London: Collins, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Brown cloth with gilt titles on spine, 8vo, 816 pages, decorations throughout by John Leigh-Pemberton; A well kept copy; price clipped dust jacket is creased in places. This book, "epitomises a lifetime of gastronomic endeavour and is edited with wit, wisdom, and not a little of the salty common sense of a Frenchman who has tasted most things in his life and has retained a palate sensitive to fine wine and food, appreciative of good and tolerant of most".

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Bookseller: Crooked House Books & Paper (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: CS00579
Title: Andre Simon's Guide to Good Food and Wine
Author: Simon, Andre
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Collins
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1960
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: GASTRONOMY ANDRE SIMON ENCYCLOPEDIA WINE AND FOOD SOCIETY CHEESE SAUCES VEGETABLE CEREALS VINTAGE COOKERY
Bookseller catalogs: Cooking;

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About Crooked House Books & Paper

Welcome to the Crooked House, a one-of-a-kind bookstore in Portland, Oregon. Specializing in the beautiful and unusual: books by, for and about women, cookery, domestic science, decorative publishers bindings, weird how-to books and ephemera, 1920s-30s women's magazines, Modern Library, and more.

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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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...