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THE FEASTS OF AUTOLYCUS: The Diary of a Greedy Woman
by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London / NY: John Lane / Merriam Co., 1896. First edition. Octavo. 264 pp. Decorated cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine, top edge gilt, deckled edge. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, a few pp uncut; top corners & base of spine bumped, spine gilt dulled. "These papers were first published in the 'Pall Mall Gazette, ' under the heading, 'Wares of Autolycus.'". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013394
- Title
- THE FEASTS OF AUTOLYCUS: The Diary of a Greedy Woman
- Author
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Lane / Merriam Co.
- Place of Publication
- London / NY
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- Culinary Arts Woman
- Bookseller catalogs
- Food & Wine;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carnegie Hill Books
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New York, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- 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....
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