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A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal
by Anthony Bourdain
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1582341400
- ISBN 13
- 9781582341408
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Bloomsbury USA, 2001-12-06. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 6x1x9. First edition stated. The binding is tight and straight with minor wear to bottom corners and spine ends. Very faint soiling to cloth. Text block is clean and bright. No chipping to gilt along spine. Dust jacket in mylar is fully intact with scuffing to rear panel and light handling wear.
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- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPbourCT
- Title
- A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal
- Author
- Anthony Bourdain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1582341400
- ISBN 13
- 9781582341408
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2001-12-06
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 21 oz
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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