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1770031817London: S. Crowder And J. Coote; W. Griffin; And W. Nicoll 1770. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Poor. Iii-Xi 226I.E.2291Xxii Pp. Defective Lacking Title Page Begins With P. Iii "A Table Of Diet". 6 1/2" X 3 7/8". Rebound In Green Cloth With Handwritten Calligraphic Title On Paper Spine Label. Edition Identified From Worldcat Entries Which Show This 1770 Edition With 229 Pages P. 229 Mis-Numbered As 226 And With The Index At End The Only Edition Appearing As Paginated Thus. Worn But Complete With No Loss Of Text On Pages. 1" Brown Stain In Upper Fore Edge Corner Of Pages At Front Diminishing Away At End Of Book. Loose Clipping From Baltimore Sun About New Remedy For Small Pox. <br/> <br/> S. Crowder, And J. Coote; W. Griffin; And W. Nicoll hardcover
1793006718Paris: De l'Imprimerie Anglais 1793. Hardcover. Good. Nouvelle Edition. 24 264 p.; 16 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. 19th-century repair of joints with dark brown linen; later repair of front joint with white linen. Small bookplate of the Lynn Public Library on front fixed endpaper; "Rules and Regulations" of the Lynn Free Public Library on front free endpaper. Embossed stamp of the Lynn Free Public Library on the French title page which has on its verso a small label reading "Lynn Library Association No. 224." A very scarce edition 3 copies on WorldCat of this popular advice book by John Gregory 1724-1773 with parallel English and French texts. Much of Gregory's advice to his daughters paints a vivid picture of the lives of girls and women in comfortable circumstances in late 18th-century England; some advice is just as accurate today: "Do not marry a Fool." In Good Condition: loss of most leather over spine; old repairs as described above; boards are rubbed; minor loss from last leaf of text; light foxing and soiling. De l'Imprimerie Anglais hardcover
1783020924Horace's Head in Fleet Street London: B. White 1783. Octavo pp xvi 379 i 14 slightly age-toned pages 130 - 145 have a light waterstain but generally extremelyclean and tight internally with the armorial book plate of Edward Duke on the front endpaper contemporary half calf and marbled boards later re-backed with new leather spine the binding eubbed and age-toned but still quite firm. A pleasing copy. The title page also lists the sunject headings - "ranged under Eleven General Heads Viz. Esculent 1 Roots 2 Shoots Stalks etc. 3. Leaves 4 Flowers 5 Berries 6 Stone-fruit 7 Apples 8 Legumens 9 Grain 10 Nuts 11 Funguses.". Blanche Henrey 528. An early work to embrace Linnean nomenclature. Half-Leather. Good. B. White Hardcover
1790005558Jena: Crökers Buchhandlung 1790. Hardcover. Good. Zweite verbesserte und vielvermehrte Ausgabe." Vol. 3 only: 2 764 p.; 20 cm. Original plain boards; pages are untrimmed. Ernst Anton Nicolai 1722-1802 studied medicine at the University of Halle with Friedrich Hoffmann. From 1758 until his death in 1802 he taught medicine and chemistry at the University of Jena. Primarly in German; the medicinal concoctions are given in parallel Latin and German columns. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper: "Abraham Good His Booke." On the title page: "Abrm. Good." Scarce. In Good Condition: text block is separated from binding; pages are browning with foxing; otherwise clean; text block is solid. Crökers Buchhandlung hardcover
179620545London: Scatcherd and Whitaker 1796. Book. Good. Full-Leather. Eighth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 459 pages. Housekeeper's complete assistant on a new plan. More plain and easy to the understanding of every housekeeper cook and servant in the Kingdom. Pages are foxed but complete with the Bills of Fare for January to December. Bitting pages 152/3. Scatcherd and Whitaker Hardcover
179825621Philadelphia: H. & P. Rice. Fair. 1798. 2nd american. Hardcover. Front board held on by the cords. Missing one signature pages 428 to 440. As-is. ; 7"; 444 pages . H. & P. Rice hardcover
174527098London: T. Osborne. Fair with no dust jacket. 1745. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in 3/4 leather at some time. Unfortunately the spine is missing although the binding is tight. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 372index pages . T. Osborne hardcover
1798028096W. Osborne T. Griffin and H. Mosley 1798. Book. Good. Leather. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 6 x 4" 172 pages. plus 28 page SUPPLEMENT to Moxom's Cookery. Layouts of place settings of 18th Century one has some loss was originally a fold out. Has been nicely rebound in what appears to be a beige leather with original spine title to spine. W. Osborne T. Griffin and H. Mosley Hardcover
1788L1701Paris: Nyon l'aine de fils. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Rubbed and scuffed leather. Corners bumped. Tooled gilt spine with raised bands. Marbled eps. Tightly bound. Pages cut and slightly browning. Text in French. A few inscriptions and marks to prelims. Small hole in eps. 1788. Second Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 200mm x 140mm 8" x 6". 448pp; 372pp 31pp. The Art of the Distiller and Merchant of Liquors considered as medicines of ailments; with a memoire on the native Acids of the Juices orange and lemon. . Nyon l'aine de fils hardcover
178824735London: J. Rivington and Sons et al 1788. Book. Good. Full-Leather. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Contents 409 pages plus index. Contemporary leather boards with raised bands to spine. Fold-out plate after contents page is torn with loss. Oxford page 76 Cagle 695-706 does not list the 1788 printing. J. Rivington and Sons et al Hardcover
1710008966London: Rhodes at the Star corner of Bride Lane Fleet Street 1710. Fourth edition. full title reads - "COOKERY in dressing flesh fowl fish herbs roots making sawces etc; PASTRY making pyes pasties puddings pancakes cheesecakes custards tansies etc; CONFECTS candies conserves preserves creams gellies pickles etc; POTABLE Liquors as ale beer mum mead cider perry rape English wines chocolet coffer tea etc; PERFUMING sweet balls pouders pomanders essences sweet waters beautifying washes etc; HUSBANDRY as it relates to the improvement of our barren and waste lands manufactures etc; PREPARATIONS Galenick and Chymick relating to physickand chirurgery as cordial waters spirits tinctures elixirs syrups ponders electuaries pills oils balsams cerecloths and emplasters fitted for curing mist diseases incident to men women and children". 8vo pp 12 560 browned and a bit used throughout the t.p. & preface pages frayed at the margins rear hinge cracking rear e.p. marked and tender front endpapers replaced probably nineteenth century contemporary panelled calf rubbed upper and lower joints cracking though sound spine worn and lacking most of its surface lacking the label. An unsophisticated copy of a rare work. William Salmon 1644 1713 - an empiric doctor advertising himself as "Professor of Physick - was a writer of medical texts that savor to the modern eye of quackery. "Prolific but somewhat disreputable" - Knight and Eddy. Full-Leather. Fair. Rhodes, at the Star, corner of Bride Lane, Fleet Street Hardcover
175521845London: Hannah Glasse. Very Good. 1755. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Bound in full leather. Hinges are showing small cracks at the ends. Contents are fine with the exception of a recipe for gooseberry vinegar pinned to one page. What a great read! ; 8"; 334 pages . Hannah Glasse hardcover
1795W1855<p>Philadelphia: Printed for B. Davies and T. Stephens 1795. xxxvi 377 pages. First American edition. The first printing of this translation of selections from the French edition. The title of the book continues: "and containing an account of the various methods of engraving on brass copper and steel. Of the composition of metals. -- of varnishes. Of mastichs cements sealing wax. Of the glass manufactory. Various imitations of precious stones and French paste. Of colours and painting useful for carriage painters. Of painting on paper. Of compositions for limners. Of transparent colours. Of colours to dye skins and gloves. To colour and varnish copper-plate prints. Of painting on glass. Of colours of all sorts for oil water and crayons. Of preparing the lapis lazuli. To make ultramarine. Of the art of guilding. The art of dying woods bones &c. The art of casting in moulds. Of making useful sort of ink. The art of making wines. -- Of making vinegars. Of liquors essential oils &c. Of confectionary. Of preparing various kinds of snuffs. Of taking out spots and stains. Of fishing angling bird-catching and a variety of other curious entertaining and useful articles." A scarce title: OCLC locates only 14 copies in libraries worldwide. This copy has been professionally rebacked with brown leather to blend into the original leather covered boards. Red leather title patch. Pages browning. Some expert and unobtrusive paper repair of title page city of publication was cut off at some point. Occasional staining--2 pages 2/3 covered with dark brown stain but text is still completely readable. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.</p> Printed for B. Davies and T. Stephens hardcover
1776028110London: R. Baldwin 1776. Book. Good. Full-Leather. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 382 pages plus index. For the use and ease of Ladies Housekeepers Cooks &c. Wrote purely from practice and dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton whom the author lately served as House-keeper: Consisting of near eight hundred original receipts most of which never appeared in print. Brown leather with raised bands to spine gilt title Front and rear boards detached. This edition is not mentioned in either Oxford or Cagle has fold-out. Boards are detached and pages are marked. It has clearly been well used and much loved. R. Baldwin Hardcover
177118871London: R. Baldwin 1771. Book. Good. Full-Leather. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 384 pages plus index. For the use and ease of Ladies Housekeepers Cooks &c. Wrote purely from practice and dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton whom the author lately served as House-keeper: Consisting of near eight hundred original receipts most of which never appeared in print. Professionally rebound in brown leather with raised bands to spine gilt title on red leather. This edition is not mentioned in either Oxford or Cagle but in fact has three fold-out prints. R. Baldwin Hardcover
1733026428London: Charles Rivington 1733. Fourth Edition Revised . Full Paneled Calf. Very Good. 8" Tall. Engraved Frontispiece By J Pine. Fourth Edition "Much Improved". Unpaginated But Complete A1-Q6 With One Page Ad Printed On Verso Of Last Leaf. Contains: Two Page Leaf "Domestic Brewing - Cheap Beer" A Two Page Recipe Printed By Maurice & Co.; Frontispiece; Title; Four Page Dedication 'To All Good Housewives";"Some Divertissements In Cookery" 2 Pp; Text Unpaginated 560 Pp. With Unfortunate Section "To Fry Maids" Corrected In Pencil To "Meats" I Think It's A Typo But Alphabetically It Is Under The Correct Place For "Maids" Rather Than For "Meats" And "Maids" Is Repeated In The Recipe So Perhaps A Joke Recipes; Miscellaneous Sections At Rear Including Index 31 Pp. There Are A Few Pencil Words On The First Page Of The "Menus" Section Immediately Following The Main Text. Original Paneled Calf With "T. Pitt" Stamped At Center Probably The Grandson Of Thomas "Diamond" Pitt And With Ownership Information "Thomas Pitt 1817 The Gift Of Miss Foljambe" On Front Pastedown And Another Similar Note "Thomas Pitt The Gift Of Miss Foljambe 1810" At Top Of Title Page. Recently Re-Backed To Style Five Bands Original Morocco Label Laid Down On Spine Gilt Rules And Decorations In Each Compartment. Pages Clean And Square Somewhat Crisp Apparently Unread Or Lightly Read. Most Recently The Copy Of Robert Balzer Los Angeles Food And Wine Expert From His Library With A Half-Page Of Stationary From His Tirol Restaurant In Idyllwild Which Had Been Used As A Bookmark. <br/> <br/> Charles Rivington unknown
