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Food for Free, A Guide to the Natural Wild Foods of Britain
by Mabey, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1850520526
- ISBN 13
- 9781850520528
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London Britain/UK: Peerage Books, 1986. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition. Octavo (standard book size). Marjorie Blamey. Some lovely colour illustrations and black and white illustrations. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 192 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers faintly foxed, text not foxed. Dust jacket is in good condition with some faint foxing on the interior. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Previous owner’s name and address on front free endpaper. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Marjorie Blamey. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Bush Foods, Wild Food & Bush Tucker; Britain/UK; ISBN: 1850520526. ISBN/EAN: 9781850520528. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51212. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers faintly foxed, text not foxed All edges clean, neat and free of foxing
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51212
- Title
- Food for Free, A Guide to the Natural Wild Foods of Britain
- Author
- Mabey, Richard
- Illustrator
- Marjorie Blamey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Printed Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1850520526
- ISBN 13
- 9781850520528
- Publisher
- Peerage Books
- Place of Publication
- London Britain/UK
- Date Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 192
- Keywords
- Bush Foods, Wild Food & Bush Tucker BZDB397 wild food, fungi, lichens, seaweed, herbs Cooking, Wine & Dining; Bush Foods, Wild Food & Bush Tucker; Britain/UK; Food for Free A Guide to the Natural Wild Foods of Britain
- X weight
- 0.000 kg
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Spine
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