The New London Family Cook: Or, Town and Country Housekeeper Guide
by Duncan Macdonald
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Albion Press: Printed for John Cundee, 1812. Reprint . Very Good. 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Recent quarter brown morocco leather binding with plain brown paper covered boards. Spine has five raised bands and red morocco title label. Browning and spotting to page edges, foxing and slight staining to plates. Light soiling to title page and last page of index. Lacking lower corner of one page (text unaffected). One page has a 4cm tear to lower edge. Complete with frontis and all 10 plates. A few occasional spots and small marks to text, but overall a nice clean example in a good solid binding. Bitting p297; Oxford p129. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: Small 4to. 634
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1206C004
- Title
- The New London Family Cook: Or, Town and Country Housekeeper Guide
- Author
- Duncan Macdonald
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Albion Press: Printed for John Cundee
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1812
- Size
- 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm)
- Keywords
- , Cookery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Bindings; Cookery;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
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About the Seller
Tarrington Books
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Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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....
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...