SC - Food & Feast in Medieval England

[Acanthusbk at aol.com]

That's what I dislike about "bargain book" publishers. There is often an 
intent to mislead the customer about the true value of the book. If you go 
into a Barnes & Noble or Crown Books, etc., you'll see the bargain tables at 
the front of the store. Part of the books are "remainders", that is, 
publishers have dumped regular stock at a fraction of the books' value, these 
are true bargains. The rest are budget editions. FYI the big US bargain book 
publisher is Smithmark.

In the case of the new printing of _Food and Feast in Medieval England_, the 
1998 publication date and the mention of Wrens Park as publisher are the most 
obvious indicators, also the ISBN is different than that of the Sutton 
printing.

Amanda
Acanthus Books
http://www.acanthus-books.com

In a message dated 4/30/99 12:39:04 AM Central Daylight Time, 
stefan at texas.net writes:

<< So how would you know the regular customer know this without extensive
 research? On the stuff I quoted it said Sutton publishing. Is the only
 key the one line that mentions Wrens Park?
 
 As I mentioned, to me the quality of the book looks good. I will admit
 that in twenty or fifty years the book might not be in as good a shape
 as the Sutton Publishing but I'm sure it will be superceded by better
 books (if books are still being published) by then.
 
 Redacting recipes is looking simpler all the time. >>
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