Dubious Honors
by Fisher, M.F.K
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Francisco: North Point, 1988. A collection of the famed food essayist's introductions to other works, issued on the occasion of her 80th birthday. First Edition copy in Near Fine condition. Rosy mauve cloth binding with gilt lettering. Just a touch of sun to the edges and a RM to bottom edge. Unclipped DJ, lightly sunned on spine. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000669
- Title
- Dubious Honors
- Author
- Fisher, M.F.K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- North Point
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1988
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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