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Tastes of Paradise. A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants... Translated from the German by David Jacobson
by Schivelbusch, Wolfgang
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/F
- ISBN 10
- 0394579844
- ISBN 13
- 9780394579849
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 1992 F/F. 8vo. original brown cloth backed boards gilt (publisher's review label to upper pastedown) in dustwrapper priced $25.00 USA (a trifle rubbed); pp. xiv, 240 (last blank), with illustrations. A fine copy.. First English. Hard Cover. F/F.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033869
- Title
- Tastes of Paradise. A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants... Translated from the German by David Jacobson
- Author
- Schivelbusch, Wolfgang
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F
- Jacket Condition
- F
- Edition
- First English
- ISBN 10
- 0394579844
- ISBN 13
- 9780394579849
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Wolfgang Schivelbusch Tastes of Paradise Social History Spices Stimulants Intoxicants Cooking Cookery Drugs Tobacco Beer Liquor Chocolate Tea Coffee Alcohol
Terms of Sale
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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