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Fisher: Translation Brillat-Savarin Physiology of Taste
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Pre 1980 item# 1092527
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
$10 with free Media Mail shipping in USA
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The famous food writer, M. F. K. Fisher's Translation of the seminal text by the great Brillat-Savarin in a beautiful First Borzoi Edition published in 1971 by Alfred A. Knopf. Full title is "The Physiology of Taste or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin." Handsomely bound in full cloth with gilt blind-stamping and patterned endpapers. Deckled edge paper. 443pp. Book is in excellent condition; dust wrapper has slight wear, at top of spine (visib ...click for details
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Who's Who in Opera, Guide to Opera Characters by Bourne
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Pre 2000 item# 1092287
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
$10 with free Media Mail shipping in USA
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Book by Joyce Bourne provides a guide to over 2,500 characters from over 270 operas -- not only the standard repertoire, but also important and interesting rarities. From Arabella to Wozzeck, entries give a description of the role, its vocal category, by whom the part was created, and notable performers. First edition, published by oxford University Press, 457 pp. Handsome book. Mint condition.
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1941 Catalog, Sale of Georgian Silver, Parke-Bernet NY
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Pre 1950 item# 1090742
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
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Interesting small catalog from sale titled "A Group of Important Georgian Silver" held on Friday, May 16, 1941, at Parke-Bernet Galleries on East 57th Street. The silver was property of Parish-Watson & Co., Inc., of New York "to be sold consequent on the death of M. Parish-Watson, Esq. The 24-page booklet is self-bound and contains listings of 31 lots and photographs of most of them. A nice period piece for collectors and dealers.
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Trout Madness by Robert Traver, of Anatomy of a Murder
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Pre 1960 item# 1090335
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
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First edition of this book about the passion of John D. Voelker, who wrote Anatomy of a Murder under the pen name of Robert Traver. He was a district attorney in a small town in Michigan and later a Supreme Court judge in that state. Book is in very good condition; dust wrapper is unclipped but has some small tears at the top front (see photograph) and some damage on the top inch of the back of the dj.
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