The Art of Good Living. A Contribution to the Better Understanding of Food and Drink Together with a Gastronomic Vocabulary and a Wine Dictionary

Language: English

Published by Alfred A. Knopf Inc, New York, 1930

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Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA

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201 pp. First American edition, usuing English sheets of the First British edition [ a revised edition was published in England also in 1930]. Worn at edges, paper covered boards frayed at all edges, cloth frayed at top and bottom of spine, front hinge cracked, white spine lettering with some losses but still readable. Signed by Andre L Simon on front endpaper. from the library of wine expert Robert L. Balzer, although not marked as such and without his usual bookplate.

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Title
The Art of Good Living. A Contribution to the Better Understanding of Food and Drink Together with a Gastronomic Vocabulary and a Wine Dictionary
Author
Simon, Andre L. [foreword By Maurice Healy]
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Inc, New York
Publication year
1930
Condition
Good
Dust jacket
No DJ
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Cloth/Boards
Language
English
Illustrator
Frontispiece
Edition
First American Edition
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Food, Wine, Cookery, Drink

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