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CULINARY EPHEMERA: An Illustrated History
by Weaver, William Woys
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0520259777
- ISBN 13
- 9780520259775
- Seller
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: Univ of California Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. pp: xiii, 299, (3), printed on coated stock; illustrated throughout in full color. Bound in black cloth and pictorial boards, gilt lettering on spine. 8.25" x 8.25" Chapters include: Almanacs and Calendars; Americans Abroad; Beer, Wine, and Other Drinking Ephemera; Broadsides, Handbills, and Posters; Brochures and Advertising Literature; Business Cards; Diet and Health; Labels; Match Covers; Menus; Poscards; Recipe Books and Product Pamphlets; Sheet Music; Stoves, Canning, and Cooking Classes; Trade Cards; Valentines and Mottos; Wrappers and Packaging; Wild Cards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- R & A Petrilla
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040752
- Title
- CULINARY EPHEMERA: An Illustrated History
- Author
- Weaver, William Woys
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0520259777
- ISBN 13
- 9780520259775
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- foods; trade cards; labels; advertising; ephemera
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books;
Terms of Sale
R & A Petrilla
Orders are packed and shipped from our business offices in the village of Roosevelt, New Jersey, USA . Packages are dispatched as quickly and economically as we can manage, via the shipping method that you select
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About the Seller
R & A Petrilla
Biblio member since 2004
Roosevelt, New Jersey
About R & A Petrilla
Established 1970, we are generalist antiquarian booksellers. We specialize in old and unusual books, manuscripts, and ephemera. We no longer sell at book fairs. Please see the catalogs on our website, or browse our stock for your interests. We are grateful for your orders. Thank you. -- Bob & Alison Petrilla Professional affiliations: American Antiquarian Society, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Library Company of Philadelphia, Philobiblon Club.
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- First Edition
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- Wrappers
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Fine
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