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Crumbs from the Round Table: A Feast for Epicures
by Barber, Joseph
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- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn at corners and head of spine, foxing to gutter at title page.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York
Item Price
€95.66
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About This Item
NY: Leypoldt and Holt. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn at corners and head of spine, . foxing to gutter at title page.. 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Green beveled cloth with titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. Top edges gilt. 106 pages plus 6 pages of publisher's ads. A collection of epicurean literature which was formerly published in The Round Table and other journals, by the "culinary critic, fisherman, and singer of country lyrics." Most of these crumbs are in essay form, about puddings, vegetables, the esthetics of epicureanism, breakfast, Thanksgiving, but there are interludes of overwrought "epigastric poetry'. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33779
- Title
- Crumbs from the Round Table: A Feast for Epicures
- Author
- Barber, Joseph
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn at corners and head of spine, foxing to gutter at title page.
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Leypoldt and Holt
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- Antiquarian Food Books, GASTRONOMY, Culinary Essays
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking and Gastronomy;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
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About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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