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How to Read a French Menu. Practical Advice for Gourmets Everywhere
by Dale, Martin
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Alfred, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Appleton & Co, 1966. Small octavo, 95 pages. First edition. "A delightful and practical book for any tourist or diner-outer in any large city anywhere." (from the jacket). A short dictionary of culinary terms for the fledgling gourmet and traveler. Fine in publisher's blue cloth, in a very near fine dust jacket. With a "compliments of the author" bookmark inserted, and inscribed by the author (revealing that "Martin-Dale" is a pseudonym) on the half-title, "a M. et Mme. Miller, fins becs eux-memes, Amities de "Martin-Dale" (Otherwise TMP), 26/iv/66."
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- Bookseller
- Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2089
- Title
- How to Read a French Menu. Practical Advice for Gourmets Everywhere
- Author
- Dale, Martin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Appleton & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- restaurant, french, signed, inscribed, gastronomy
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About the Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink
Biblio member since 2006
Alfred, Maine
About Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink
Rabelais is always serving up fine books about food, drink, farming and gardening. We carry a sizable stock of rare books, alongside prints, photographs and ephemera, all concerned with the pleasures of the senses.
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- Octavo
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