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GLOW OF CANDLIGHT: The Story of Patricia Murphy.
by Murphy, Patricia (1905Ð1979)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine (over-opened before half title page) in a very good dust jacket with some small chips to ends of dj spine./very good
- Seller
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About This Item
Englewood Cliffs, NJ:: Prentice-Hall,, (1961). SIGNED hardcover -. Near fine (over-opened before half title page) in a very good dust jacket with some small chips to ends of dj spine.. Hardcover. Autobiography of a woman who became one of the most successful restaurateurs of her time in the New York City and Ft Lauderdale areas - Born in Newfoundland, she left in 1928 to study music in New York City, but after the crash of 1929, she gambled on taking over a restaurant which was closing in Brooklyn - naming it the Candlelight since her improvised and modest decor included candles on the tables. Also included in this book is are sections of menus and recipes, and on gardens and flowers. SIGNED on the half title page with the words "with personal regards" and dated in Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1966. Illustrated with color photographs. Index. Possible first edition with no additional printings shown, original price of 3.95 on dust jacket flap. 260 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88294
- Title
- GLOW OF CANDLIGHT: The Story of Patricia Murphy.
- Author
- Murphy, Patricia (1905Ð1979)
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED hardcover -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine (over-opened before half title page) in a very good dust jacket with some small chips to ends of dj spine.
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall,
- Place of Publication
- Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
- Date Published
- (1961)
- Keywords
- recipes, gardens, new york city, florida, restaurateur,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography - autobiography - memoirs;
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