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Hows and Whys of Cooking
by Evelyn Halliday, Isabel Noble
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good +
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$41.44NZ$29.00
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About This Item
Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 1929 The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. 1929. Hardcover. Stated 4th Impression (printing). The University of Chicago Home Economics Series. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O last name on the FFFP and Rear Pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good; bumping to tail and upper front tip; small stain at tail; splash stain to bottom of rear board. DJ: Good +; this DJ was stored in the book folded into quarters; missing small pieces at head, tail, and tips; wear to flap folds; light spine toning. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 179 pp 8vo. There are many food chemistry tests and many cookbooks, but this is the first to combine them. All of the recipes have exact directions for making them, the reasons for each step, and explanations of the chemical changes which occur in the cooking process. This book makes possible an intelligent and efficient approach to cooking. This book is a method; it provides a solid foundation for all culinary accomplishment. Laid-in is an old Morton's Salt note paper 4" x 5 1/4". A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015470
- Title
- Hows and Whys of Cooking
- Author
- Evelyn Halliday, Isabel Noble
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- cooking, food chemistry, recipes, cookbooks, chemical changes in food, cooking temperatures, heat effects on food, thermometer,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cookbooks;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Brodart
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- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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