The Encyclopedia of Food: The Stories of the Foods By Which We Live, How and Where They Grow and are Marketed, Their Comparative Values and How Best to Use and Enjoy Them
by Ward, Artemas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Skyway, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Artemas Ward, 1923. Heavy book: NO international orders. 1st printing in original full green cloth binding with some pale soiling and rubbing. Binding firm. Unmarked inside, with light finger soiling. x, 596pp. Includes a Dictionary of Food Names in Six Languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish). Lavishly illustrated throughout with photos and 77 full-page color plates, 3/4s of the plates attributed by the author in his preface to American artist Hermann Eggeling [1884-1932]. A monumental work.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.
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- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027231
- Title
- The Encyclopedia of Food: The Stories of the Foods By Which We Live, How and Where They Grow and are Marketed, Their Comparative Values and How Best to Use and Enjoy Them
- Author
- Ward, Artemas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Artemas Ward
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- 4to - over 9" - 12" Ta
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About the Seller
Turn-The-Page Books
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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