Blue Trout and Black Truffles : the Peregrinations of an Epicure
by Joseph Wechsberg
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good.
- Seller
-
Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1953. Hardcover. Good.. 8vo.. Dust jacket is in fair condition only. Separated at the folds, though both present, old tape repairs, major chips at the spine and rear. Reassembled in a mylar protective film. Not price clipped. Handsome paper and cloth boards with fish decoration. Fep is beginning to split. Pages are age tanned but clean. 8vo. A rare copy. 1953
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5412
- Title
- Blue Trout and Black Truffles : the Peregrinations of an Epicure
- Author
- Joseph Wechsberg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8vo.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...