The Gentleman's Companion (2 volume set). Volume I: Being an Exotic Cookery Book or, Around the World with Knife Fork and Spoon; Volume II: Being an Exotic Drinking Book or, Jigger Beaker Flask
by Baker, Charles, H., Jr
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- 4/-1
- Seller
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Belen, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers, 1946. 1st. Hard cover. 4. Very good. No dust jacket. 220, 216 p. Very Good. Text are clean and unmarked. Bindings are tight. Corners are rounded, worn and frayed. Extremities are worn and faded. Vol. I spine is worn at the top and torn at the bottom. Vol. II spine is worn and upper is missing a small patch of material. Vol. I has the name Helen M. Ross in gilt on lower cover. Vol. II has the name Raymond F. Ross in gilt on lower cover..
Synopsis
First published in 1939, this is Charles H. Baker, Jr.'s infamous two volume set - an Exotic Cookery and an Exotic Drinking Book that serve as much a travel log to exotic places as it does a cookbook.
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- Bookseller
- Carobok (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.0000580
- Title
- The Gentleman's Companion (2 volume set). Volume I: Being an Exotic Cookery Book or, Around the World with Knife Fork and Spoon; Volume II: Being an Exotic Drinking Book or, Jigger Beaker Flask
- Author
- Baker, Charles, H., Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - 4
- Jacket Condition
- -1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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