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From Hand to Mouth: Or, How We Invented Knives, Forks, Spoons, and Chopsticks and the Table Manners to Go with Them
by James Cross Giblin
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0690046626
- ISBN 13
- 9780690046625
- Seller
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Kanab, Utah, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1987 An exceptional hardcover copy of the second printing, with dustcover: book and dustcover as new. Library binding (NOT ex-library). White boards, gilt spine lettering, 9 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches, 86 pp., index, b/w illustrations. Pages clean and crisp, with no marks of any kind; binding tight and square. The book appears unread. Dustcover in mylar jacket. (K050). Hardcover. As New/As New.
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- Bookseller
- Boojum and Snark Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4537
- Title
- From Hand to Mouth: Or, How We Invented Knives, Forks, Spoons, and Chopsticks and the Table Manners to Go with Them
- Author
- James Cross Giblin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0690046626
- ISBN 13
- 9780690046625
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell, New York
- Place of Publication
- Nyc
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
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About the Seller
Boojum and Snark Books
Biblio member since 2003
Kanab, Utah
About Boojum and Snark Books
General antiquarian and out-of-print books. Specializing in medicine, history of medicine, science, technology and technical books.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Library Binding
- A type of reinforced binding designed for libraries, schools, or other applications where a book might experience high...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- New
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