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The Saucier's Apprentice: A Modern Guide to Classic French Sauces for the Home
by Sokolov, Raymond
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394489209
- ISBN 13
- 9780394489209
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1976-03-12. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. Alfred A. Knopf; New York, 1977. Hardcover. Second Printing. A Very Good, brown boards and light tan cloth spine, dark brown lettering on front board and gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, mild crimping to spine edges, top text block edge stained rose, very faint and small soiled spot mid fore-edge, bit of rubbing along board edges, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, few small tears and chips along edges, sunning to spine and verso, Dust wrapper. A nice, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 213pp., indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
Synopsis
Raymond Sokolov was born in Detroit in 1941. He graduated from Harvard, then attended Wadham College, Oxford, as a Fulbright Scholar before returning to Harvard for graduate study. He has worked as a foreign correspondent and book critic for Newsweek and as the Food Editor for The New York Times. Mr. Sokolov wrote a monthly feature for Natural History magazine for twenty years. And for the past fourteen years he has been the Leisure & Arts Editor for The Wall Street Journal. He lives with his wife in New York City.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1041047
- Title
- The Saucier's Apprentice: A Modern Guide to Classic French Sauces for the Home
- Author
- Sokolov, Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394489209
- ISBN 13
- 9780394489209
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976-03-12
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 22 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lavendier Books
Biblio member since 2008
Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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