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.
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$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$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$281.25 + 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$529.95 + 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.
Julia Child. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING VOL. ONE. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966.
Price: US$629.95 + 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.
Price: US$632.45 + 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.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Thirteenth printing. Signed by Julia Child on the half-title with the inscription "Bon Appetit" to former owner. Bound in publisher's original cloth, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with fading to spine, wear and soiling to cloth. Staining to top edge and foredge of pages, pages toned, sevral corners creased. A modern classic of cookery, signed by its most famous co-author.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.