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The Romance of Coffee: An Outline History of Coffee and Coffee-Drinking Through a Thousand Years
by William H. Ukers
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Tea and Coffee Trade Journal Co, 1948. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1948 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (a bit of light offsetting at the front inner hinge) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light staining and scuffing along the spine, and a bit of light wear at the upper tips and the spine ends. Octavo, generous black-and-white photos throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22923
- Title
- The Romance of Coffee: An Outline History of Coffee and Coffee-Drinking Through a Thousand Years
- Author
- William H. Ukers
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Tea and Coffee Trade Journal Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- rare food & drink, rare coffee books, rare coffee-drinking histories, rare coffee histories
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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