The Duchess Who Wouldn't Sit Down An Informal History of Hospitality
by Jesse Browner
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1582342970
- ISBN 13
- 9781582342979
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
First hardcover edition, with dust jacket, published by Bloomsbury, 2003. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. 198 pages. Black boards with the author name and title imprinted on the spine in gold. A review of 'hospitality' from the ancient Greeks, the palace of Versailles, up to the present day. This copy is not a remainder, not a library discard. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. The dust jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. There are some smudges from use on the edges of the text block, and some fingerprint smudges on the last blank flyleaf too. This copy is not a remainder, not a library discard. The attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.
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- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21-366
- Title
- The Duchess Who Wouldn't Sit Down An Informal History of Hospitality
- Author
- Jesse Browner
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1582342970
- ISBN 13
- 9781582342979
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- October 1, 2003
- Keywords
- Versailles, Social History, Manners
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays;
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