THE FINER ART OF COOKING
by Boulestin, X.M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Richmond, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
First edition, number 29 of 55 numbered and signed copies by the author. Bound in the original red/orange cloth over boards with gilt lettering and charming cover decoration. Illustrated by J.E. Laboureur. This copy retains the original pictorial parchment paper dust wrapper. Frontispiece is an original etching by Laboureur, signed in pencil by the artist and number 29/50. The dust wrapper is chipped with a half-dollar size piece out of the back of the wrapper, no text loss. The book is pristine.
Exceedingly rare in limited and signed edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3815
- Title
- THE FINER ART OF COOKING
- Author
- Boulestin, X.M
- Illustrator
- J.E. Laboureur
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company
- Place of Publication
- London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sidney
- Date Published
- (1937)
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- 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...