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THE FINER COOKING OR DISHED FOR PARTIES
by X.M.BOULESTIN , J.E.LABOUREUR
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: CASSELL & COMPANY LTD, 1937 Pastel blue flecked buckram boards with red leather laid on title slip and gilt blocked titles, 190 x 130 mm approx. x + 198 pp. Frontis + many other line illustrations by J E Laboureur , full page, in text and as chapter vignettes and end pieces. First Edition 1931. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good no d/j (Book- Title slip a little rubbed, general shelf soiling to cloth including a liquid splash to front panel of 2cm in diam. approx -possibly cooking oil with same to top front corner which has also discoloured the corner of the paste down in a quadrant extending in an arc of 6 cm approx. Book block slightly cocked, rear end paper cracked- mull holding, occassional marginal soiling. No previous owner name, a few pencil "X" against recipes. No other notable defects). A sound working copy- condition report makes it sound worse than is.
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129158
- Title
- THE FINER COOKING OR DISHED FOR PARTIES
- Author
- X.M.BOULESTIN , J.E.LABOUREUR
- Illustrator
- J.E.LABOUREUR
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- CASSELL & COMPANY LTD
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- The Finer Cooking, or dishes for parties, X M Boulestin, J E Laboureur Illustrated, Party Hosting, Cooking, Food and Drink,
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
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