Memories with Food at Gipsy House.: Photographs by Jan Baldwin.
by DAHL, Roald & Felicity
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Viking,, 1991. First edition, first impression, of the Dahl family recipe book, sprinkled with anecdotes of their lives. Roald Dahl wrote it with his wife Felicity during his final year and publication came after his death in 1990. Quarto. Original red boards, spine lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers. With dust jacket. Colour photographic illustrations throughout. Tiny spots to top edge, else clean; bright, unclipped jacket lightly creased, single tape reinforcement on verso: a fine copy in near-fine jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 172353
- Title
- Memories with Food at Gipsy House.
- Author
- DAHL, Roald & Felicity
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Viking,
- Date Published
- 1991
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....