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The ABC of Cocktails
by Not Stated
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
The Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York, 1962. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Ruth McCrea. The text is illustrated with drawings by Ruth McCrea. Illustrated boards with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for the underlying boards, with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A small book on the art of making cocktails. Softening of the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners. Light age toning of the textbook edges. Offset tanning to the endpapers and there is a small tape residue to the top left hand corner of the free front and paper. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Fading to the backstrip with sunning and light foxing to the panels – predominantly the front. A few insect nibbles can be seen to the top right hand corner of the rear panel. Browning of the verso and the remains of a price ticket can be seen to the top edge of the front fold of the panel. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [2], 3 - 60, [2] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Ruth McCrea. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; cocktails; Inventory No: 0119807. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0119807
- Title
- The ABC of Cocktails
- Author
- Not Stated
- Illustrator
- Ruth McCrea
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Peter Pauper Press
- Place of Publication
- Mount Vernon, New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- BZDB2 cocktails, making, Ruth McCrea – Illustrator Cooking, Wine & Dining; cocktails; Ruth McCrea Unbranded Not Stated The ABC of Cocktails
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
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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- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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"...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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