THE AMERICAN HERITAGE COOKBOOK AND ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF AMERICAN EATING AND DRINKING (2 VOLUME SET IN SLIPCASE)
by Amory, Cleveland; Beebe, Lucius; Carson, Gerald, Etc
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
-
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: American Heritage Publishing Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in blue embossed cloth, 2 Volume set in slipcase which is very lightly rubbed at edges. Showing very light shelf wear only.; 9" x 6" .
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- Bookseller
- Luis Porretta Fine Arts
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18204
- Title
- THE AMERICAN HERITAGE COOKBOOK AND ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF AMERICAN EATING AND DRINKING (2 VOLUME SET IN SLIPCASE)
- Author
- Amory, Cleveland; Beebe, Lucius; Carson, Gerald, Etc
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- American Heritage Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Luis Porretta Fine Arts
Biblio member since 2021
Nanaimo, British Columbia
About Luis Porretta Fine Arts
We are an on-line store and our staff has over thirty years experience in selling rare and collectable books, maps, engravings and art. We hold a very large stock of interesting items and would encourage you to visit us on-line at your leisure.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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