Chopsticks: A Flight Into Oriental Cooking
by Mary Washburn, Mrs. Wang Shu Ming, et al
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Red & black cloth over boards with gilt lettering & design. Compiled by the wives of Navy & Air Force personnel of the Military Advisory Assistance Group (MAAG) stationed in Taipei, Formosa (Taiwan). Complete with original chopsticks afixed through spine attachment, in very good/near fine condition. Some bumping, foxing, soiling throughout. Previous owner note on front flyleaf written in pencil, & previous owner inscription with an interesting note, written in ink, on rear flyleaf. Otherwise a tight & clean copy of this rare cookbook.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sun Mountain Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31
- Title
- Chopsticks: A Flight Into Oriental Cooking
- Author
- Mary Washburn, Mrs. Wang Shu Ming, et al
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Yung Ziang Press, LTD,
- Place of Publication
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Date Published
- 1954
- Pages
- 107
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Asian cuisine, Taiwan, Military, Cookbook
Terms of Sale
Sun Mountain Books
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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- Fine
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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....