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19882296New York: Alfred A. Knopf/Harper Collins 1988/1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue boards. Very good in Very good dust wrappers. 193 & 224 pages. From the collection of the late bookseller Barbara Farnsworth 1934-2018. Laurie Colwin a novelist and short stories writer was well known for her wit and especially for her food columns in Gourmet Magazine. Colwin died suddenly at the age of 48 in October 1992. Colwin was a part-time resident of West Cornwall CT where she struck up a friendship with Barbara Farnsworth. These two first editions are accompanied by two personal correspondence between the two and clipped articles invitations and Colwin's obituaries - all annotated with dates by Farnsworth. <br /> <br />List of laid in items: Beatrix Potter post card from Laurie to Barbara 3/11/92 Letter from Laurie to Barbara 9/23/88 NYT Magazine article 11/02 NYT Book Review 10/93 Gourmet Article 8/01 Gourmet "You Asked For It" 9/87 New Yorker Fiction 10/93 Kirkus Review - Home Cooking Supplement Card 1988 With Compliments of the Author Card - Alfred A. Knopf Index Card with Laurie's NY address Postcard to Barbara for Laurie's Memorial Service at Symphony Space 2/9/93. Four clipped obituaries. <br /> <br />ln 1992 Andrew Malcolm describing Farnsworth's Books and bookstore in the New York Times quoted Barbara as saying "Nobody runs an old bookstore to get rich. It just legalizes my compulsion to own lots of books on lots of subjects and to put my own mark on the store." <br /> <br />Home Cooking is clean and crisp More Home Cooking is lightly foxed with an annotation in pencil Katharine Hepburn's Brownies. <br /> <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf/Harper Collins hardcover books
19372449New Kensington PA: The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company c. 1937. Staplebound. Silver illustrated wraps. Very good. 11 pages. Advertising booklet features care tips for the “Wear-Ever” branded aluminum cookware as well as recipes using the same. Includes cooking charts for various fruits and vegetables with preparation instructions and cook times. Margaret Mitchell pictured in pamphlet director of the test kitchen at Wear-Ever Cooking Utensil Company worked to develop utensils suitable for the electric range. Homemakers were troubled by their electric bills after installing their new electric ranges - Mitchell studied the sizes shapes and capacities of the utensils being used in households and deduced from her investigation that utensils for electric ranges should have straight sides and perfectly flat bottoms. Illustrated throughout featuring vivid silver colored paper. Covers lightly rubbed and lightly folded. <br/><br/> The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company paperback books
19161617Ontario: Hotpoint Electric Heating Co. 1916. Staplebound. Photo illustrated wraps. Very good. 16 pages. 21 x 9.25 cm. Illustrated trade catalog directed at housewives - describing "The Evolution of Cooking" - beginning with cave woman the different methods of creating fire and the history of the stove from Pompeii to Benjamin Franklin. Six stove models illustrated with dimensions. Final page illustrations and descriptions of Hotpoint Lamp-Socket Appliances. Interior crisp and clean wraps lightly rubbed and stained. <br/><br/> Hotpoint Electric Heating Co. paperback 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
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
20122357New York: William Morrow 2012. Paperback. Illustrated paperback. Very good. 278 pages. 20 x 13.5 cm. Asimov New York Times wine critic examines why the American wine culture produces anxiety and suggests how readers can fearlessly develop a sense of discovery and wonder as they explore and enjoy the diversity and complexity of the world of wine. With warmth candor and intelligent authority Asimov interweaves his professional knowledge and insights with engaging personal stories of his love affair of wine. <br/><br/> William Morrow paperback books
1512Windsor VT. Cards. Orig. typed card. Good. 15 x 8 cm. "I HAD TWELVE BOTTLES OF WHISKY." Progressive intoxication is the premise responsible for the compositional technique of the following classic account. Some say it dates back to the 1940's in Cedar Rapids Iowa - others claim the scalpel-tongued satirist/bad boy of radio Henry Morgan was the author. Whoever the scribe this always gets a chuckle. Toned at the edges. <br/><br/> unknown books
20151954New York: A Perigee Book 2015. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated boards. Fine in fine half-dust wrapper. 363 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. A lively historically informed and definitive guide to classic American Mixology. Cocktail expert and historian David Wondrich's Imbibe! presents the colorful little known history of the classic American cocktail - and the ultimate guide to classic American drink-making- in an engaging homage to Jerry Thomas father of the American bar. Forward by Dale Degroff. <br/><br/> A Perigee Book hardcover books
199030240Glorieta: Rio Grande Press. Near Fine. 1990. Paperback. 0873801539 . A paperback reprint of the 1929 Lippincott edition. Previous owner's name on half-title page else fine in illustrated wraps. . Rio Grande Press paperback books
19892504New York: Atheneum 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Orange boards. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 195 pages. 21.5 x 16.5 cm. Cajun Creole and Caribbean dishes all have their roots in the cooking of West and Central Africa - Harris has returned to this African source to trace the ways in which African cuisine has migrated to the New World and been transformed there. Iron Pots and Wooden Spoons is a journey of almost two hundred recipes that find their roots and ingredients in the foods of Africa. Crisp clean copy. <br /> Atheneum hardcover books
19381941Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company 1938. Hardcover. Brown and maroon boards. Good. King Ruth. 399 pages. 22.5 x 16 cm. Combination prose recipes as well as nutritional advice. Chapter titles tell the story: "If You Can Read You Can Cook - Soda Fountain Specials - Coed Parties etc. Illustrated throughout. Boards rubbed at corners. Ex libris - Cedar Run School Library St. John's Lutheran Church Shiremanstown PA. <br/><br/> The John C. Winston Company hardcover books
20181672Tokyo: Tuttle 2018. Paperback. Color illustrated paperback. 128 pages. 25.5 x 19 cm. Charming illustrated guide to Japanese Cooking. Three young foodies Alexis Aldeguer Maiko-San and Ilaria Mauro give their own personal take on Japanese food in a way that is fun and always delicious. Packed with personal anecdotes and information on Japanese culture this book is adapted from handbound copies distributed by the authors among their friends in Barcelona. <br/><br/> Tuttle paperback books
20181662Tokyo: Tuttle 2018. Hardcover. Black boards color photo illustrated. Fine. Ueda Idzuhiko. 144 pages. 7.5 x 10 inches. For the first time in English this book presents over a hundred independently scored reviews from a leading Japanese whisky expert Yuji Kawasaki to shed new light on Japan's most famous single malts as well as its grain whiskies and blends. Japan expert Brian Ashcraft and photographer Idzuhiko Ueda crisscrossed Japan visiting all the major whisky makers to talk with past and present distillers blenders and coopers. Featuring exclusive interviews with the people involved in the early beginnings of the Japanese whisky industry seventy years ago. A foreword by leading American whisky writer Lew Bryson places the recent success of Japanese whisky into a global context. <br/><br/> Tuttle hardcover books
199833328NY: Broadway Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 076790155X . Color and black and white photographs by Quentin Bacon. First printing. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Broadway Books hardcover books
200322225NY: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0743223535 . Color photographs throughout by Tam Tran. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Simon & Schuster hardcover books
198521721Woodbury: Barron's. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0812056701 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Barron's hardcover books
1978TB27151New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1978. First Edition. Fine in decorated white paper covered boards with bold blue text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 3/4" by 8 1/2". In a very good unclipped dust jacket with a number of short closed tears at the upper edge of the spine area and at the upper edge of the front panel and a one inch "v" shaped chip from the lower edge of the rear panel. 243 pages including an index and text. Illustrated throughout with color photographs by James Scherer. Written in collaboration with E. S. Yntema. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
19792548New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Large format paperback. 248 pages. 27 x 21.5 cm. In collaboration with E.S. Yntema. Photographs by James Scherer. Like its predecessor and companion Julia Child & Co. this is a menu cook book filled with photo illustrations marketing tips and leftover suggestions. Detailed recipes for everything she demonstrates on her second cooking-for-company television series. Interior crisp and clean Covers sunned at spine. <br /> Alfred A. Knopf paperback books
1846340Teterow Germany: Gedruckt und zu haben bei A. D. E. Beig 1846. Hardcover. Brown cloth gilt title. Good. 144 pages. 10.5 x 9 cm. Scarce German cookbook with 13 sections. A fashionable book with a diversified selection of recipes and preparations. Text in German. Front board gilt-stamped "Louise Prestin" and back board "1847." Pencil inscription on front endpaper "Mother Hamp's Cook Book." Light rubbing and staining to boards publisher's reinforced title page light staining to leaves along fore-edge one leaf with older paper mend. <br/><br/> Gedruckt und zu haben bei A. D. E. Beig hardcover books
18101847Paris: Louis Tenré/Patris et Cie 1833 1810. Fifth Edition/First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary half-calf and decorated boards. Very good. 454 pages/116 pages. 21 x 13 cm. La Cuisinier: Covering all aspects of cooking of post revolutionary France. Includes engraved frontispiece titled "intérieur d'une cuisine bien ordonnée" and 3 plates depicting ovens and cooking utensils. Albert was former chef de cuisine for Cardinal Fesch Napoléon's Uncle. L'art de Conserver: Appert's signature on verso of title page. One folding plate. Appert a confectioner chef and distiller developed the first method of preserving food by enclosing it in airtight sealed containers. Pasteur later admitted his pasteurization process was largely derived from Appert's earlier methods. Appert was rewarded with a prize of 12000 francs by the French Directory Napoléon who needed to supply the growing armies with stable sustenance. CAGLE 28 36. Some foxing to interior. Covers rubbed at corners otherwise very good. <br/><br/> Louis Tenré/Patris et Cie hardcover books
17711529Bruxelles: Chez Francois Foppens 1771. Hardcover. Full marbled calf gilt flower design to spine with title. Good. 408 pages. 17 x 10 cm. Primarily written for female cooks in bourgeois households. The author intentionally points to the difference between the ordinary bourgeois and the "bas peuple" favoring cuts of meat and types of game favored by the upper-middle class. Bookplate on front endpaper - "SE VEND A BORDEAUX chez les Freres LABOTTIERE Imprimeur - Librairies Place du Palais." Printing under the Kings licensee at the time the Labottiere brothers who founded the Journal de Bordeaux were both printers publishers journalists and booksellers - which eventually got them into hot water. Corners rubbed with some loss rubbed at head and tail of spine with some loss covers cracked at joint. <br/><br/> Chez Francois Foppens hardcover 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
18162208Paris: Chez Tardieu-Densesle 1816. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Marbled boards spine tooled in gilt raised bands label in gilt. Good. 352 pages. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Three plates: Frontispiece confectioner's laboratory and 2 plates illustrating kitchen utensils and motifs/decorations. The author the widow of a renowned pastry chef opened her shop in Berlin at the end of the 18th century and was able to establish herself as a refined pastry chef later moving her establishment to Paris. The book contains recipes and advice on how to make jams marmalades and various preserves. Instructions on distillation and the composition of liqueurs and creams. Also includes how to prepare chocolate coffee tea syrups lemonade punch ice cream and sorbets. With marbled boards end papers and edges this French recipe book has some rubbing and wear to the edges with a 1 cm. loss to the tail of the spine. Some worming to top of spine not affecting structure soiling to pages 323-336. CAGLE 195. <br/><br/> Chez Tardieu-Densesle 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
19972524New York: W.W. Norton & Company 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. White and maroon boards. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. 304 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Forward by Patrick O'Brian. Inscribed by authors on front free end paper. Celebrate the wonderful gastronomic companion to the novels of Patrick O'Brian full of food and drink that so often complement the Jack and Stephen's travels. Filled with early-nineteenth-century recipes for foods such as Burg Ship's Biscuit Skillygalee Drowned Baby Sea-Pie Figgy-Dowdy Soused Hog's Face Solomungundy Jam roly-poly Portable Soup and Spotted Dog. Dust wrapper price clipped. <br/><br/> W.W. Norton & Company hardcover books
