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19462561Boston: The Somerset Hotel 1946. Cards. Green illustrated cards with yellow string tassel. Near fine. Unpaginated 4 pages. 30.5 x 21.5 Dinner dancing and music at this 1940's Boston social event hosted by the who's who of Boston's upper class - including Miss Katherine Winthrop a top-ranked American tennis player. Full page listing the Girls' Clubs of Boston's Board of Directors Dinner Dance Committee and office holders - all filled out by the wives of privileged class. Music by Ranny Weeks and his Orchestra. Menu highlights a choice of Lobster Newburg or broiled tenderloin. Last page describes the Island of Bali highlights religious customs government and various facts or most likely fiction. Clean crisp copy. <br /> The Somerset Hotel books
18912165Madras: Higginbotham and Co. 1891. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Plain cream boards gray linen spine. Good. 608 pages. 20 x 13 cm. 'Wyvern' wrote about gastronomy for for the Madras Athenaeum and Daily News during his time in Madras as a Colonel in the India Army. With social changes stirring in India the Colonel's directives furnished to local staff to create the Victorian haute cuisine desired by the Anglo-Indian elite illustrate the transformations occurring throughout the British empire. Chapters cover every aspect of the kitchen the storeroom model menus and of course curries. This edition the sixth contains all preceding prefaces illustrating the changes in taste and style during the mid to later 1800's in Anglo-Indian culture. Hinges cracked but holding. Covers rubbed closed tears to cloth spine. Interior clean. <br/><br/> Higginbotham and Co. hardcover books
18942222090<p>First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece and b/w text illustrations of various silver plated or copper chafing dishes. Last illustration by Alice Morlan frontispiece is likely also by her. Original silver stamped and ruled mustard yellow over black cloth edges are silvered. No dust jacket. Good short tear at head of spine; light rubbing; front inner joint cracking. 182 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Cagle 414.</p><p>Bitting page 260.</p><p>Axford page 306.</p><p>Printed by Theodore D. Rich New York.</p> Gorham Manufacturing Company hardcover books
19182523Bloomington Illinois: Portable Elevator Mfg. Company 1918. Staplebound. Illustrated wraps. Good. Unpaginated 20 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Illustrated catalog featuring a variety of products manufactured by Portable elevator Mfg. Company most notably the National Giant Portable Smoke House is several sizes. The catalog targets farmers with an idyllic narrative of bygone Butchering Day; "when you were a boy - don't you remember the time Gee! It was like a holiday for us.Those days have grown fewer each year. Smoke Houses are scarcer that they used to be. But they are none the less desirable." <br /><br />Company assertions discuss sanitary concerns money and economical issues profit sales recommendationstestimonials methods and ordering instructions. Covers lightly stained. A few penciled annotations on the interior. <br /> Portable Elevator Mfg. Company paperback books
1992880Baltimore: Bacchus nd 1992. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Full Burgundy bonded leather gilt spine. Fine. 407 pages. An attractively bound facsimile edition printed on acid-free paper of the 1833 first edition. One of 500 copies. Includes a detailed table table classing wines from France Spain Hungary Germany Sicily Naples and South Africa with descriptions of their properties. GABLER 33940. <br/><br/> Bacchus hardcover books
1947040583Zürich: Buchdruckerei Jacques Bollmann 1947. Herausgegeben vom Cercle des Chefs de Cuisine Zürich anläÃlich des 25jährigen Jubiläums 1922/1947. Redaktion: Textteil: Gottlieb Heinrich Herr Hans Rudolf Schmid. Fachliches: Willy Brenneisen. 181 3p. b/w illus. original stiff printed wrappers quarto format SIGNED presentation copy from Brenneisen. Buchdruckerei Jacques Bollmann unknown books
19402366c. 1940's. Cardboard covers. Tan illustrated cardboard covers. Very good. 23 x 15.5 cm. Six 20.5 x 14 cm. cloth color illustrated cocktail napkins - with recipes for Forbidden Fruit Vodka Collins Advocaat Christmas High Ball London Gin Fizz and La France - in a folding accordion style cardboard booklet. Covers lightly worn napkins in good condition. <br/><br/> unknown books
19132256American Lithographic Co. 1913. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. Near fine. Unpaginated 12 pages. 13.5 x 7.5 cm. An amusing illustrated pamphlet featuring chefs from around the world English German Arabian Spanish French Italian Mexican Chinese Hindoo and American and their recipe using Holbrook's Sauce. Centerfold illustration of factory in Birmingham England; text claims the factory is the "largest Worcestershire sauce factory in the world". The factory was destroyed during W.W.II and the company moved it's headquarters to Australia. Clean crisp copy. <br/><br/> American Lithographic Co. paperback books
2462Cards. Color illustrated cards. Good. Two menus. 27.5 x 16.5 tri-fold & 27.5 x 19.5 fold. A part of New York restaurant history almost entirely forgotten Chin Lee restaurant was one of the theater districts nightclub-restuaurants known for its mass quantities of cheap chop suey liquor dim lights and dance music. The menus feature "Party Cocktails" and both Chinese style "Chop Sooy" Chow Mein Chinese specialty dishes and American style food - part diner part nightclub. Both menus are stamped on the rear: "Our prices are ceiling prices according to OPA regulations based on our highest prices April 4- 10 1943. - Menus for that period at our office." "Eat Drink and be Merry" edition has inscription on rear: "A tip to the waiters - Kindly don't ask for tips it's just not being done. You'll find you will get more otherwise ask the union." Covers rubbed at edges with loss to corner on one. <br/><br/> unknown books
18702497c. 1870's. Cards. White cards. Very good. 6 x 9 cm. Caterer's trade card. Rough Ice for Wines & Wedding Cakes Always Ready. Routs Ball suppers & Breakfasts neatly & elegantly furnished on the most reasonable terms. Cooks provided to Dress Dinners & Waiters to attend Turtles Dinners or single Dishes Dress'd and sent out. China Plate Glass & Lent on Hire. Turtle Dinners a symbol for civic dinners featured turtle served five separate ways: the calipee white belly meat clipash dark back meat fricassee soup and fins which were served in a clear madeira-flavoured broth. Ink inscription on verso. <br /> books
200331661Westport: Greenwood Press. As New. 2003. Hardcover. 0313319626 . Part of the Food Through History Series. First printing. As new in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Greenwood Press hardcover books
19342259New York: Angustura-Wuppermann Corporation 1934. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. 37 pages. 15.5 x 11 cm. Recipes both sweet and savory furnished by chefs illustrated with black and white photos from distinguished hotels such as the Hotel Pierre Palmer House Rainbow Room National Hotel of Cuba and many more. Numerous cocktail recipes illustrated throughout. Published the year after Prohibition ended; a great time for cocktails. Laid in a 8.5 x 7 cm. pamphlet: Angostura - Reveals A Woman's Secret relieves gas pressure during acute periodic pain illustrated Clean crisp copy. Light fold to cover otherwise clean. <br/><br/> Angustura-Wuppermann Corporation paperback books
18981823Chicago: Armour Printing Works c. 1898. Staplebound. Green illustrated wraps. Near fine. 32 pages. Vigoral a byproduct made by the meat packing giant Armour & Company consisted of "Extract of Beef and powdered beef fibre delicately seasoned.stimulating and containing peptogenic properties full of nutritive value". The winning slogan used to hawk this product: Vigoral. is not a medicine: it is a food that is both MEAT and Drink. Endorsements include - Charles W. Miller Bicyclist who in 1897 covered 2007 miles and 4 laps to win the six-day bicycle race held at Madison Square Garden during the first week in December. Recipes and illustrations. Pristine. <br /> Armour Printing Works books
19722351New York: Royal Books 1972. Paperback. Color illustrated paperback. Very good. 286 pages. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Signed by Beard on the title page to his friend Gary Wood. Everything you need to know about cooking outdoors from the best kind of meat for charcoal broiling to the last details of superb patio suppers. Pages lightly toned. <br/><br/> Royal Books paperback books
19742212New York: Pocket Books 1974. Paperback. Color illustrated wraps. Good. 316 pages. Signed and inscribed by Beard to his friend Gary Wood - "Gary/Always Good Appetite & Good Eating! James Beard". From the man who turned barbecue cooking into an art this book is filled with recipes for gourmet food and drink on a budget. Pages toned closed tear to cover. <br/><br/> Pocket Books paperback books
1994203163Harmony 1994. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Inscribed. No pencil or ink markings in text. Very small bump at bottom edge of front board near middle. Boards clean. Dustjacket clean. Slight curling at top edge of front dustjacket cover. DJ protected with Mylar Cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Harmony unknown books
19582545New York: Random House 1958. Hardcover. White illustrated boards. Very good in good dust wrapper. Fox Lorraine. 229 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. From the woman who helped turn a modest Catskills family hotel into a resort Jennie Grossinger brings to light Jewish-style cookery - recipes handed down for countless generations; basic recipes that each family group creates a new variation. Jewish dishes are drawn from many lands - from Czechoslovakia comes dumplings and a widespread use of poppy seeds; from Poland the classic pirogen; Germany has supplied gefilte fish and pancakes; goulash was introduced from Hungary; the favorite herring preparations from Holland. Jewish holiday dishes round out the wonderful recipes found in this enriching cookbook. Previous owner's stamp on illustrated end papers. Interior clean light toning. Dust wrapper price clipped with light water stains to spine. <br /> Random House hardcover books
1979935Sydney: McGraw Hill 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards title in silver. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 143 pages. 21 x 29 cm. Profusely illustrated wine book covering the past and 1979 present of Australia's Hunter Valley Wine country including vineyards wineries and the people involved in this lush part of the world. Signed by both authors as well as the vineyard owners included here. Crisp and clean. <br/><br/> McGraw Hill hardcover books
19422156Bowling Green Kentucky: Adventures in Good Eating Inc. 1942. Third Edition. Stiff wraps. Yellow cardboard wraps. Very good. Unpaginated. 19 x 12.5 cm. Signed by the one and only - Duncan Hines: Sincerely Duncan Hines - on front free end paper. From the original restaurant road warrior a cookbook filled with recipes from the restaurants he scouted and the friends he visited during his travels. With over 500 recipes the "correct" art of carving with illustrations and blank pages for notes. Covers rubbed and soiled interior clean. <br/><br/> Adventures in Good Eating, Inc. paperback books
20132392New York: Speigel & Grau 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Yellow boards black spine. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. Eddie AKA the Human Panda explores the Asian-American immigrant experience through the eyes of a child and then as a brash young adult - "American Hustle - school piano or porn - the American experience was about the paper" $. Eddie explored America through social culture and food becoming a well known media personality chef author and bigger then life figure. Huang went on to open BaoHous restaurant with his brother hosted Huang's World for Viceland and later had this autobiography adapted to an ABC television series. This copy has extraordinary annotations by a food history professor in pencil with an additional page of notes laid in. <br/><br/> Speigel & Grau hardcover books
19352133London: Constable & Co Ltd. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon boards. Very good. 165 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Part of Constable's Wine Library Edited by André L. Simon. Folding map at rear: The Wine Districts of the Rhine and Moselle. Alchemically and astrologically symbolic armorial bookplate of forensic psychiatrist Dr. Marcus Crahan who along with his with Elizabeth collected books on culinary subjects for over 40 years. Other bookplate: Richard Day. Spine lightly sunned interior clean and crisp partially unopened. <br/><br/> Constable & Co Ltd. hardcover books
19742506San Francisco: Westwinds Books 1974. First Edition. Quarter cloth and decorated paper over boards. Fine. 38 pages. 19.5 x 13. 5 cm. Limited edition of 950 copies - two-color frontispiece portrait of author. With an intriguing introductory by author Brian McGinty - giving the reader a glimpse into the years Stevenson lived in this northern California area. A fascinating survey of Napa Valley in the late 1880's. Copies printed at Cranium Press San Franciso. Decorative papers by Brian Day. Pristine copy. Westwinds Books hardcover books
19131316Rochester NY 1913. Hardcover. Brown illustrated boards. Good. 44 pages 12 blank for recipes. 19x 15 cm. A charming cookbook including recipes for popcorn sandwiches bacon sandwiches and everyone's all time favorite anchovy sandwiches saltines anchovy paste and cayenne pepper. Covers rubbed interior clean. BROWN 2250 <br/><br/> hardcover books
1906344Taunton Mass.: The Commercial Print Publishers 1906. First Edition. Wraps. Orig. cream wraps. Good. Unpaginated. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. New-England Cookbook over 50 pages of delightful recipes including Shrimp Wiggle Popcorn Pudding Scotch Woodcock with an inlaid handwritten recipe for "doughnuts that take so little fat." Recipes attributed to local authors. Unusual advertisements - Mrs. William's - Chiropodist/Mrs. Atkins - Asst. Chiropodist & Manicure and T. F. McCaffery - Bread Cake and Pastry/Home Baker/140 Weir Street Taunton Mass. Illustration of "Young Men's Christian Association Building" on front cover; covers soiled with numerous chips interior soiled with various markings staplebound holding well. <br/><br/> The Commercial Print, Publishers paperback books
19792395Sverdlovsk: Central Ural Book Publishing House 1979. Hardcover. Color illustrated paper covered boards. Good. 151 pages. 17 x 13 cm. Russian baking recipes with 80 typed of dough's and 280 recipes. Illustrated with color photographs. Text in Russian. Pages toned covers rubbed. <br/><br/> Central Ural Book Publishing House hardcover books
