Remarkable Feasts . Adventures on the Food Trail from Baton Rouge to Old Peking
by Forbes, Leslie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0747506531
- ISBN 13
- 9780747506539
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bloomsbury. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0747506531 . Scarlet Red boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. Some white paint transferred from the shelf onto the very bottom front edge of the boards for about half an inch (should rub off) o/w Fine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket. A few very slight marks (negligible) on the d/j but overall looks VG/NF. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Impression with the correct Printer's Key - 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. NO Inscriptions or Marks. 224pp. Illustrated throughout in full colour by the Author - Leslie Forbes - who "presents a celebration of food and of people enjoying themselves all over the world, with travel info and relevant recipes. It encompasses public feasts, such as Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the mid-autumn Moon Festival in China and the New Year Water Festival in Thailand, as well as a Jewish Passover dinner in the South of France." . Leslie Forbes is the author and illustrator of "A Table in Tuscany", "A Table in Provence" and she writes a cookery column for the "Sunday Correspondent". ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112238
- Title
- Remarkable Feasts . Adventures on the Food Trail from Baton Rouge to Old Peking
- Author
- Forbes, Leslie
- Illustrator
- Leslie Forbes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0747506531
- ISBN 13
- 9780747506539
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- 0747506531, Remarkable Feasts . Adventures On The Food Trail From Baton Rouge To Old , Peking; Leslie Forbes;, Cookery Around The World; Recipes; Foreign Travel; Truffles; Indian Food; , Christmas Food; Mardi-gras;, Thailand Food; Jewish Food; Passover; F
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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