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Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I
by Child, Julia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: A. Knopf, 1961. Stated First edition. HC w DJ. PC VG/Good+. Patterned fleur-de-lis boards w turquoise stars, B/W titling on orange fields, orange topstain moisture stain near spine crown, moderate shelf wear, light soiling along edges, light toning to endpapers, stain to rear free endpaper, leaves clean, some toning, unmarked, square, slight weakening to hinges but overall binding sound. Unclipped DJ ($10.00) moderate edgewear heaviest to tips, nicks/chips to spine crown, 3"" mostly closed tear to spine top, extremities rubbed w some smudging, code ""10/61"" at front flap, some toning, now protected in Brodart. Drawings by Sidonie Coryn. Uncommon 1st/1st in DJ. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Refuge Books: Used & Rare
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 210005
- Title
- Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I
- Author
- Child, Julia
- Format/Binding
- HC w DJ
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Stated First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 684 + xxxii
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Refuge Books: Used & Rare
Biblio member since 2018
Nashville, Tennessee
About Refuge Books: Used & Rare
Refuge Books: Used & Rare. Buying and selling books in historic east Nashville, TN since 2012. Specializing in history, biography, Civil War, books on books, theology, Louisiana, the Inklings, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, Wendell Berry, Flannery O'Connor, George Macdonald, Thomas Mann, Madeleine L'Engle, and Frederick Buechner. We welcome any and all inquiries.Instagram: @refugebooks
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
- PC
- Partially chipped (dustjacket)
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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