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190324181London: Maclaren & Sons 1903. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 360 pages. Green cloth with gilt titles and black decorations. Bitting page 435 lists the book with 336 pages. This book is described as Edition Deluxe on page 337 which would indicate that this was a limited edition for the subscribers. Full list of subscribers to the Edition de Luxe starting with Mr E. Archibald and finishing with Edward Yates. there are a total of 132 subscribers listed on pages 337 339 341 and 343 they appear at the end of the book with the advertisements index to illustrations index to contents and index to advertisements. Maclaren & Sons Hardcover
196133227Michael Joseph 1961. 8vo. Third Impression with title-vignette title in green and black and illustrations in the text half-title mildly browned edges mildly dust-soiled; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments ruled and tooled with a gilt marmite gilt top hand-made endpapers Renny illustration from original front board mounted on new leaf at front a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE in the usual blue ink with double line. Published a year after the first edition. SIGNED COPIES OF DAVID'S WORKS ARE VERY SCARCE. Michael Joseph, hardcover
195833225Macdonald 1958. 8vo. Second Edition on laid paper with frontispiece illustrated title and numerous full-page and smaller illustrations in the text some relevant annotations in pencil to several recipes; original olive cloth backstrip blocked in red and lettered in gilt a very good firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter browned at fold-ins rubbed at joints and mildly browned at backstrip. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE in the usual blue ink with double line. David's second book fitst published in 1951 and to many the finest of the three classic titles that changed the nature of English cookery for ever. In common with her first work 'A Book of Mediterranean Food' this volume is greatly enhanced by the wonderful Minton illustrations particularly the artwork for the wrap-around dustwrapper. In this second edition from Macdonald rather than Lehmann David adds a new Preface explaining the scope of the work and excludes certain details relative to wartime rationing as no longer necessary. SIGNED COPIES OF DAVID'S WORKS ARE VERY SCARCE. Macdonald, hardcover
19272111902160200712Nagano Prefecture Matsumoto City Oike Yonesaku 1927. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Nagano Prefecture, Matsumoto City, Oike Yonesaku paperback
1937024441New York: Harper & Brothers 1937. First Edition First Printing . Peach Cloth Gilt. Very Good/Very Good DJ. 253 Pp. First Book On Food By M F K Fisher. Book Is Bright And Clean All Gilt Brilliant Rubbing At Top And Bottom Of Spine No Fraying No Names Or Marks Signed On The Half-Title By Fisher In Her Very Early Small Hand. Rear Hinge Was Cracked Now Professionally Repaired. Dj Complete Not Price-Clipped $2.50 No Chipping But Minute Losses At Corners 1/2" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Spine Edge 1/4" Closed Tear Top Rear Panel 1/8" Closed Tear At Center Of Rear Flap Fold Spine Sunned With Slight Tanning Of White Areas And Pink Background At Top And Bottom Of Spine Is Somewhat Faded Some Slight Oval Pressure Indentations At Center Of Spine No Damp Spotting Slight Dustiness/Soiling To White Areas. It Is Said Of Fisher That If She Had Written About Anything Other Than Food She Would Have Been One Of The Greatest Writers Of Her Time. <br/> <br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover
196133226Museum Press 1961. 8vo. Second Impression with title-vignette and illustrations in the text; pale blue cloth gilt back boards mildly age-soiled else a very good bright clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter lightly age-soiled and chipped not affecting lettering at head of backstrip. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE in the usual blue ink with double line. David's fourth book first published in 1955. This second impression is the last to contain her original text for in 1965 she revised and enlarged it for its first issue in the well-known Penguin Handbooks series which guaranteed its continuing success. SIGNED COPIES OF DAVID'S WORKS ARE VERY SCARCE. Museum Press, hardcover
1928520086London: Duckworth 1928. Hardcover first edition with clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Cecil Beaton and extremely rare. Jacket is tanned at spine and worn at edges including a number of nicks and tears but is all intact. Green cloth covered boards are lightly rubbed at edges and faintly marked. Page block is tanned endpapers are lightly foxed and very minor foxing throughout. Pages are clean text is clear spine is tight. AD. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Beaton Cecil. Used. Duckworth Hardcover
194610435Lyon Paris: B. Arnaud Éditeur 1946. Second-hand hardcover. <p>Pavil Julien. Les Dicts de la Vigne. FIRST EDITION B Arnaud: Lyon 1946. Folio 330x250mm 2 vols in qtr bnd cloth loose folios: vol 1 44964pp; vol 2 49 lithographs; all on Vélin D'Arches an original watercolour. Lacks slipcase Near Fine</p> <p><br /> PAVIL Julien. 1897-1952<br /> <br /> Les Dicts de la Vigne. <br /> <br /> Lyon & Paris : B. Arnaud Éditeur 1946. First and only edition limited to 1025 copies this #IV of the first XXV. Preface by Georges Rozet<br /> <br /> Folio 330x250mm two volumes of loose folios in fours in publisher's original quarter bound folders brown cloth gilt lettered spine sepia printed boards illustrated with vine leaves internal cream covers cream Vélin D'Arches paper edges untrimmed. Volume 1 14 gatherings 44964pp 49 original chromolithograpic illustrations 36 black drawings; volume 2 suite of the 49 chromolithographic plates. Laid in as called for an original water colour by Pavil of a Burgundian village. Bookseller ticket of "Librairie Laurencier Bordeaux France" to front pastedown of volume 1; lacks its slipcase; edges faintly worn; faint foxing in several spots some faint offset toning in volume 1.<br /> <br /> Pavil was an illustrator draftsman humorist and poster artist active in the mid-twentieth century in France based mostly in Lyon. Rozet 1871-1962 was a native of Burgundy the author of a number of books on Burgundian wine and the historiographer of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin based at Clos de Vougeot. <br /> <br /> An anthology of 150 popular Burgundian sayings about vines and wines collated and grouped according to the twelve months of the year and humorously illustrated in Burgundian and monastic settings by Pavil.<br /> <br /> A very good copy.<br /> <br /> § OCLC records only 5 holdings all in France.<br /> § Oberlé Fritsch 568;<br /> <br /> </p> B. Arnaud Éditeur unknown
1961190930001Daughters of Utah Pioneers 1961. Paperback. Very Good. minor shelfwear excellent condition Daughters of Utah Pioneers paperback
196156219<p>New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1961. First printing. Hardcover. Very good . 7 x 10 in. xv 684 pp index xxxii and "about the authors" pg. White boards with red and blue fleur-de-lis and stars. Blue endpapers. This is a true first printing with first edition on copyright pg and August 1961 on the "about the authorrs" pg. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers extremely clean and bright with no wear at corners or spine ends. Spine is very mildly toned with the red title rectangle just a little paler than the front. Spine ends only mildly bumped. Binding tight. The text is extremely clean with the exception being a few minor spots to the right text edge and a few small spots on one pg of the index at back with a matching tiny spot at the edge of the blue rear pastedown. One of the nicer copies you'll ever see of this classic. Cookbooks. RGR.</p> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
193758580Pall Mall Ltd London 1937. Coronation Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Frederick Carter. Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". Unpaginated. Binding firm spine cocked faded and slightly worn. Endpapers browned text block clean. Covers marked. Corners bumped. Drinks menu from Hippocampo restaurant Cliftonville loosely inserted. Illustrator: Frederick Carter. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Reference. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 58580. . Pall Mall Ltd hardcover
196022289London: Michael Joseph 1960. Book. Illus. by Renny Juliet. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 493 pages. Original green cloth titles to spine gilt on red ground pictorial design to upper board in red red top-stain. With the rare dust jacket which has been professionally restored. Pages 247-250 have been re-stitched by a professional bookbinder. First edition first impression of the author's most influential work some light staining to bottom edge. David 1913-1992 taught herself Mediterranean-style cooking while living abroad during the early 1940s and began writing a food column for Harper's Bazaar in 1949 to her amazement the only place you could buy olive oil in England at that time was the chemist!. Michael Joseph Hardcover
1901ZB445353Boston Cooking School 1901-1911. volumes 6-15 bound in mid-20th century buckram with most front covers retained ex library else texts clean & bindings tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Boston Cooking School hardcover
1930069057Edinburgh Scotland: The Porpoise Press 1930. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue cloth paper title label mounted on upper spine panel. Very slight tanning to spine panel and label minor foxing evident to cloth along both cover fore-edges and on upper back cover otherwise about as issued. Firm square binding. Former owner's signature/date inked on upper front flyleaf another's address label mounted inside back cover along bottom edge otherwise unmarked. Neatly clipped front panel and front flap from dust jacket laid in DJ otherwise lacking. 135 pp. Exceedingly scarce 1st edition which consisted of only 1600 copies issued by Porpoise Press an imprint founded by the author George Malcolm Thomson in 1922 and astonishingly not reprinted until 2006. From that most erudite of malt sites Whiskipedia: "MacDonald's 'Whisky' is today regarded as perhaps the earliest modern book on whisky and certainly the first to treat the subject from the point of view of the drinker. It provides a passionate and energetic defence of the interests of the consumer against the producers and well ahead of its time promotes single malt whisky over blends." Original copies seldom come on to the market. This copy is notably well-preserved in its original blue cloth binding with only the slightest of faults. The Porpoise Press Hardcover
1934biblio7Alta Publications 1934. Dark red boards with interior 2-ring binder. Orange lettering on front and spine. Boards are sturdy with light shelfwear. Foxing and sunning on front and back endpages. Interior is clean and unmarked - pages have the light tan color of age. 299 p. Alta Publications hardcover
19509375México D.F.: Academia de Cocina Velázquez de León 1950. Ediciones Josefina Velázquez de León; Libros de cocina 75. Octavo in wrappers 20 x cm. 69 pages. index. Text in Spanish. FIRST EDITION. Another of the many publications of Josefina Velzquez de Leon June 7 1899 – September 21 1968. She was a Mexican cook researcher writer and teacher. as well as a pioneer of Mexican gastronomy and an entrepreneur of Mexican cuisine. One of the most well-recognized and prolific of all Mexican cookbook authors she had more than one hundred forty books to her name. The subtitle says it all my translation a "selection of authentic recipes from the regional cuisine of Chihuahua compiled by a group of ladies and gentlemen from the Marian Congregation Established by the Jesuit Fathers of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the City of Chihuahua. Augmented with a series of modern recipes that can be made with the good products of the region." Sections include Cocina Frutas Dulces Reposteria Varios and Recetas de cocina y reposteria moderna. In illustrated beige and blue paper wrappers titled in black red and blue. Some light wear to edges small light stain to front panel. otherwise very good. Scarce. OCLC locates eight copies. Academia de Cocina Velázquez de León unknown
192820537Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Colorful DJ has been reinforced with tape on the inside. Harrison was the editor of "Vogue." ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 150 pages . Houghton and Mifflin hardcover
196023784London: Michael Joseph 1960. Book. Illus. by Renny Juliet. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 493 pages. Original green cloth titles to spine gilt on red ground pictorial design to upper board in red red top-stain. With the rare dust jacket which is in need of restoration. First edition first impression of the author's most influential work some light staining to bottom edge. David 1913-1992 taught herself Mediterranean-style cooking while living abroad during the early 1940s and began writing a food column for Harper's Bazaar in 1949 to her amazement the only place you could buy olive oil in England at that time was the chemist! Loosely inserted to front is typewritten note detailing her life and books published between 1950 and 1977. Michael Joseph Hardcover
198527097Allen W H 1985. Book. Illus. by Bennett Gail. As New. Hardback. Signed by Authors. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by the Author Gary Downie 17 July 1940 -19 January 2006 was a production manager on many 1980s episodes of the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who. Allen W H Hardcover
199823519Reyjavík: Iðunn 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 701 pages. Useful bibliography at pages 699-701. Icelandic text throughout. Overseas customers please email for shipping quote - this book weighs 3.7kg. Iðunn Hardcover
195142294John Lehmann 1951. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with frontispiece illustrated title and numerous full-page and smaller illustrations in the text very faint contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original holland cloth gilt back fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good bright clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter chafed not affecting lettering at head and tail of backstrip and with small loss at lower edge of rear panel. David's second book and to many the finest of the three classic titles that changed the nature of English cookery for ever. In common with her first work 'A Book of Mediterranean Food' this volume is greatly enhanced by the wonderful Minton illustrations. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. John Lehmann, hardcover
1904027989Little Brown and Company 1904. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo 289 pages plus advertisements one of which shows a signed facsimile inscription by Fannie Merritt Farmer. Hardback green cloth with gilt. In excellently clean condition looks unused. Little Brown and Company Hardcover
1981092182Harmondsworth; London: Kestrel Books; Penguin Books 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing octavo hardback 304 pages Very Good condition in Good unclipped dust jacket section about 4 inches by two inches missing from bottom tight hand corner of front panel of the jacket. No inscriptions One of possibly as few as 500 copies <br/> <br/> Kestrel Books; {Penguin Books} hardcover
1905028098Scientific Press 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 7 x 5" Hardback 160 pages plus adverts. First Edition Publishers' Original Binding Very Scarce. An undated copy dated from Jisc 1905. The first and only edition of this very scarce work. Sister Cockburn nurse in the late colonial service in Sierra Leone proposes a collection of recipes from West Africa and the tropics after spending four years in the areas and being impressed by native cooking skills. With recipes for various soups such as soup a la cantatrice cucumber soup mock turtle soup sherbro soup; vegetables such as paw-paw kohl rabi mashed pumpkin; entrees and breakfast dishes including beef biscuits kidney omelette; sweets and more with accra wafers African snowballs and arrowroot souffle; and more. With a section dedicated to recipes for the invalid. Scientific Press Hardcover
2000229482000. Bourdain Anthony. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly 2000 a work by the beloved American chef documenting professional kitchen culture in late twentieth-century American restaurant life. Emerging from Bourdain's experience as a New York chef the book presents an account of culinary work that foregrounds hierarchy discipline and the lived realities of restaurant staff. The text situates cooking within a broader cultural framework addressing masculinity class and identity as expressed through the structure and practices of the professional kitchen and offering insight into the social composition of culinary labor forces including immigrant and working-class participants.<br /> <br /> Bourdain Anthony. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. New York: Bloomsbury 2000. First edition first printing. Octavo 312 pages. Original black cloth boards with silver spine lettering in original pictorial dust jacket featuring a photographic portrait of the author in chef's attire. The text is structured as a sequence of autobiographical and thematic chapters combining narrative accounts of the author's early culinary experiences professional advancement and personal challenges with commentary on restaurant operations. Content includes descriptions of kitchen hierarchy food preparation practices staff interactions and working conditions alongside discussions of menu development sourcing and service. The volume incorporates both narrative passages and direct commentary presenting detailed observations of restaurant environments and personnel.<br /> <br /> Published at the turn of the twenty-first century this work reflects a shift in food writing toward examination of labor production and professional culture rather than solely culinary aesthetics. The book contributed to broader public awareness of restaurant operations and the individuals involved in food production influencing subsequent media representations of chefs and kitchen work. It supports research into food studies labor history and cultural representations of the culinary industry. Light edge wear to boards and minor surface scuffing to dust jacket; binding tight; overall very good condition. A significant example of contemporary culinary writing documenting the internal culture of professional kitchens. unknown