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The Book of Bread
by Simmons, Owen
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Maclaren & Sons 1903. First Edition. 11.25" x 8.75". 360 pp. Illustrated with 12 plates of color lithographs, 8 plates of tipped-in photographs, two plates of silver gelatin photographs mounted on card stock, and three photographic reproductions in the text; all illustrations with printed captions. In publisher's green cloth over beveled boards, front cover stamped in gilt and black, spine titles stamped in black, patterned endpapers. Some rubbing and soiling to covers, wear and fraying to corners and edges, small cracks at head and foot of upper joint, hinges cracked; occasional thumbing to margins, a few creases to corners of photographs, small (approx.. 2" x 0.5") piece lost at bottom-left margin of one silver gelatin print. Small ownership inkstamp ("Arnold Bakers, Inc.") to first page and rfep. A Good, complete copy of this comprehensive and thoroughly illustrated work devoted to the practice of bread manufacturing. [Biting, p. 435; Parr & Badger I, p.56; ] . Good. Hardcover .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brattle Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39381
- Title
- The Book of Bread
- Author
- Simmons, Owen
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Maclaren & Sons 1903
- Place of Publication
- London
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hardcover
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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