A Guide to Modern Cookery
by Escoffier, A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Town, South Africa
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About This Item
William Heinemann. A pristine copy of the second edition of this classic cookery book. New green marbled end papers and original green stain to the page edges. A light touch of foxing to the prelims and lightly scattered throughout. 891 Pages. Second edition (revised and enlarged). Condition: Near fine. Binding: Hardcover. Rebound in green calf over marbled boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quagga Books (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306103
- Title
- A Guide to Modern Cookery
- Author
- Escoffier, A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
Terms of Sale
Quagga Books
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About the Seller
Quagga Books
Biblio member since 2018
Cape Town
About Quagga Books
We have been in business for over 25 years. Situated in Kalk Bay, Cape Town at the Southern tip of Africa, we deal in all types of collectable books. Over the years we have been featured in Time Magazine, The New York Times, Louis Vuitton Travel Guide, The Guardian and numerous others.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...