Dennis, MA: The Coppice, Scargo Hill. Very Good-. 1952. Plastic comb binding. Being a Compilation of Recipes Some Common, Some Uncommon, But All Adjusted to those who Savor and those who Taste, Those who enjoy People, The Scent of Dill, The Bouquet of Wine. All got together and set down by a Serious and Delightful Thinker on the Subject. A quarto volume with printed wrappers and a white plastic comb spine. Wrappers are toned an worn at edges, starting to split at top of comb; interior clean and tight. Tabbed sections include Fillips, Soups, Fish,Luncheon,Entrees, Poultry, Sauces,Desserts. Black and white illustrations. Recipes include: Clams in Aspic, Pate Scargo, Cucumber Vichysoisse Soup, Iced Chicken Curry Soup, Lobster Pie, Fish Mousee w/ Sauce, Fish Casserole Supreme, Eels in green Herbs, Sweetbread Salad, Baked Bahamian Tomatoes, Calves Brains in Butter, Kidneys in Wine, Bohemian Style Chicken,Coq au Vin Gertrude, Rum and Ginger Sauce for Alligator Pear, Prune Whip, Saffron Cake, Rum Pudding, etc. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .

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Bookseller: Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 38543
Title: 90 DAYS of Living with Interesting Food - Summer 1952
Author: Morrow, Barbara
Format/Binding: Plastic comb binding
Book Condition: Used - Very Good-
Publisher: The Coppice, Scargo Hill
Place of Publication: Dennis, MA
Date Published: 1952
Size: 4to.
Bookseller catalogs: Cookbooks - Food - Wine;

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At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.

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Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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...
Wrappers: The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.