THE MAIN LINE COOK BOOK
US: Abelard Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good / Very Good -. Item #66597
First Edition. Pink-red cloth over boards with gilt-debossed titling to spine and gilt emblem to front board. Pages have light tanning to margins throughout and light creasing to top corner of a few pages from bump at text block. Endpages have previous owner's stamp and embossed name to first free endpaper, but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Text block has light scuffing to lower edge, moderate sunning to fore edge, and heavy sunning to top edge; slight bump to top corner where fore edge meets top edge. Boards are clean with light sunning to cloth at top edge, moderate bumping to top corners and ends of spine, and rubbing and slight fraying to lower corners and ends of spine; small crack to cloth at top corner of front board. Light tarnishing to gilt title at spine. Binding is tight, spine slightly leans. Dust jacket has sunning to spine and top edge of front cover, rubbing and small chips to ends of spine, two small closed tears to top edge and light creasing to edges and corners. Corners cut to flaps. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.
Price: $80.00