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A Dictionary of Gastronomy
by Simon, Andre L. & Howe, Robin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0171470923
- ISBN 13
- 9780171470925
- Seller
-
Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hardcover. VG+ Condition: Dust Jacket VG+ Condition in Mylar protective covering: Good. Photographic and Illustrations (illustrator). 9-400 pages, foreword by authors and list of coloured plates. Bright yellow coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white illustrations and full-page, full-colour photographs (some double page) throughout. Light blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Pink coloured tint to the top text block edge.
Colour photographic dustwrapper with black titles to the front panel and backstrip. A little creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper top edge. No markings or rubbings. A book about cooking and all things gastronomical listed alphabetically.
Colour photographic dustwrapper with black titles to the front panel and backstrip. A little creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper top edge. No markings or rubbings. A book about cooking and all things gastronomical listed alphabetically.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lansdowne Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 196
- Title
- A Dictionary of Gastronomy
- Author
- Simon, Andre L. & Howe, Robin
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0171470923
- ISBN 13
- 9780171470925
- Publisher
- Nelson,
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 9-400pp.
- Size
- 4to 9¾" - 12" tall.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cookery;
Terms of Sale
Lansdowne Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Lansdowne Books
Biblio member since 2018
Port Fairy, Victoria
About Lansdowne Books
Lansdowne Books is an independent online store specialising in Antiquarian and Quality Secondhand books. We are based in regional Victoria and offer our collection from around the world. It is possible to collect items from Port Fairy, Victoria Australia.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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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