Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$29.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Patterned cover with red title plate. Corners bumped with light wear and top spine has fraying with two 1/2" tears down. Top cover edge is sunned/soiled brown. Page edges somewhat toned with a few light small soiled spots. Inside pages are lightly age-toned, but unmarked and clean. 684 pgs. plus index.
Seller: Burke's Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Child, Julia et al.. Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. 13th Printing. Hardcover. 7 x 10. 684 pp plus index. Very good in a good price-clipped dust jacket. The dust jacket is protected in mylar. Moderate soiling to the dust jacket with creases, chipping, tape repairs and closed tears to the extremities. The interior appears unmarked. The binding is solid.
Seller: R. Rivers Books, Running Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG/none, used, vii-xv, 684pp plus index to rear. Interior clean, no marks, binding tight. Slight rubbing to exterior, corners slightly bumped. This book does not state whether it is volume one nor two. I do not have enough experience with this title to know.
Seller: Prairie Creek Books LLC., Torrington, WY, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Knopf, 1966; stated thirteenth printing of first American Edition. VG- hardcover in G/G- dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; light wear, toning to edges of decorative cloth boards; illustrations and text very good; small chocolate-colored stain on front end page. Edges of clipped dust jacket frayed with small chips and closed tears; light toning to jacket; faint damp-stains, cup-rings on front jacket panel; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges will apply for international and/or expedited shipping. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Some wear on edges. A few pages have some marginal staining. 13th printing. Lacking DJ.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Over-sized hardbound (quarto). 13th printing. 1966. No wear to the binding. No bumped corners. No broken hinges. Pages tight and clean with no marks. No cooking stains. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water stains. No soiling. The dust jacket priced at $10.00 (not clipped). shows moderate edge wear, two inch tear to the top of the front panel, no sun fading. DJ in an archival protector to prevent further damage.
Seller: Book Stall of Rockford, Inc., Rockford, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: No DJ, early printing. Patterned cloth cover is very bright, sunned on top edge, bumped corners. Binding cracked at first signature. Pages are bright and unmarked a few small spots, binding intact, good aside from the early crack.
Seller: Losaw Service, Lenox Dale, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: 13th printing of the first edition issued in 1961, near fine decorative cloth hardcover shows bumping to spine tail and bottom corners, tiny bump and wrinkle to bottom corner of first few pages and some other light trace wear, in very good + price-clipped dust jacket that shows a touch of soil, wrinkle at spine head and edgewear that includes tiny tears and chips and inch long closed tear at bottom corner of front panel. 684 pages followed by 32 page index and with illustrations by Sidonie Coryn. Still an attractive copy of this early printing of the classic work.
Seller: Barker Books & Vintage, Helena, MT, U.S.A.
Julia Child. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING. Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.
Price: US$235.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ; White patterned cover has light wear to corners and spine caps and bumped bottom corners, but clean, bright and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Top edge dyed red is clean. Fore edge has light soiling. Pages are clean and near pristine. Dust jacket is toned with very faint modest soiling and tattered and chipped at extremities but bright and in good condition. DJ flap is priced clipped. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 9.2 X 6.2 X 1.6 inches
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Child, Julia. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Description: Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Edge wear to jacket, including a few tears. Weak toning. Text is clean and unmarked. 4to, 10 1/4"h x 7 1/2"w.
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Julia Child. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING VOL. ONE. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$522.45 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Few small open tears along panel edges. Light staining on top text block edge. ; 10.2 X 7.1 X 1.9 inches; 684 pages.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$626.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Open tearing on spine crown and panel corners. Large closed tears on rear panel bottom corner and bottom rear gutter. Small closed tears on top and bottom front and rear panels and spine crown and heel. Small stains on spine. Foxing on text block edges. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Julia Child. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING VOL. ONE. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$632.45 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Few small open tears along rear panel edges. Tiny staining on top of front panel. ; 10.2 X 7.1 X 1.9 inches; 684 pages.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.