James Beard's Fish Cookery
by James Beard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Harry O. Diamond. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, a little darkened along spine with small wrinkle at the top edge, now protected in clear removable cover. Bound in blue cloth with title in white on the spine. Hinge tight, no inscriptions, pages smooth clean and clear, as if unused. A little dust-marked along the top edge but otherwise an unusually tidy copy of a scarce first edition with dust-jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David's Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034693
- Title
- James Beard's Fish Cookery
- Author
- James Beard
- Illustrator
- Harry O. Diamond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
David's Bookshop
Biblio member since 2022
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
About David's Bookshop
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.