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Apple Parers
by Don Thornton (Photographer: Robert S. Arnold)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Off Beat Books (1997-08-01)
ISBN: 0964124335
EAN: 9780964124332
Dewy Decimal #: 683.82075
Paperback: 256 pages
Edition: 1
Condition: As New
Comments: 8.5 x 11, 1997, 239 pages, Paperback, Book is in Unused Condition. Cover shows very minimal wear from shelving. Book is completely intact with inside pages in Excellent condition with no tears and with no notations (no pencil marks, no underlining, no highlighting, etc.)
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Editorial Reviews
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Book Description
"Apple Parers" is the ultimate chronicle of the vast variety of ingenious machines and devices dating back to the colonial days and through the 19th century that were used to pare (peel) apples. This is the most (and only) comprehensive price/value guide ever assembled on apple slicers, corers and parers. There are more than 550 photos, serving up a true slice of American history, along with 75 old, detailed ads from catalogs, most dating back more than 100 years. Also featured are more than 215 patent drawings, along with a complete listing of all parer/corer/slicer patents.
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Customer Reviews
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The Definitive Work on Apple Peelers!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-01-20
If you're buying, selling or collecting apple peelers, this book is essential. And even if you're not, it's fascinating to read of Yankee ingenuity and all the ways invented to peel a fruit!
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