The Romance Of The Table. In Three Parts: I. Breakfast, II Dinner, III Tea
by Hoyt, J.K
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- fine
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New Brunswick, NJ: Times Publishing, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. fine. First edition. Hardcover in brown cloth ornately decorated and ettered in gilt. 445 pp. Engraved title page. A tight, bright example, slightly cocked. Descriptions of polite society at breakfast, dinner and tea-time, told in novelized form. With various holdhold management and cooking hints incorporated.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E14207B
- Title
- The Romance Of The Table. In Three Parts: I. Breakfast, II Dinner, III Tea
- Author
- Hoyt, J.K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Times Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New Brunswick, NJ
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- cooking, domestic, manners, meals, society
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cookbooks;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- 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...
- 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...