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The Art of Cooking: A Series of Practical Lessons
by DODS, Matilda Lees
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY:: G. P. Putnam's Sons,. Good. 1880. Hardcover. Edited by Henrietta De Conde Sherman. First edition. Small octavo, bound in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and borders on the spine, black lettering and designs on the front board, yellow endpapers. Frayed at the crown of the spine, brief notation in red marker on front free endpaper, previous owner's stamp on next front endpage, upper corner of the title page has been torn away - taking the "Cooking" portion of the title with it, binding is a bit loose at the center of the text block, else good. ; 226 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77038
- Title
- The Art of Cooking: A Series of Practical Lessons
- Author
- DODS, Matilda Lees
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons,
- Place of Publication
- NY:
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- Cookery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cookery and Food;
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Springfield, Massachusetts
About Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
Booksellers since 1987. ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, and SNEAB member.
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- G
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
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