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Food by Waverley Root: an Authoritative and Visual History and Dictionary of the Foods of the World
by Root, Waverley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0671225898
- ISBN 13
- 9780671225896
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0671225898 . Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book and unclipped dust jacket are crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Bookplate of former owner on front free endpage and black remainder mark on bottom edge. Illustrated throughout. 4to. 602 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U. S. .
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- Bookseller
- KULTURAs books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81625
- Title
- Food by Waverley Root: an Authoritative and Visual History and Dictionary of the Foods of the World
- Author
- Root, Waverley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671225898
- ISBN 13
- 9780671225896
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 0671225898, Cooking Reference
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KULTURAs books
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About KULTURAs books
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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