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COOKS' BOOKS: An Affectionate Guide to the Literature of Food and Cooking
by Coyle, L. Patrick, Jr
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0871966832
- ISBN 13
- 9780871966834
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York & Bicester, U.K.: Facts on File Publications, (1985).. (1985).. Good. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover in dust jacket. Bound in purple cloth titled in gilt, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The corners and head and tail of the spine are lightly bumped. The dust jacket is rubbed and chipped chipped along the edges with a couple of small holes to the bottom of the jacket's front panel. 239 pages, illustrated in black & white. There is tight staining to the fore-edge of the book and a remainder mark on the bottom edge. Very good in a good dust wrapper. <p>First edition.<p>Includes some recipes from the books which the author lists. Examples include "Iguana Mole", "Pot Roast of Veal in California Chardonnay", "Rabbits in Syrup","Pommes de Terre a la Maitre d'Hotel", "To Make a Fine Syllabub from the Cow", etc.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33108
- Title
- COOKS' BOOKS: An Affectionate Guide to the Literature of Food and Cooking
- Author
- Coyle, L. Patrick, Jr
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0871966832
- ISBN 13
- 9780871966834
- Publisher
- New York & Bicester, U.K.: Facts on File Publications, (1985).
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1985).
- Keywords
- COOKERY; COOKBOOKS; GASTRONOMY; FOOD; GUIDE; REFERENCE; L. PATRICK COYLE; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (Cookery). COOKS' BOOKS: An Affectionate Guide to the Literature of Food and Cooking. Coyle, L. Patrick, Jr.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Tail
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- Gilt
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- Quarto
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- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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