The Gourmet's Guide to Chinese Cooking
by Body, Ann
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0706401530
- ISBN 13
- 9780706401530
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Octopus Books, London, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. VI, 144 pages, introduction, index and acknowledgements. Illustrated endpapers, showing an old painting of a Chinese feast. The text is illustrated with coloured photography, black-and-white photography, black-and-white illustrations and one map. Red coloured boards with gilt writing on the front panel and spine. Photographic dustwrapper, showing various ingredients/dishes from within the book, with black and red writing on the front panel and red on the spine. Light shelf rubbing to the base edge of the boards, and rubbing to the dustwrapper corners. A little creasing and ruffling to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. " Chinese food, both the eating and the preparation, is one of the most compelling and mysterious in the world. This book reveals the basic simplicity of Chinese cooking, explaining the more unusual ingredients and describing the preparation and cooking methods." From the front fold over panel. . Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Cooking -- Chinese; ISBN: 0706401530. ISBN/EAN: 9780706401530. Inventory No: 0217747. . 9780706401530
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0217747
- Title
- The Gourmet's Guide to Chinese Cooking
- Author
- Body, Ann
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0706401530
- ISBN 13
- 9780706401530
- Publisher
- Octopus Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Cookery Book, Cooking, Chinese Cooking, Wine & Dining; Cooking -- Chinese; Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0706401530 EAN: 9780706401530 Body, Ann The Gourmet's Guide to Chinese Cooking
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking -- Chinese;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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