The Art of Carving Excerpted from a Work Entitled The Honours of the Table (1788)
The Revd Dr John Trusler
Published by The University Press, Cambridge, 1931
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A very scarce limited edition Cambridge Christmas book, containing an excerpt from Dr John Trusler's 'The Honours of the Table'. The second Christmas Book issued by Cambridge University Press.Limited to 100 copies. Very scarce.In the original quarter cloth binding, with marbled paper covered boards.A charming treatise on the practise of carving, excerpted from 'The Honours of the Table' by Dr. John Trusler and reprinted here by Walter Lewis. With a biographical note by Stanley Morison and an appreciation by Sydney Castle Roberts.From 1930 to 1973, Cambridge University Press produced a slim, limited edition volume for Christmas. In most cases, only some 100 copies were made of a single title, and all of them were given away to "friends in printing and publishing." In the original quarter cloth binding, with marbled paper covered boards.Externally, very smart indeed, with minor shelf wear and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with minor offsetting and spotting to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 982Y16
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Title: The Art of Carving Excerpted from a Work ...
Publisher: The University Press, Cambridge
Publication Date: 1931
Binding: Cloth
Illustrator: Not Stated
Condition: Near Fine
Book Type: book
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The Art of Carving Excerpted From A Work Entitled The Honours Of The Table (1788)
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Seller: Garden City Books, Herts, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. small pocket sized hardback with unclipped dustjacket which has been kept well protected in clear plastic removable sleeve. Contains many diagrams of various joints of animals including hare, lamb, veal, venison, beef, ham, mutton and calf's head. Interior clean with no inscriptions, marks, tears or folds and all pages tight within binding, yellow cloth covers clean and unscuffed. Dustjacket in excellent clean condition. Seller Inventory # 009141
The Art of Carving excerpted from a work entitled The Honours of the Table (1788)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First this edition hardback with dustjacket. DJ is chipped to top edge and a little darkened to spine. Also price clipped. Previous owners bookplate inside front board otherwise internally clean. Very good / very good - condition. Seller Inventory # S01A030003
The art of carving. Excerpted from a work entitled The Honours of the Table (1788). (Met handgeschreven opdracht van de schrijver).
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Cambridge, University Press, 1932. Linnen. 76 p. Wat roest. Boekje over het aansnijden van vlees en vis, met op het voorste schutblad een handgeschreven opdracht van J.W.F. (Jobs) Werumeus Buning: 'Voor Jan,/ van Jobs/ 12 Januari 1933'. Seller Inventory # 251126
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