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THE DUCHESS WHO WOULDN'T SIT DOWN: An Informal History of Hospitality
by Browner, Jesse
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1582342970
- ISBN 13
- 9781582342979
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Bloomsbury, 2003. First printing. Octavo. 198 pp; bibliography. Cloth with gilt-lettered spine with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has tiny tear at head of jacket spine, else fine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010080
- Title
- THE DUCHESS WHO WOULDN'T SIT DOWN: An Informal History of Hospitality
- Author
- Browner, Jesse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1582342970
- ISBN 13
- 9781582342979
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- History Hospitality Entertaining
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Entertaining;
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About the Seller
Carnegie Hill Books
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New York, New York
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