Food by Waverley Root: An Authoritative and Visual History and Dictionary of the Foods of the World
by Root, Waverley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671225898
- ISBN 13
- 9780671225896
- Seller
-
Arvada, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/near fine. First printing. 602 pages, many illustrations including several in color. Large book, unclipped dust jacket. Brown & organge board edges lightly sunned at top and bottom. Small crease on rear flap of jacket. Straight, clean, unmarked book.
Mylar cover on dust jacket.
Mylar cover on dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Algonquin Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16671
- Title
- Food by Waverley Root: An Authoritative and Visual History and Dictionary of the Foods of the World
- Author
- Root, Waverley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671225898
- ISBN 13
- 9780671225896
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- food, reference,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking;
Terms of Sale
Old Algonquin Books
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About the Seller
Old Algonquin Books
Biblio member since 2006
Arvada, Colorado
About Old Algonquin Books
Old Algonquin Books. owned by John and Helen Dunning, was an open store in Denver from 1984-1994. and has been an online business since then. Member: Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA).All books with dust jackets have removable mylar covers on the jackets unless otherwise noted. First edition also means first printing unless otherwise noted.
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