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A Taste of Provence - Classic Recipes from the South of France
by Forbes, Leslie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316288772
- ISBN 13
- 9780316288774
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1987. Book. Illus. by Leslie Forbes. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. Clean stated First American Edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying, light surface wear to bottom board edges. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Clean map-illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Printed in Italy on quality paper, with delightful color illustrations by the author. 160 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has slight edge wear and several short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Following her enormously successful journey through Tuscany, recorded in "A Taste of Tuscany", Leslie Forbes went on to explore Provence, where she filled her sketchbook with drawings and recipes that uncover the distinctive character of thisregion as reflected in its food and wine..
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- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32851
- Title
- A Taste of Provence - Classic Recipes from the South of France
- Author
- Forbes, Leslie
- Illustrator
- Leslie Forbes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated First American Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0316288772
- ISBN 13
- 9780316288774
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- FOODS OF FRANCE, FRENCH COOKING, PROVENCE, PROVINCIAL RECIPES, FIRST EDITION, LESLIE FORBES, FOOD WRITING, TRAVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; Cookbooks;
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