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Lot 191:
Description
Lot includes 5 Misc. Cookbooks from the 1950’s including Soyer’s Cookery Book by Alexis Soyer published by David McKay Company, Inc. New York c. 1959, The Viennese Cookery Book by Irma Rhode published by John Lehmann LTD London c. 1952, The Art of Good Living by Andre L. Simon published by Constable & Co. LTD c. 1930, Paris Cuisine 1st Edition by James A. Beard and Alexander Watt published by Little, Brown and Company Boston 1952, and Alexandre Dumas’ Diction of Cuisine 1st printing edited by Louis Colman published by Simon and Schuster c. 1958. Combined lot measures approximately 9"x7"x5".
Condition: Soyer’s Cookery Book – Good condition – wear and soiling to cover, spine faded; The Viennese Cookery Book – Good condition – foxing to dust jacket, slight wear to spine of dust jacket, some foxing inside; The Art of Good Living – Good condition – tan cloth cover soiled and slightly worn, corner bumped, split spine, staining on inside; Paris Cuisine (1st ed.) – Good condition – wear and minor loss to dust jacket in mylar cover, gray cloth cover clean, corners and edges of spine bumped, front board slightly warped; Dictionary of Cuisine – Very Good Condition – spine of dust jacket faded, small loss to upper right cover and spine dust jacket, soiling to dust jacket, some spots on edge of book pages. Please see photos.
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