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18722547Boston: J. E. Tilton and Company 1872. Hardcover. Cream oilcloth covers. Very good. 202 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. A comprehensive text on desserts sweets ice creams icesbrandied fruits and after dinner drinks - punches coffee chocolate tea lemonades liqueurs cordials and spirituous creams. Light foxing pages lightly toned. Book covered in what appears to be oilcloth. Bookplate of E.G. Frothingham Haverhill Mass. Previous owners stamp on front free end paper. BROWN 1503. <br /> J. E. Tilton and Company hardcover books
19102166Brooklyn NY 1910. Hardcover. White boards. Good. 48 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. Recipes furnished and attributed by church members. Chock-full of recipes of the period both sweet and savory although cakes puddings and preserves rule the day. Gift inscription on front free end paper Christmas 1915. One page offset toning otherwise clean. Boards rubbed and toned. Not listed in Brown or Cook not found in OCLC as of 5/20. <br/><br/> hardcover books
19151990Stamford c. 1915. Cardboard covers. Floral cloth covered boards green string ties. Very good. 22 x 15.5 cm. 14 envelopes 1 two-sided cardboard-weight title page with a Forward on the reverse. Envelopes contain printed recipes 8 X 15 cm. attributed to local authors along with personally collected recipes and handwritten recipes. Envelope headings: Soups Fish Meats Poultry Meat and Fish Sauces Entrees Eggs Vegetables Salads Breads & Biscuits Pastry and Cake Frostings Puddings Etc. Ices and Sherbets and Miscellaneous. Every printed recipe suggests the use of "Fleischmann's" yeast along with a handful of suggestions for "Dromedary Brand Golden Dates and Date Nut Butter" and "Royal Baking Powder". Local advertisements adorn both front and flap of every envelope. Hygienic Societies were formed to some extent to limit the spread of communicable diseases to repress prostitution and the promotion of marriage/parenthood. With single OCLC record discovered Kansas State University. <br/><br/> hardcover books
18381360Edinburgh: Robert Cadell 1838. Hardcover. Green morocco half bound raised bands gilt-tooled spine. Very good. i-iv 424 pages. 16.5 x 11 cm. Title conclusion Containing also a Complete System of Cookery for Catholic Families Being the result of actual experiments instituted in the kitchen of William Kitchiner M.D. The author William Kitchiner M.D. 1775-1827 was a wealthy physician of London who did not practice his profession but was a food science and music enthusiast. An early devotee of mastication Masticate denticate chump grind and swallow Kitchiner purportedly did most of his own cooking and cleaning. First published in 1817 this extensive guide for the domestic cook took the UK and US by storm making Kitchiner a household name and an inspiration for many later cookbook authors including Mrs. Beeton who lifted a number of her recipes directly from his book. Owner's inscription on rear front end paper. Rebound marbled end papers. <br/><br/> Robert Cadell hardcover books
19741645Florence: Il Bisonte - Edizioni d'arte 1974. Cardboard covers. Green illustrated cardboard wraps. Very good in good slip case. 103 pages. 25 x 31. Copy 69 of 100. Volume VI. Published in the summer of 1974 by the Consorzio del Vino Classico two thousand copies 1500 in Italian and 500 in English numbered 1/1-100 to xx/100-100. Roman numerals correspond to the reference number of the original lithograph contained in each volume. This copy contains the original lithograph - Houses at La Volpia. Each separate lithograph has been printed by hand on a stellar press at the ateliers of Il Bisonte. Four parts: 1. Homage to Chianti by Carlo Betocchi 2. Chianti Past and Present by Giuseppe Conti 3. Seven plates in colour by Nino Tirinnanzi 4. Twenty plates in black-and-white by Nino Tirinnanzi. Owners gift presentation on half title page. Crisp clean copy. Slip case toned expertly repaired and intact. Housed in custom made acid free portfolio <br/><br/> Il Bisonte - Edizioni d'arte paperback books
187740900.1New York: Published by the Royal Baking Powder Co 1877. 1st printing thus ca 1878. Cf. Axford p. 352 & Bitting p. 410 for the 1882 and later editions. Not in Cagle though see 1011n nor Wheaton & Kelly. OCLC records 4 holding institutions. Printed pale green printed wrappers sewn. Front & rear wrapper with 1878 product reviews. General wear soiling & age-toning to wrappers with chip to top left of top wrapper. Foxing to paper. A VG copy. 2 32 2 adverts pp. 2 page Table of Contents at front preceding the recipes. Page 1 a wood engraving showing 20 figures of divers pans used in the baking recipes herein. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6" <br/><br/>The recipes in this book are new and formulated by one of the most experienced Professors in the art of scientific and practical cookery especially adapted for the use of "Royal" Baking Powder and "Royal" flavoring Extracts. These preparations are incomparable in strength and purity. Substituting other articles will only end in disappointment." front wrapper blurb. "The Royal Baking Powder Company was one of the largest producers of baking powder in the US. It was started by both Joseph Christoffel Hoagland & William Ziegler in 1866." Wiki Evidence points to this being the first publication of this title which contains 377 recipes ranging from Bread & Rolls to Pies to Puddings to Fritters & Pancakes to Meat Pies to Icings. Rare. Published by the Royal Baking Powder Co unknown books
1892508New York: John C. Rankin Company 1892 <br />. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Very Good. 64 pages. 24.5 x 21 cm.Official Catalogue for the United States Food Exposition in commemoration of the discovery of America 1492 at Madison Square Garden from October 1st to the 27th. Under the auspices of the Food Manufacturers Association. Full page black-and-white photos of Madison Square Garden throughout as well as iconic New York sites such as the Brooklyn Bridge and City Hall. An abundance of illustrated pages highlighting iconic American food advertising - Tabasco Sauce Sea Foam Baking Powder Heinz Van Houtens' Cocoa Reynolds Cheese Hotel Devonshire and Horton's Ice Cream etc. Covers lightly rubbed. Small closed tear to rear of spine. Interior crisp and clean. <br/><br/> John C. Rankin Company paperback books
19882292Kansas : Barbara Clagett 1988. First Edition. Ring_bound. Color illustrated wraps blue plastic combs. Near fine. 74 pages. 23 x 16 cm. Signed & inscribed by author on verso of cover. Viola's mother was the cook for the Clagett farm and her father was the "house man". Born in 1911 Viola spent her childhood helping her mother prepare vegetables churn butter wait tables wash dishes do house chores and take care of the Clagett's young son. That young son was the father of Barbara Clagett the Editor of this book. <br /> <br />The introduction to this cookbook is written by Barbara Clagett. Clagett describes her childhood and her close relationship with Viola: "She was a second mother to me; someone whom I could go to with any problem or childhood hurt." At the urging of Barbara Clagett Viola put her recipes in writing - recipes Viola describes as "good country home cooking." <br /> <br />Photography - Rex Keep. Food Stylist Estelle Gillison. Illustrated throughout. Clean crisp copy. THE JEMIMA CODE TIPTON-MARTIN pg. 200. <br/><br/> Barbara Clagett paperback books
18922222097<p>First edition. Octavo. Folding frontispiece seven chrono lithographed plates eight b/w text illustration three photophones. Original pictorial brown cloth stamped in black gilt stamped spine. No dust jacket. Very good slight lean. 114 pages 12 pages ads at end. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Bookseller stamp on front pastedown.</p><p>Bitting page 531.</p> Sampson Low, Marston & Company hardcover books
19622492New York: Greystone Press 1962. First Revised Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated boards. Fine in good slipcase. 288 pages. 26 x 18.5 cm. 12 Full Page Color Plate Illustrations. This saucy tippling tome is crammed with 780 recipes a glossary of bar terms photographs of the correct glassware for cocktails wines and spirits and a list of the national toasts of 38 countries. Also: Tippling Tips Wining and Dining by Claude C. Philippe Vintage Chart Cocktails and Mixed Drinks A-Z and Cocktail Appetizers. Saucier was Publicist for the Waldorf Astoria for over 4 years. Top edge red. Book and interior pristine slipcase rubbed. Greystone Press hardcover books
19401931Connecticut/California 1940's-1960's. Cards. Decorated covers green yarn binding. Good. 21 pages. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. Handcrafted recipes book made up of decorated envelopes. Each envelope is decorated with pasted-on photos of food items which are labeled and filled with recipes. Both handwritten recipes and recipes cut from magazine periodicals and food packaging. Some envelopes empty. Front cover decorated with a photo of a 1950's dining room. Laid in: a page from The Lassez-Faire what appears to be a mock newspaper for humorous purposes; a pink tissue paper party hat; a black and white photo of a house circa 1940's and an invitation to a wedding - Nancy Jane Franklin Hopper. Recipes from both California periodicals and Connecticut periodicals. One envelope is detached. <br/><br/> unknown books
18872437Gloucester Massachusetts 1887. Cards. Cream card stock. Very good. 15 x 12.5 cm. Decorative folding menu with an elaborate array of dishes served on Sunday August 21 1887. Faux tortoise shell embellishment held to cover with wooden toothpick. Foxing to areas around embellishment. <br/><br/> unknown books
18872221849<p>First edition. Octavo. Original grey pictorial cloth with three designs in gold and red; pictorial spine in gilt and red. Dust jacket. Very good light wear; short tears at rear joint. 122 pages 8 pages of publisher's ads. No signatures or bookplates. Uncommon.</p><p>Not located in Cagle or Bitting.</p><p>Contents include: An Arab Dinner Party; A Japanese Dinner; Easter at Jerusalem; The Moqui Snake-Dance; A Coptic Wedding; A Siamese Hair-Cutting."</p> D Lothrop Company hardcover books
18852222094<p>First edition Octavo. B/W illustrations by Charles Keene. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in black red white with design of a waiter in white apron; maroon coated endpapers. No dust jacket. Very good few small stains. 144 pages. Small bookseller rubber stamp.</p><p>Inscribed on title page: "Thos. F. Rigler Esq. with the author's kindest regards. Aug 8/88."</p><p>Includes chapters on Greenwich Wanstead Park Hyde Park Crystal Palace.</p> Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. hardcover books
18272378London: G. Virtue nd c.1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Half Bound leather with marbled boards. Good. 838 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Engraved frontispiece title-page and ten plates illustrating trussing carving and bills of fare. Heavily foxed front hinges cracked but holding. Boards rubbed. Owner's signature on front free end paper. CAGLE 632. <br /> G. Virtue hardcover books
19742539Wilton Connecticut: Lyceum Books 1974. Tan cloth covered boards. Very good in good dust wrapper. 191 pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. "Although there are observations from many others this is Fernand Point's Book. Here are his wise witty and often provocative views on food wine and life - in his case the three were synonymous. But most important here are al this remarkably inventive recipes over 200 of them carefully compiled from his handwritten notes and now in English for the first time." Special Drawings by André Dunoyer de Sogonzac. Clean crisp copy. Dust wrapper rubbed and sunned. <br /> Lyceum Books hardcover books
1992878Baltimore: Bacchus Press nd 1992. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Full Burgundy bonded leather gilt. Fine. xv 540 24 index pages. Octavo. One of 500 copies. A very attractively bound facsimile edition of the 1864 second edition expanded and considerably revised from the 1863 first edition printed on acid-free paper and retaining the folding plates that appeared in the original. Shaw was a Scottish wine merchant who was almost single-handedly credited with bringing about a reduction in the tax on wine coming into Great Britain and Ireland. Andre Simon called this title "one of the most interesting books we have on the subject." A must have for any serious wine collector. GABLER G38330 - referring to the second edition. <br/><br/> Bacchus Press hardcover books
19402221991<p>Second revised edition. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait. 20 b/w illustrations of bottles of various alcoholics drinks with a double page illustrations of cocktail glasses. Pages 117-212 with recipes for various cocktails. Tipped in at end is an eight page folding booklet of additional cocktails. Original gold cloth over black boards edges rubbed with gilt name of William Clarence Tackett on front cover. No dust jacket. Very good tear to frontispiece; small chips to title page. 224 pages.</p><p>William Clarence Tackett was a Chicago Construction Executive 1897-1958 who died in Palm Springs.</p> The Marco Importing Company hardcover books
19392221980<p>First edition. 4to. Title in red. Illustrated with drawings by Elise printed in red and black. Black cloth stamped in red. Dust jacket price clipped; small chips; small stains. Endpapers by Carlos Dyer. Very good. 258 pages plus a page listing other Armitage works.</p><p>Illustrated with four b/w halftone photographs of four vegetables by Edward Weston.</p><p>Laid in loose in this copy are four extra copies of the halftones by Weston. And an extra Weston description page.</p> Duell, Sloan and Pearce hardcover books
19182222093<p>First edition. Octavo. Original brown cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket. Very good. 106 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Bitting page 330. Each recipe headed with a literary quotation. Page 19 quoting Lewis Carroll on oysters.</p><p>Cagle #540.</p><p>Axford Page 51.</p><p>Brown 2782.</p> Duffield & Company hardcover books
19332222096<p>First edition thus. Octavo. Original blue pictorial cloth stamped in silver. Forward by Eleanor Roosevelt. Preface by Mrs. Clarence C. Dill. Introduction by Mrs. Ross A. Collins. No dust jacket. Very good. 834 pages; plus 16 blank "Memoranda" pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Printed by the Kingsport Press Inc.</p><p>Pages 171-175 "Cocktails and Fruit Cups."</p> The Congressional Club hardcover books
19252134Boston: L. C. Page & Company 1925. Hardcover. Red cloth boards embossed glass decoration on front cover with gilt title to spine and front cover. Good. 80 pages. 17 x 11 cm. New Revised edition First Impression May 1925. A scarce look into the unique world of cocktails in the early 1900's. This book was not compiled as a bartender's guide but as a recipe book for private use. A comprehensive account featuring over 150 recipes some familiar and others mysterious. Text block cracked but holding. Interior clean and crisp. Top edge gilt. <br/><br/> L. C. Page & Company hardcover books
19162560Providence R.I. 1916. Cards. Illustrated cream cards. Very good. 13.5 x 19 cm. Illustrated menu tendered by the Providence Friars at the Pomham Club in Providence R.I. on Thursday June 8 1916. The menu commences with a Martini Cocktail followed by Clam Broth Clam Chowder Baked Clams Clam Cakes Baked Lobster Broiled Mackerel - along with Rhode Island Johnny Cakes Champagne Beer Cigars & Cigarettes. Speakers include Rhode Island politicians John J. Fitzgerald 1871-1926 State representative & Democratic Mayor Mayor Joseph H. Gainer Artist Hezekiah Anthony Dyer Commissioner Benjamin P. Moultan and Henry A. Carpenter. <br /><br />The "Providence Friars" seems to be a bit of a leg-pull as they all are known entertainers. We know "Abbott" George M. Cohan was no other than the famous vaudeville song-and-dance man playwright director producer comic actor and popular songwriter George M. Cohan. Born in Providence Rhode Island this may have been a welcome homecoming for Cohan. Light toning to cards. <br /> books
19591376Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Yellow illustrated boards. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 285 pages. To help the young cook find his way down the menu the authors include a glossary of cooking terms practical tips and a great section on snacks and sandwiches. "Many men like to cook and are plenty good at it too so we weren't surprised to find out that the same goes for the boys we know. That made us decide that it was about time a cook book was written not for boys and girls but just for boys - and just for fun. If you've ever wondered what to feed a hungry crowd.or how to survive when mom goes out to dinner.or what to do with fish after you've caught them.or how to plan a barbecue without the eternal hot dogs and hamburgers - then you'll find answers here for these and many other cooking problems." Jan Longone Wine & food library label. Priced clipped dust wrapper otherwise pristine. <br/><br/> Doubleday & Company hardcover books
199944738Beijing: Foreign Languages Press 1999-2000. First Edition. Eight volumes; small oblong quartos 19.5x21cm.; uniformly bound in glossy photo-illustrated spiral-bound boards; color illus. throughout. All in Fine condition. Nearly complete set of the series lacking only the "Family Banquet" volume. Bilingual text in Chinese and English. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
