Consuming Passions: Being an Historic Inquiry Into Certain English Appetites

Published by Little Brown, Boston, 1970

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Boston: Little Brown, 1970. Stated First American Edition. Fine/Very Good+. Stated First American Edition. Very clean marbled beige boards with clean unfaded black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean decorated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 278 pgs. with index. Illustrated in black & white. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, with one 1/3" closed tear at top spine corner edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Publisher's review slip, typed review, and article on book laid in. With style and humor, the author surveys the progress of civilization in England, starting with the Roman conquest, including some bizarre oddities. 8vo. Great Britain.

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Title
Consuming Passions: Being an Historic Inquiry Into Certain English Appetites
Author
Pullar, Philippa
Publisher
Little Brown, Boston
Publication year
1970
Condition
Fine
Dust jacket
Very Good+
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Stated First American Edition.
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Great Britain, History, Society

Old Scrolls Book Shop

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