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1912636Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1912. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good/missing. A very good early edition from 1912 of what is now known as "The Fannie Farmer Cookbook." Tan boards with brown title stamping. Binding is sturdy and square. Toning to page edges. This copy has been well-cared for with no stains no spills no leaning. Front hinge cracking at end paper mull intact. Previous owner's name first free endpaper and on rear pastedown. 648 pp. including index followed by 30 pp. contemporary advertisements. Little, Brown & Co. hardcover books
19532379New York: Farrar Straus & Young 1953. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Rose boards gilt illustrations. Near fine in good dust wrapper. 282 pages. 26 x 19 cm. An elegant informative composition devoted to the history and practice of drinking in America. Chapters include: Taverns Tankards and Tallow; The Best-Cellar Book on Wines; A Quicker Liquor Curriculum on Spirits and Beer; The Complete Bartender and The 100 Greatest American Drinks; Now Your Cooking with Liquor. Illustrated throughout. Interior and boards clean and crisp dust wrapper rubbed. <br/><br/> Farrar, Straus & Young hardcover books
1924811Gann Valley South Dakota: Gann Valley S. D. First Congregational Church 1924. First Edition. Cardboard covers. Orig. brown card stock. Very good. 272 pages. 88 pp. History 184 pp. Cook Book 22 x 14.5 cm. An exceptional combination of sketches of pioneer life in Buffalo County South Dakota by a variety of settlers with "Book of Tried Recipes" attributed to various Lady Helpers of the First Congregational Church. Contains local advertisements extra pages for handwritten recipes two used. One full page color advertisement for Swans Down Cake Flour and pasted in on pg. 67 a advertisement for female doctor. Cover lightly rubbed interior crisp and clean. <br/><br/> Gann Valley, S. D., First Congregational Church unknown books
19822500Le Havre France: Jobin et. Co. 1982. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards title in gilt. Very good in very good slip case. 463 pages. 25.5 x 17 cm. Technical but informative presented in list format with 36 color photographs. Bilingual in both English and French. Publishers letter laid in. Interior clean and crisp spine sunned. <br /> Jobin et. Co. hardcover books
18785956New York: Royal Baking Powder Co 1878. Stapled octavo-sized booklet 23.5 x 15cm. 32 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. Front wrapper verso with product reviews dated 1878. Includes a wood engraving showing twenty figures of diverse pans used in baking. "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. Included are three hundred seventy seven recipes ranging from Bread & Rolls to Pies to Puddings to Fritters & Pancakes to Meat Pies to Icings. "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. General wear & soiling to wrappers; foxing throughout; a bit musty. Good or a bit better in printed gray-green wrappers. OCLC locates four copies; Axford page 352; Bitting page 410 both for the 1882 and later editions; not in Cagle. Royal Baking Powder Co unknown books
18932222091<p>First edition second printing Octavo. Illustrated with twenty-four halftone portraits; woodcuts in the text by May Root-Kern Mellie Ingels Julian Louis Braunhold George Wharton Edwards. Original yellow-orange pictorial cloth stamped in white and gilt designed by "G"; t.e.g. No dust jacket. Good some light soiling; a few small spots. 221 pages.</p><p>According to the colophon there was a limited "author's edition bound in silk."</p><p>Bookplate of Rockwell Dennis Hunt designed by Anthony Euwer.</p><p>Cagle 699.</p><p>Bitting 433.</p><p>Brown 563.</p><p>Axford page 146.</p> R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. hardcover books
19321822New Orleans: Mary Moore Bremer 1932. Wraps. Orange illustrated cardboard wraps. Near fine. 86 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. Early edition chock full of recipes such as Chicken Pilau Oysters Jambalaya Bouilla-Baisse and many more. Bremer adds lively prose and pleasing black and white woodblock illustrations throughout. Light scuff at rear interior crisp and clean. <br /> Mary Moore Bremer paperback books
1890484New York: G.W. Dillingham 1890. Stiff boards. Gray illustrated wraps. Near fine. 6 x 5 in. 80 pages. Chafing dish recipes with black and white illustrations throughout. Compliments of the Meriden Britannia Co. Manufacturers of gold and silver plate. Advertisement/trade catalog for the gold and silver plate as well as spoons forks and knives. Owners inscription on half title page. <br/><br/> G.W. Dillingham hardcover books
19372228New York: Oxford University Press 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards. Fine in good dust wrapper. 198 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Decorations by J. E. Laboureur. A charming volume designed to be a guide for the hostess - with recipes entertaining history and delightful anecdotes. Xavier Marcel Boulestin 1878-1943 was a restaurateur chef and food writer. His London restaurant - The Restaurant Boulestin was well respected albeit expensive. Boulestin who brought French classic food to British cooks became in a way a food celebrity. Among those influenced by Boulestin was the English food writer Elizabeth David. The French artist J. E. Laboureur was well know for his etching lithography and engraving. Interior pristine dust wrapper rubbed with chips. In protective mylar cover. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press hardcover books
19830000468New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. First edition this copy inscribed & signed in red marker by Beard on the title page. Stain at the top edge of the text block about 2 inches which also briefly affects the upper margins throughout top of the spine bumped & lightly rubbed otherwise Very Good in Very Good dust jacket with a couple of nicks in the edges. 8vo xiii 236 & 4 pp. Publisher's pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. Illustrations from drawings throughout by Karl W. Stuecklen. <br /><br />In Beard's own words as offered on the title page: "Good Appetite/ and miles of good people - always/ James Beard" a lovely sentiment from perhaps the greatest champion of American cuisine. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
19181005Brooklyn: Latham Lith. & Ptg. Co. 1918. Early Printing. Very good /none as issued. George Illion. Beautiful chromolithograph poster from WWI by George Illion. 21 x 28 inches tall. "Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food Administration for more food for starving millions. Eat less wheat - meat - fats and sugar. Ship more to the war-stricken people of France - Belgium - Italy. Latham Lith. & Ptg. Co. unknown books
1668Devonport England. Staplebound. Tan illustrated lettered wraps. Very good. c. 1900. 24 pages. 22 x 14 cm. A hark back to the golden days of shipbuilding this fully illustrated pamphlet includes prices and dimensions of their entire inventory. J Gould & Son were one of the many industries/workshops located in the Royal Navy Yard specializing in supplying both small crafts yachts and steamships. The business was most likely situated in what was known as the Quadrangle housing foundries forges pattern shops boilermakers and all manner of specialized workshops. Covers toned. Interior lightly toned but crisp and clear. Staples holding nicely. <br/><br/> paperback books
19161689Battle Creek Michigan: Good Health Publishing Co 1916. Wraps. Original tan wraps. Good. 71 pages. 16 x 10.5 cm. Originally named Western Health Reform Institute John Harvey and his brother W.K. Kellogg built an new structure and took the word "sanatorium" and changed two letters transforming and adding a new word to the English language. 11 paper label/addenda are stapled to the front cover. Chipped creased and rubbed. <br/><br/> Good Health Publishing, Co paperback books
18892086Washington DC: The Brodix Publishing Co. 1889. Wraps. Oversized pink paper wrappers staple bound. Very good. 12 pages. 42 x 28 cm. This charming periodical features six sheets of cooking instructions detailing: Fish-Soup; Meat; Sauces-salads; Vegetables; Pastry; Sweets and Preserves; and How to Make Bread. The binding style and large type set likely indicates that this publication was meant for display in the kitchen. The inside cover purports the benefits of a healthy diet especially focused on wheat and grain's positive effects on the brain. The following pages outline recipes and instructions for proper food preparation taking care to mention the repercussions of poorly tended food ranging from indigestion from unchopped capers to dangers of under or overcooked vegetables. The final page includes helpful hints for food shopping health and safety suggestions as well as a treatise on the proper diet for invalids. <br />The Home Magazine a monthly illustrated periodical ran from 1888 to 1908 serving as a guide to social domestic and business life. Mrs. John A Logan served as editor for the Home Magazine following the death of her husband a Civil War general and statesman John A. Logan. Born Mary Simmerson Cunningham an educated woman from Missouri she played an active role in her husband's political life accompanying him on campaigns and organizing volunteers. Mary became a prominent figure in Washington society in her own right often meeting with Adele Douglas wife of Senator Stephen A. Douglas and Julia Dent Grant wife of Ulysses S. Grant to discuss political happenings and social issues. Mary was a celebrated American writer and editor authoring two books and contributing to several publications including William Randolph Hearst's monthly syndicate Cosmopolitan. She was committed to social causes dedicating herself to the women's suffrage movement and was an early supporter of the American Red Cross. Weak fold across cover wear to edges and small paper loss to inside pages not effecting text. <br/><br/> The Brodix Publishing Co. paperback books
18875920New York: Royal Baking Powder Company; lithography by Schumacher & Ettlinger 1887. Stapled booklet 21 x 13 cm. 43 1 pages. Illustrated. Later printing. Front wrapper verso with facsimile of a letter from Marion Harland dated 1887. Publication date from copyright statement on front wrapper panel. Includes a wood engraving showing twenty figures of diverse pans used in baking. "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. Included are three hundred seventy seven recipes ranging from Bread & Rolls to Pies to Puddings to Fritters & Pancakes to Meat Pies to Icings. "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. Light spotting to a few pages; and soiling and some small edge chips to wrappers. Over the course of its publication this booklet was issued in a wide variety of wrapper designs; this one a chromolithograph with an image of a young woman holding a large tray of handsome baked goods is one of our favorites. Near very good. Scarce. OCLC locates four copies; Axford page 352; Bitting page 410 both for the 1882 and later editions; not in Cagle. Royal Baking Powder Company; [lithography by] Schumacher & Ettlinger unknown books
1972LV2056London:: Holland Press 1972. 1972. Two volumes in one. Thick 4to. xviii 237; vii 255 pp. Illus. index. Red cloth printed dust-jacket; cloth edges with some discoloring. Very good. Reprint edition limited to 250 copies originally issued in 1927. Holland Press, (1972). hardcover books
19332235Norwich: H. W. Hunt 1933. Hardcover. Blue boards title in gilt. Good. 15 pages. 28.5 x 21.5 cm. Signed by author - Limited edition number 95 of 250. History description and illustrations of wine spirit and sauce labels. Previous owners stamp on front free end paper. Boards rubbed at edges interior clean. <br/><br/> H. W. Hunt hardcover books
19517335Chicago & Denver: the club 1951. Three menus two 19 x 13 cm.; one 23 x 15 cm. each 4 pages. Three menus for a dining society modeled after "Les Amis d'Escoffier" but celebrating the skills of the United Air Lines' Managing Chefs and prepared in the various flight kitchens within United Airlines' system. Each menu item is accompanied by a wine pairing as well as the names of the chefs that provided the dish and their flight kitchen's city. An explanatory text is included on the rear panel. In an envelope with information from the menu collector F. Sperl. Near fine. [the club unknown books
1927367Chicago: Woman's World magazine Co. Inc. 1927-28. Black boards color illustrated wraps. Good. A full run of all 11 recipe books compiled and laid in boards. Includes: Cakes and Desserts - 1927 The Candy Calendar - 1927 Salads and Sandwiches - 1927 The Fifty Two Sunday Dinners - 1927 The Cookery Calendar - 1927 The Fish Book - 1928 The Menu Book - 1929 The Book of Can Cookery - 1928 The Vegetable Book - 1928 Children's Party Book - 1928 The Fruit Book - 1928. Moderate wear to pamphlets. <br/><br/> Woman's World magazine Co. Inc. hardcover books
19152222095<p>First edition Octavo. 12 full page illustrations; b/w vignettes in text. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in white light green white and cream with vignette of woman serving a steaming tureen within an oval border and two candelabros. Decorative light green endpapers with circular vignettes. No dust jacket. Good few stains. 192 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Brown 806 citing a 1913 date typo</p><p>Bitting page 229-230 citing a 1913 date which may be a typo as copyright reads 1915.</p><p>Not in Cagle.</p><p>Most menus includes a suggested beverage.</p> The N. K. Fairbank Company hardcover books
19122222089<p>INCLUDES COCKTAIL RECIPES</p><p>First edition. Small octavo 6 3/4" x 4 1/2". Frontispiece by FAW of woman making Rose Leaf Jam and vignette on title of "The Oven Bird of South America." Original blue cloth with gilt stamped spine cover stamped in red t.e.g. No dust jacket. Very good. 141 pages 2 pages ads for "Household Books" and "Struwwelpeter Series of Nursery Books."</p><p>Bookplate of G. E. Mackenzie Skues and bold ink signature of E. C. Goldsmith.</p><p>Printed by William Brendon and Son Ltd. Plymouth.</p><p>Pages 129-134 A few Beverages and Liqueurs including Sloe Gin Cassis Russian Punch Benedictine Swiss Absinthe Curacoa.</p><p>Bitting page 104.</p> George Routledge & Sons, Limited hardcover books
18922222098<p>Later edition first published in 1878. Octavo. Original dark green cloth stamped in black and gilt. No dust jacket. Good few stains; some offsetting from old clippins. 713 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>See Cagle 331.</p><p>Brown 2402.</p><p>Bitting page 214.</p> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
18891751n.p. New York 1889. Staplebound. Illustrated wraps. Very good. 48 pages. 15.5 x 18.5 cm. A small almanac with bio of prominent chefs their history and salary. Crisp clean copy. BROWN 2474. <br/><br/> paperback books
19151943Abington Massachusetts: Baker Printing Company c. 1915. Staplebound. Green wraps. Good. 48 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Recipes furnished and attributed by GUILD members. Filled with period local advertisements. Cover illustration of church. Pages toned covers lightly soiled and chipped. <br/><br/> Baker Printing Company paperback books
1929713Dijon: La Societe Nouvelle Agence Fournier 1929. Staplebound. Orig. orange illustrated wraps. Very good. 64 pages. 18.5 x 13.5 cm. A look into the French attitudes toward American Prohibition. Along with a multitude of advertisements for local restaurants wine merchants gun merchants Citroen dealers and all other retailers of goods this pamphlet contains an editorial by M. Gaston Gerard Mayor of Dijon explaining the issues concerning American Prohibition and the effects on the wine trade. Many pages unopened text in French. Spine lightly rubbed corner light crease interior crisp and clean. <br/><br/> La Societe Nouvelle Agence Fournier paperback books
