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Serve It Forth (First Edition, Second Printing, 1937, In Dust Jacket)
by Fisher, M. F. K. [Mary Frances Kennedy]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Book/Fair Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1937. First Edition, Second Printing 2nd Printing. Peach Cloth, Gilt. Near Fine Book/Fair Dust Jacket. 253 Pp. First Book On Food By M F K Fisher, The Second Printing, August 1937 (The First Printing Was In June). Book Is Bright And Clean, All Gilt Brilliant, Just A Trace Of Wear At Corners, No Fraying, No Names Or Marks. Dj Worn At Edges, Price-Clipped At Top Of Front Flap, Large Chip/Loss In Bottom Half Of Spine, Removing Bottom Of "Forth" And First Three Letters Of Publisher's Name, Some Closed Tears And 1/4" Losses At Corners But Otherwise Complete, Just A Trace Of Fading To Pink Areas At Top And Bottom Of Spine, No Damp Spotting, No Soiling. It Is Said Of Fisher That If She Had Written About Anything Other Than Food, She Would Have Been One Of The Greatest Writers Of Her Time.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024442
- Title
- Serve It Forth (First Edition, Second Printing, 1937, In Dust Jacket)
- Author
- Fisher, M. F. K. [Mary Frances Kennedy]
- Format/Binding
- Peach Cloth, Gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Book
- Jacket Condition
- Fair Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing 2nd Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare And Unusual Books; Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century;
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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About Arroyo Seco Books
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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