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Deterville, Paris, 1798 (an VI). Petit In/4 reliure à la bradel, pièce de titre bordeaux, 169 ff. Rousseurs. Outre le traité sur la distillation puis un sur l’apoticairerie, on trouve dans cet ouvrage des recettes de cuisine, pâtisserie et liqueurs, enfin une partie sur les “secrets utiles” - trucs pour restaurer divers objets, recettes de colles, de vernis, savonnettes... ainsi que des conseils pour “imiter le tonnerre et les éclairs...”
Paris, Editions d’Art et de Littérature, 1930. In-8, pleine percaline verte de l’éditeur simili chagrin, titre doré sur le dos et le premier plat, lvi f., 946 pages., 1 f. n. ch., illustrations en noir. Ouvrage en bon état hormis une petite tache sur le plat supérieur. Ce livre de vieille cuisine française, édité pour la première fois en 1913, est une véritable encyclopédie de la bonne chère ; il offre 2150 recettes curieuses d’écrivains et d’Amateurs, des grands restaurants et des maîtres cuisiniers, mais aussi l’art de choisir les vins et de les servir à table, avec un chapitre spécial sur le découpage des viandes. Nombreuses reproductions d’estampes expliquées par Gustave Geffroy, 20 compositions à pleine page de A. Robida illustrant les aphorismes de Brillat-Savarin, des menus anciens et modernes illustrés par Binet et Willette. Illustré de nombreuses reproductions d’estampes expliquées par Gustave Geffroy, 20 compositions à pleine page de A. Robida illustrant les aphorismes de Brillat-Savarin, des menus anciens et modernes illustrés par Binet et Willette, des bois originaux des graveurs Paul E. Colin et A. Rouquet expliqués par Gustave Geffroy. Préface d’André Theuriet de l’Académie Française. Bitting, p. 396.
Paris, Flammarion, s. d. Fort volume grand In/8, reliure en pleine percaline éditeur rouge , CXXXII pp., 692 pages, illustrations in-texte, frontispice, quinzième édition. 1600 recettes, 500 dessins. 1600 recettes de cuisine et de pâtisserie par ce grand maître, qui fut le cuisinier du Kaiser et aussi celui des plus grandes familles aristocratiques d’Europe. Illustré de 500 figures dans le texte. Agréable exemplaire. Bitting, p. 132 pour une autre édition.
31 pages Features: A Seat Below the Salt - Brief history of silver plate of the 1600's as owned by the aristocracy; Rockingham Teawares - Rockingham China Works of Swinton in Yorkshire - history and identifying attributes; Lithographs - The process and history of lithography; The Burlington Glass Site Part 3 - Brief history of Burlington Glass Co. in Hamilton, Ontario (circa 1874 - 1910) and articles unearthed at the old site 1967; Theorem Painting - Process of Theorem painting - designs painted on white cotton velvet; and Early Canadian Furniture. Minimal wear along spine. Small mailing label top left back cover. Clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
118 pages. Features: The Great Bear Hunt; Bighorn Mountain Trout; Hawk Call - Reconverted; Moose on the Loose; The Dove; Midwinter Rainbows; Darby Creek Honkers; Confessions of a Goat Hunter; The Springer's Surprise; Duck Shooting; Big Bomber; Repairing Bamboo Rods; Deer Hunter's Cabin; The Passing of "Take 'Em" Sue; Christmas at North Crossing; Man-Eaters of Kumaon - part 3 - the Chowgarh man-eating tiger killed 64 humans before Jim Corbett caught up with her;; Magnum Loadings. Nice one-page hunting cabin photo ad for Zenith Radios; Photo of Frank M. Gale holding his winning largemouth; Photo of Mrs. Julian T. Crandall with her 121 pound tarpon; funky 2/3 page red and black ad for Prince Albert pipe tobacco explains that the man in the ad gets ladies because of his P.A. (Pipe Appeal!); Cute color ad for Calvert Whisky inside front cover features bear cub on ski hill; Nice color one-page illustration of Duck Shooting by Lassell; Nice red and black 2/3-page ad for the new Higgins Camp Trailer; Nice photo ad for Feather Foam coats by the Arctic Feather & Down Co. of Seattle; Trav-Ler Radio ad; Selecting and Using an Outdoorman's Ax; Nice photo ad for Gephart salt water fishing rods; Nice one-page red and black hunting-theme photo-ad for Gaines dog food; Front cover beginning to separate. Back cover missing. Most of pages 67/68, and 85/86 missing. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
172 pages. Features: Meat-Making "Wonder" Drugs; You ought to have a pond; "No-Hands" feed handling; Green and growing all year; If your power goes off; Get more alfalfa seed; The school that brought a town to life; Farm-welded work savers; High-yield, hot-weather pasture; Getting the best feed for your flock; 'Paving' with grass; For more seed use strong bee colonies; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Big news for coach passengers; Nice color Fairbanks-Morse ad inside front cover; Railroad News Photos; Half page article on Southern Pacific's 13-mile solid fill across Great Salt Lake; Overshadowed by the Hoosac - illustrated article on other rail tunnels; The Railroad that Parliament Forgot - the Talyllyn in Wales; Super photo section including a shot inside the Paducah, KY steam locomotive shop; Four Aerotrain Photos; Washout - the monthly treatment of a steam locomotive; What Price Sleep? - the domes and diesels, decor and dining of Burlington's latest are de luxe indeed, but the big news lies in a bed just 24 inches wide; RDC (Rail Diesel Car) Breakthrough - Baltimore & Ohio takes the Budd (car) by the horns and shows what can be done; Missourie Pacific (Mopac) - maps; Steam in Indian Summer 8 - by David P. Morgan; Very nice color ad for the Northern Pacific Railway on back cover; and more. Unmarked. A sound copy., Magazine
Crépin-Leblond et Cie, Editeurs, 1951. In/4 broché, couverture illustrée, 256 pages, illustré de reproductions dans le texte d’estampes, gravures et vignettes anciennes. Tirage à 2500 exemplaires numérotés, celui-ci sur fleur d’alfa. Edition originale. Un livre de recettes précieuses, des plus rares et des plus fines, de gibier à plumes, à poils et venaison ; Sauces ; Fonds et fumets ; Les vins et le gibier. Préface de Curnonski. Mouchon, 1264.
Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. 325 pages. Index. Black and white reproductions of archival photos in text. Includes chapters on Akerman and Gyves family genealogy, plus the author's native ancestry. "Bob's incredible memory of the stories he heard from his family while he was growing up gives an excellent glimpse into what life was like for the early residents of Salt Spring Island. The stories he tells remind us of the importance of family, community and history: they remind us of our place as individuals and as part of the greater whole." - from Introduction. Prior owner's tiny address label inside front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this engaging and informative work. Book
26 pages. Features: Mailbag; Caribou From the Clouds - Wes Bickerton and a trip to Francois Lake for Mountain Caribou - article with photos of Harold Daye, Don and Wes Bickerton, and Shorty Innis; Photo of John Shelford receiving award from Game Director Frank Butler; Photo of Rick Lamb; Two nice illustrated ads for Parker-Hale rifles; Spa Lake Rod Smasher - the dry fly demons of the fly hills - article with photo of Al Worobey and his wife fishing on Bolean Lake; Illustrations of how to identify 'exotic' fish by their tails; Salt Water License - if proceeds from these licenses are used properly, good fish management should result; Boats; Water Safety tips; Let's Go Crabbing - article; Clay Chips - article with photos of Jim Logan, Henry Rempel, "Hand" Burnett, Bob Flintoft, Bill Thompson, Joe Lindsay, Ken Blagbourne, George Sherwood, Ry Beem, Chuck Collins, Murray Laidlaw, Aldon See, Sr., Ernie Todd, Stu Loutit, Wallace McMillan, Bill McLean, Rab. Williamson, Toni Grebliunas, Russ Barker, and Hugh McGowan; Nice illustrated ad for the new International Travelall Station Wagon inside back cover; Nice illustrated Lucky Lager ad on back cover; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
164 pages. Features: Are we selling the livestock business short?; Bob Lazear and his herefords - Wyoming Hereford Ranch of Cheyenne - article with photos; Weatherproof haymaking; Better livestock in the making; Dairy farmers cut time and costs; Deans of the Delta - nice color-photo-illustrated article on the Homer and Ethel Dean family farm in the Mississippi delta; Seven barns in one; photo of mobile telephone being used by V.P. Shufflebarger of the John Jacobs Farms in the Salt River Valley of Arizona; and more. Ads: Oldsmobile; Hood boot ad with photo of Myron J. Laker of Wayland, MI; Texaco ad with photos of the Waller-Franklin Seed Company in Guadalupe, CA, with manager E.D. Martin; G.E. Radio with photo of vocalist Jane Wilson; B.F. Goodrich ad includes large photo of Mr. Casey Abbott of Salt River Valley of Arizona; Ford trucks (color); Kaiser-Frazer cars (2 pages); One-page color ad for Disney film Melody Time; N.A.M. ad features photo of Andy Anderson of West Millington, NJ; Westinghouse radio; Arvin radio; Disston one-man chain saw; Jeep; Admiral radio; Ford tractors (2 pages); Blue Bell denim with photo of George Bechtold; New Dodge trucks; Lux ad features Ava Gardner and Robert Walker in film One Touch of Venus; Color Studebaker car ad inside back cover features George H. Nesemeier Jr. of North Dakota; and more. Small clipping from ads on pages 39 and 54. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
191 pages. Cover illustration by H.C. Murphy Jr. Contents: The Secret of Timor Laut, by Frederick Moore; Empty Cartridges, by Barry Scobee; A Freudian Analyst, by Michael J. Phillips; Salt as Currency in 1780, by Arthur Woodward; The Push Lopers - Part I, by Hugh Pendexter; Keegan's Law and Order, by E.S. Pladwell; The River of Lost Souls, by F.W. Hodge; The Scarecrow, by Sidney Herschel Small; Mountains of Myster (conclusion), by Arthur O. Friel; On the Cards, by John Webb; In Ghost Canon, by James Sharp Eldredge; Sailor's Song, by Harry Kemp; The Camp-Fire, and more. Several nice vintage ads, including Sears Roebuck and Lionel Strongfort. Peripheral wear to covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book
Stories: A Bishop in the Wilds; Brigand-Hunting in Palestine; The Girl World Tramp; The Man Who Saw Red; The Lost Mine of Dr. Thorne; Goat Currency; Running the Border; Wild Pigs!; The Salt Lick; African Magic; An Island Paradise; Slippery Wiley's Clients. Above-average wear. Book
Features: "The Sky's No Limit," Continued - The First Fully Authentcated story of the test pilots and the hazards they face - Pilot Baled Out From Under the Sea; Arab Feud at Ahwar; Salt Their Sentence - The Salt Mine of Trapani in Sicily; Dirty Paddy - Croc-Hunter Extraordinary; Sing-Sing in By-and-By Land - Port Moresby; Butter on the Beach; Call of the Dancing Madness - Secret Beliefs of British Columbia Native Peoples; Waste-Land Double Crosser in Australia; All Plaice are Left-Handed; The Game of the Bull at Pemba, off the East African Coast; Isle of the Toiling Bell - onboard the schooner Joie de Vivre; Tiger in the Temple - Central India; Trapped on the Ocean Bed - Pearl Diving in the South Pacific; Heroes in Harness - Sled Dogs of the North; Woman of the African Bush - She Assumed Animal Form; and more. Chips from backstrip. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Judge Clement Haynsworth; Defense Secretary Melvin Laird; Photo of 9th Infantry Division leaving Vietnam; SALT; The anguish of Ted Kennedy after Chappaquiddick; Killer Camille - the greatest storm - article with photos; A tighter (Soviet) vise on Czechoslovakia; The Burning of the Al Aqsa mosque - article with photo; Two flags over Ulster; Biafra situation worsens - article with color photos; India - Indira Gandhi v. the Syndicate; Woodstock and the message from history's biggest happening - article with color photos; Why Louis Blaiberg died (after heart transplant); Who owns the (Miami) beaches?; Sherman Skolnick's Guerilla war against the Illinois justice system - article with photos; Article and photos in memory of architect Mies van der Rohe, creator of the glass and steel high-rise; Evangelist Billy James Hargis in Jerusalem; Merv Griffin; The Smothers Brothers; Interesting article on the rock music scene with photo of Blind Faith seated around large tree; The influence of the LP record; Controlling inflation; The Hilton Hotel family - Conrad and son Barron; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
16 pages. Features: Preview of golf in 1957; Great surge by young golfers; Vital decision on putts; How to add distance to drives; Page of photos reviewing the notable pro men of 1956; Page of photos of the high finishers at Sanford includes Mike Fetchick, Horace Stoneham, Dow Finsterwald, Frank Stranahan, Julius Boros, and Jay Hebert; Photo of Brooklyn Dodger pitcher Sal Maglie being taught how to pitch a golf ball by Spalding staffers Marilynn Smith and Fay Crocker; Photo of golf ambassadors James and Cele Laverty; Photo of Al Besseling with Friddie Hutchinson, Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals; back page photo of Bobby Jones with Notre Dame football coach Terry Brennan. and more. Above-average wear and soiling to back cover, otherwise a sound unmarked copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
16 pages. Features: Smiley Quick triumphs; Finsterwald wins in Columbia; TV Show for pros; Harlow trophy to Harry Shepard; Speed causes many poor shots; The John Derrs are parents; In Moe Norman's Behalf - his side of the story re: his removal from the Dominion's Americas Cup team this year; Photo of a foursome at Sea Island - James L. O'Keefe, Hobart Manley, Jr., Bill Roach, and W.A. Martin; Gary Player to wed soon; Photo of Fred Hawkins with $3,000 check; Photo of Ed Oliver; Four photos from the Southern Seniors Tourney include Arthur F. Lynch, John W. Roberts, Chester I. Williams, J.R. Chappell, Mrs. Lowell Blanchard, Mrs. W.E. Norvell Jr., Mrs. R.K. Haskew and Mrs. Charles P. Biddle; Photo of Yogi Berra getting tips from George Jacobus; Five nice photos of the year in review, featuring women amateurs; Photo of golf lesson in Korea - Lieut. John J. Farrell (Johnny's Son) gives pointers to Lieut. Frank C. Eckmair; Photo of Sid Eliason who won at Salt Lake CC; Great photo of Beverly Hanson, who is now recovering from surgery; Back cover photo of Mr. and Mrs. Denny Shute looking over a 1957 driver at the Wilson factory in Chicago with Bill Henning of the company; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
24 page stapled booklet promoting the construction of schools from concrete, primarily for their fire resistance. Approximately half text and half black and white photos of splendid examples of concrete school design including: Durant School, Oakland, CA; Jefferson School, Salt Lake City; Washington High School, Milwaukee; Culver City Grammar School; Morgan Park Public School, Duluth; Public School, Mineville, NY; Lockwood School, Oakland, CA; Emerson School, Oakland, CA; Oklahoma City High School; Central School Building, Lake Charles, LA; East Side High School, Salt Lake City; Technical High School, Oakland, CA; Watsonville, CA High School; Lincoln Public School, Summit, NJ; and more. Architects of these schools include: John J. Donovan; Van Ryn & DeGelleke; Oliver P. Dennis; Kelly & WILLIAMS: Layton, Smith & Forsyyth; W.J. Jennings; and more. Back cover suggests a printing date of 1921. Our research suggests this may be a reprint. Attractive cover photo of the precast concrete stone entrance of the Healdsburg, CA High School, William H. Weeks, Architect. Average wear. Center page loose but present. Tiny tick mark on front cover otherwise unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
30 pages. Features: Mailbag; Conservation in the Schools - the three 'Rs' and resources; Salt Water License?; proper use of license revenue will cost us less tomorrow; Fishing Seymour Arm - Shuswap Lake; Centrefold map of Lakes & Streams in the Princeton-Merritt District; Clay Chips - with photos of Dick Horby, Bill Jones, Victor Welder, Bill Urquhart, Carl Nishi; Mrs. Sharen Pilkington, Russ Hume, Maxie Lamusse, Clayton Sullivan, Frank Turner, Russ Hume, Jack radford, Dick Hornby, Alton See and Bob Guiliani; Boats; Coastal Cruising; Browning launches new rifle group - high-power bolt action Mausers; The Stone Fly (Hellgrammite); Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
18 pages. Features: The Living Land - Roderick Haig-Brown's account of the natural resources of B.C.; A Salt Water Fishing License?; Successful fishing in the Adams River gorge - article with photo of Warren Albiston; To the Labrador (dog) Hard Work is Fun - illustrated article; Illegal bass transfer on Vancouver Island; B.C. waterfowl counts; Mailbag; Meet Bob Maxwell - most fish have - with photo of Mr. Maxwell, owner of end tackle maker Maxwell Mfg. Co.; She Fished, He Dug Bait - photo-illustrated article by L.G. (Van) Egan of Maxine Egan (as shown on cover) fishing on Vancouver Island; Clay Chips - article with photo of George Bevan of North Vancouver; Boats; Black Label beer ad inside back cover; Nice illustrated back cover ad for the new International Travelall station wagon; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Features: Three pages of great photos of the Churchill/FDR meeting at sea aboard the H.M. Battleship "Prince of Wales"; Photos of the life of seamen aboard the latest battleships; Photos of fly-killing and tank repair operations in the African desert; War article by Cyril Falls with photos, including overhead shot of the Cernavoda railway bridge across the Danube, before it was destroyed by the Soviet Air Force; 2-page illustration of a 'cutting-out' excercise by a flotilla of fast motor-boats and amphibian troops in East Anglia; Personalities and Events of the week; Super aerial photo of bombs falling on Knapsack power station August 12th during a daylight raid; Centerfold illustration of the "Bristol" Blenheim Mark IV; Four amazing photos of the immediate aftermath of the attack in the Knapsack power plant; 13 photos of Nazi defeat on the Russian front; Interesting tables and graphics depict petrol rations and oil tankers - an analysis for car owners; Article on the Spider Wort, with photos; Nice half-page ad for Eno's "Fruit Salt". Average wear. Faint ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
Second Edition, half-title with faint water-mark on inner margin, [4], 85, [1], xxvii, [1] pp., disbound. Dundonald's chief contribution to late eighteenth century industrial chemistry was the production of soda from common salt, using a method that provided hints that led to the Le Blanc process. Goldsmith, 12855; Cole, Chemical Literature, 283.
Meulan, A. Réty, “Encyclopédie du chasseur”, s.d. (préface de 1910). In/12 broché, illustrations en noir : bandeaux, vignettes, 239 pages, 6 ff. de catalogue. Venaison et gibier à poils, des léporides, les rongeurs arboricoles, les oiseaux de terre, becs fins, gibier de hasard, bécassines, canards, farces, purées, sauces...
Stories: Moccasin Telegraph; The Man with the Harp Again; Seeking the Salt Caravan; Down in the Desert; The Depression-Buster Mine; A Luckless Voyage; The Elephant's Vengeance; At War With the Bushmen; The Rival Magicians; One-Eye Williams; Sepik Quest; The Auditor's Adventure. Above-average wear. Book
96 pages. Features: One-page ad for Sony high-fidelity tapedecks; Gerald LeDain and the Ledain Commission on drugs; Photo of Leonard Cohen as he works with Marshall McLuhan to name the Anik satellite; Harvesting trout in Manitoba; Royal Trust moves into the TD Center and a spacious 'leafy look' office layout; The politics of polarization in the US; Spiro Agnew's attack against the media bosses; Parades for peace and patriotism; Washington rally organized by Professor Charles Moser for Nixon's unsilent supporters; Arrest of Samuel Melville, George Demmerle and Jane Alpert after dynamite blasts in New York City; Edward Johnson and Willie Smith charged with murder and rape after the savage deaths of Hermine Rohs, Willy Rohs and Marilyn Rohs of St. Louis; The Apollo 12 mission; Nice one-page ad for Toronto's Royal York Hotel; The Start of SALT talks; Solzhenitsyn remains true to his credo; Election in India; Japan seeks return of Okinawa and Ryukyu island chain from U.S.; Victory for Marcos in the Philippines; Rare two-page colour-photo ad for Wardair - Canada's largest jet charter airline; The Suez Canal's Bleak Centennial; The New Feminists - Revolt against 'Sexism'; One-page ad for the ill-fated IOS, Investors Overseas Service, Ltd.; The art of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, America's greatests sculptor; Suddenly Washington, DC has no law to prevent doctors from performing abortions; Whole Earth Catalog; Fordham's administration building messed up; Passing of Donald J. McParland, Iskander Mirza, Ferdinand Eberstadt and Harry Scherman; Time to squirm for military contractors of the U.S. Navy; Price of Hershey Bar raised from 5 to 10 cents; Merger of Northweset Orient with Northeast airlines; Nickel shortage; Interesting 4-paragraph article on the price of gold; Ad for the Peugeot 504; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book