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London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1960. Second-hand hardcover. Bolitho, Hector (ed). The Glorious Oyster. Sidgwick & Jackson: London, 1960. 8vo (230x150mm) illust dj, grey cloth bds 174,[2]pp VG/VG- dj spine sunned, lightly soiled, clipped. sm rep tear; t.e dusty; eps lightly spotted; good reference copy
The Glorious Oyster. by BOLITHO, Hector (editor) - 1961
by BOLITHO, Hector (editor)
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The Glorious Oyster.
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NY:: Horizon Press,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. B000OU2ED2 . First edition thus. Review copy with slip laid in. Bumped upper corners, else very good in a very good (a bit faded along the spine, some foxing on verso) dust jacket. .
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- Publisher Horizon Press,
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- Date Published 1961
- Keywords B000OU2ED2, Natural History, Marine Biology
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The Glorious Oyster
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The Glorious Oyster - His history in Rome and Britain, his anatomy and reproduction, how to cook him and what various Writers and Poets have written in his Praise. Collected together as an acknowledgment of the supreme pleasure he has given to all Persons
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London: Knopf, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London and New York: Alfred Knopf 1929). Small octavo, 203 pages + 4 pages of adverts. First UK Edition. Publisher's grey cloth over paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering to the spine. A near fine bright and clean copy. No inscriptions. In the VERY RARE dustwrapper priced 6s net to the inside flap (as called for). The dustwrapper is VG indeed with a 2.2 cm chip at the base of the spine. A delightful survey of the history of oysters. Laid in are numerous press cutting and oyster-related promotional material including: an oyster price-list from December 1935, an article in the Evening Standard from September 1, 1936 (There's an ~R~ in the Month by Horace Thorogood) regarding the arrival of 100,000 oysters to Billingsgate fish market in London; and "Oyster Days" by Maurice Lang in Food and Cookery September 1957- notes and recipes on oysters to greet the Season. Scarce with these attributes. Photographs/scans…
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