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Mastering the Art of French Cooking
by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
This first edition copy is sound with a tight hardcover binding, decorated in a fleur-de-lis repeating pattern with red title box on the front cover. The title, authors' surnames are repeated on the spine in a similar box, and spine is faded from sunlight with a 3/4" vertical tear at the top. No marks or writing in text, no bumps or blocking on boards. Volume is solid and straight with clear interior. Back panel of the original dust jacket tipped in at rear board.
Synopsis
Mastering the Art of French Cooking is a two-volume French cookbook written by American author Julia Child, Simone Beck, and Louisette Bertholle, both of France. Written for the American market, it was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961 (Volume 1) and 1970 (Volume 2). Widely credited with bringing French cuisine into the American home, it has since become a standard in the culinary world. Originally, a third volume was planned but Child lost interest in the project as her television career took off and so Simone Beck published separately what would have been the third volume as Simca's Cuisine .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Medium to Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2
- Title
- Mastering the Art of French Cooking
- Author
- Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck
- Format/Binding
- Fleur-de-lis decorated hardcover, tight
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 684, plus index
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00
- Keywords
- French cooking, Child
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Tipped In
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- 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....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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