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Good Soups
by Ambrose Heath
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£175.00£157.50
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1935 . First edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. An excellent example of the first edition of Ambrose Heath's guide to 'Good Soups'. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The work of English journalist and food writer Ambrose Heath, who authored over forty cookery books in his lifetime.In this work, Heath presents over one-hundred soup recipes, including brown bread soup, cabbage and cream soup, and bird's nest soup. In the publisher's original pictorial paper covered boards, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Shelf wear to spine tail, with spine lightly age toned. Dust wrapper back strip age toned, with small chip to back strip head. Wrap perimeters lightly age toned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 898F59
- Title
- Good Soups
- Author
- Ambrose Heath
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- soup soups good food recipes soups
Terms of Sale
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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