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The Gastronomic Regenerator: A Simplified and Entirely New System of Cookery, with Nearly Two Thousand Practical Receipts Suited to the Income of all Classes.
by Alexis Soyer
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1846. 2nd Edition . Very Good. 6 x 9 inches (15 x 22 cm). Contemporary half calf leather binding with marbled boards. Slight rubbing to edges, excellent solid binding with no cracking to joints. Spine has five raised bands, black leather title label, blind and gilt decorated compartments. Marbled page edges and endpapers, spots of foxing to first and last few pages. Very clean text throughout. Complete with all 14 plates (2 fold-outs) plus 3 full page plans, illustration of attelettes, and fold-out menu on blue paper. Stain to the plate of Madame Soyer. A few spots to the plate of Young Bavarians. Popular work from Victorian England's most celebrated French chef. An early printing and in very nice condition. Bitting p443; Oxford p176. . Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £14.00; USA £27.60; Oceania £28.90; Rest of World £24.15. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 6 x 9 inches (15 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xxiv, 720, 18, 6
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1206C001
- Title
- The Gastronomic Regenerator: A Simplified and Entirely New System of Cookery, with Nearly Two Thousand Practical Receipts Suited to the Income of all Classes.
- Author
- Alexis Soyer
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simpkin, Marshall & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1846
- Size
- 6 x 9 inches (15 x 22 cm)
- Keywords
- , Cookery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Bindings; Cookery;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Marbled boards
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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