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The Art of Good Living a Contribution to the Better Understanding of Food and Drink Together with a Gastronomic Vocabulary and a Wine Dictionary
by Simon, AndrÎ L
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1929. Undetermined. very good. 1st Special Edition limited to 300 copies.. xvi, 200pp. Octavo. Quarter vellum over marble boards. Gilt title on spine. Gilt top foredge, else untrimmed. Extremely minimal foxing to front free endpaper. Color frontis after Daumier with tissue. Some pages unopened. 11 black-and-white plates with tissue. Textblock clean and crisp. very good Special limited edition to 300 copies, this being number 238. Signed by Author on verso half-title. Very nice copy - A classic "must-have" for any gourmet or wine connoisseur. 1929
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 139837
- Title
- The Art of Good Living a Contribution to the Better Understanding of Food and Drink Together with a Gastronomic Vocabulary and a Wine Dictionary
- Author
- Simon, AndrÎ L
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Constable & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Andre Simon|Cooking|Food and Drink|Gourmet|Wine
- Bookseller catalogs
- Society and Culture;
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- 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...
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