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A CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GASTRONOMY Complete & Unabridged
by ANDRE L. SIMON , Founder Wine and Food Society & Former Wine Exporter [ 1877 - 1970 ]
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0713915447
- ISBN 13
- 9780713915440
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: ALLEN LANE, 1983 Black Boards with gilt titles to spine, 240 x 160 mm approx. xvi + 816 pp. b/w head and tail piece illustrations by John Leigh-Pemberton. The volume comprises the nine books originally published by the Wine and Food Society, carefully revised with an entirely new and comprehensive index. It combines the qualities of a practical and exciting cookery book with those of a comprehensive guide to eating and drinking the world over. A fascinating trap for the browser and an ideal bedside book.(Precis of front flap fold). Separate sections are devoted to Sauces, Fish, Meat, Birds, Eggs, Fruit, Vegetables, Wine and Cheese; the Cereal portion includes all foods prepared from flour and plants.The copy offered is a first Allan Lane Printing 1983. Near Fine/Near Fine (Book - No notable defects. Previous owner rubber ink stamp with name under to front free end paper. Dust Jacket- negligible shelf rubbing. No soiling and non price clipped Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). [ camera flash has lightened image ] Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124229
- Title
- A CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GASTRONOMY Complete & Unabridged
- Author
- ANDRE L. SIMON , Founder Wine and Food Society & Former Wine Exporter [ 1877 - 1970 ]
- Illustrator
- JOHN LEIGH-PEMBERTON
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0713915447
- ISBN 13
- 9780713915440
- Publisher
- ALLEN LANE
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Gastronomy, Food and Drink, Cookery Books, Recipes, Receipts, Imbibing, Wines, Sauces, Fish, Meat, Birds, Eggs, Fruit, Vegetables, Wine and Cheese; Andre L. Simon, Reference books , books on line Brighton,
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