, James
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: M. Barrows and Company Incorporated, 1943. This is the secoond book published by James Beard (1903-1985), who would become one of America's most popular food writers and hosted the first cooking show to appear on television. First published in 1941; this is a Fine copy of the Third Edition (stated), from two years later. Salmon-coloured cloth binding with a pictorial cover in red and block; titling in black on the spine. Clean text; 200 pages, indexed. The dustjacket is complete and nicely bright. It has been price-clipped and shows moderate rubbing around the margins. In an archival plastic protector.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005780
- Title
- Cook It Outdoors
- Author
- Beard, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- M. Barrows and Company Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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