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Dining with the Washingtons: Historic Recipes, Entertaining, and Hospitality from Mount Vernon
by McLeod, Stephen A. (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0807835269
- ISBN 13
- 9780807835265
- Seller
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Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Mount Vernon, VA: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0807835269 . Signed by McLeod on a publisher's bookplate affixed to the half-title page. Green cloth with illustrated endpapers. Creases and rubbing to the rear board, else unmarked. The dust jacket has shallow creasing to the rear flap. Essays by Mary V. Thompson, Dennis J. Pogue, Carol Borchert Cadou, and J. Dean Norton. Contributions by Esther C. White and Steven T. Bashore. Recipes by Nancy Carter Crump. Foreword by Walter Scheib. Combines photography and essays to shed fresh light on the daily lives of George and Martha Washington, on their ceaseless stream of household guests and those who served them, and on the ways food and drink reflected the culture of 18th century America.; 234 pages; Signed by Editor .
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- Bookseller
- Bungalow Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25156
- Title
- Dining with the Washingtons: Historic Recipes, Entertaining, and Hospitality from Mount Vernon
- Author
- McLeod, Stephen A. (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0807835269
- ISBN 13
- 9780807835265
- Publisher
- Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
- Place of Publication
- Mount Vernon, VA
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- 0807835269, 1775-1783, Revolution 18th century American cooking American Revolution , (1775-1783) Cookbooks Cooking, American Entertaining History Homes and , haunts Homes Manners and customs Revolution, 1775-1783 Social life and , customs United S, Signe
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Terms of Sale
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Any item may be returned in original condition for any reason within a reasonable period and payment will be refunded.
About the Seller
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Pueblo, Colorado
About Bungalow Books, ABAA
We are a family owned bookstore, with an emphasis on crime fiction, and signed books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American (ABAA), and the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA), and we exhibit regularly at book fairs.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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