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Food is a Four Letter Word
by Eliot Elisofon; Gypsy Rose Lee
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 176 pages. Text unmarked. Food and travel writing. Association copy. Signed and warmly inscribed "For Julio de Diego, A great painter and a great chef. Pas en passant. -Eliot Elisofon". Julio de Diego was husband of the famous burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee (who wrote the foreword to this book). He was also a painter of some note and an art director of early Spanish films. Rubbing and fraying to spine ends and corners. Some dusting to edges of text block. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: Cookbooks ; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 030792. BZDB373 Cookbooks ; Signed by Author Unbranded Eliot Elisofon; Gypsy Rose Lee Food is a Four Letter Word
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- Bookseller
- Hang Fire Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030792
- Title
- Food is a Four Letter Word
- Author
- Eliot Elisofon; Gypsy Rose Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Date Published
- 1948
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cookbooks;
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Returns accepted within thirty days IN SAME CONDITION. Refund initiated on receipt and inspection of returned item.
About the Seller
Hang Fire Books
Biblio member since 2005
Brooklyn, New York
About Hang Fire Books
Hang Fire Books specializes in vintage paperbacks and pulp fiction but carries a wide selection of rare and OP titles. We're based in Brooklyn, New York. Private viewings can be arranged by appointment.
Glossary
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- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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