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1830219203Japan. Circa 1830. Handmade manuscript book with black and white hand-drawn illustrations 28 x 18cm 25 double-folded leaves four hole string binding title label upper cover. A little marginal browning and soiling consistent with use upper corners bumped lacks decorative paper over lower wrapper. This manuscript is a copy of Kojitsu kenpō 古實獻法 a work concerned with menu composition and the presentation of food for celebratory occasions tied to seasonal festivals including the New Year in January and the Girls’ Festival in March. The text is organised into seven sections comprising a total of one hundred items.<br><br>This copy was most likely produced in the late Edo period. A note on the final page states that the contents are secret and should not be transmitted to outsiders suggesting its use within a restricted or specialist context. <br><br>Several hand-drawn illustrations are included with the text showing in detail the arrangement and presentation of dishes and serving ware appropriate to these ceremonial occasions. . unknown
187120908London: Simpkin Marshall & Co 1871. Book. Good. Hardback. New and Revised Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 340 pages. Faded red boards with gilt and black titles and decorations. Spine is faded. Breakfast for Sunday May 22. Sheep's tongues sardines omelet honey - are you that brave. Simpkin, Marshall & Co Hardcover
18941331Philadelphia: George W. Jacops and Co. 1894 In superb cond. gilt edge top beveled edges deckled heavy pages nicely illustrated and signed and inscribed by the author; also numered 300 of 400 and signed again. A really nice book! George W. Jacops and Co. hardcover
185620267Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers 1856. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 410 pages. Black embossed leatherette with gilt title and decoration to spine. Hinges have been professionally repaired. Good tight clean book. Bitting page 495. T. B. Peterson and Brothers Hardcover
184716539London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1847. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A wonderful selection of recipes for preserving meat and fish. Title page continues - Both in the British and Foreign Modes; with many useful miscellaneous receipts and full directions for the construction of an economical drying-chimney and apparatus on an entirely original plan. Oxford page 177. Olive cloth with gilt title to spine. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans Hardcover
184716540London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1847. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A wonderful selection of recipes for preserving meat and fish. Title page continues - Both in the British and Foreign Modes; with many useful miscellaneous receipts and full directions for the construction of an economical drying-chimney and apparatus on an entirely original plan. Oxford page 177. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans Hardcover
188818969London: Frederick Warne 1888. Book. Good. Hardback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Containing one thousand nine hundred receipts and other valuable instructions. Contains four full colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations. Scalloped scallops. Frederick Warne Hardcover
18671000714.01R. Clarke & Co. Cincinnati OH 1867. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Hardcover green cloth no dj. Good condition given age. Upper corner of cover bumped sm nicks to upper & lower spine cloth board corners peeking through; front hinge loosening at title pg. rear hinge cracked at rear endpaper w/ rear board slightly loose but attached; otherwise contents clean binding good. xvi 337 p. publisher's list; illus. w/ diagrams of tools properly pruned vines etc. R. Clarke & Co., Cincinnati, OH hardcover
18888693Frederick Pitman 1888. Sm. 8vo. Fourth Edition pin holes in front free endpaper and half-title some light marginal age-staining; original boards boards and backstrip lettered in black neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a very good firm copy. With 3pp publisher's catalogue at end and two small items of related ephemera loosely inserted. 'This volume meets a want long felt. Vegetables Fruits etc constitute the half of our daily food: the present work is upon the best possible preparation of this half. Cookery-books exist in abundance; but they relate almost exclusively to the preparation of dishes from animal food' Publisher's advertisement. Smith's delightful compilation was first published in 1866. There was a second issue in 1876 and a third in 1884 so this is probably the fourth edition. The last edition may be that of 1890. VERY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Not recorded by Cagle or Driver. Frederick Pitman, hardcover
1801028127London: J. Scratcherd 1801. Book. Good. Full-Leather. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. circa 1801 Containing all the various branches of cookery. 451 pages plus index. Frontispiece together with twelve plates. Missing front board and spine present but very cracked. J. Scratcherd Hardcover
18140009023New York: I. Riley 1814. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 16mo 254 pages contemporary full sheep red spine label tidal lines inside and on top cover. Scarce <br/><br/> Bitting p. 604; not in Gabler . A wide range of advice and recipes including beverages and how to cook fish at sea. I. Riley hardcover
189300005005New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1893 409 pages very gentle wear to boards some indications of wear along inner hinges but the binding is very sound. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1864023433Bordeaux: P. Chaumas 1864. 5th or later Edition . Half Morocco. Fine. 55 Vues De Chateaux Folding Charts And Large Folding Color Map At Rear. 1V 364 Pp. Folding Plates Including Large Folding Map In Color. Old But Fine Quarter Morocco Wine Red Color Five Bands Gilt Title And Author 11 Gilt Fleur De Lys In Each Of Five Other Compartments Gold Rules At Edges Original Marbled Endpapers Matching Marbling On Edges Of Page Block. No Names No Marks No Bookplates Foxing To White Endpapers And Half-Title A Few Small Very Light Foxing Areas On Title Page Otherwise Contents Clean Square Crisp A Superior Example. <br/> <br/> P. Chaumas unknown
189517051<p>In French/en Francais. 'Nouvelle edition Revue et augmentee'. Near Very Good condition. Red cloth over boards; gilt stamped titles on front cover in black ruled frame; gilt stamped titles on spine; black stamped frame only on rear cover; blue-gray end papers. Lightly scuffed covers and spine; few small stains on covers otherwise clean and square; slight rubbing wear at spine ends; tightly bound; owner stamped name and town on front free end paper and on title page; very clean interior with slight general age darkening. 8vo 206 pp. Many illustrations in color and b/w. Cf OCLC #457395576. Laid in is a contemporary advert for new coffee maker and a hand written recipe.</p> Paris: Garnier Freres; no date (1895) hardcover
188923931Chicago: R. S. Peale & Co. Near Fine. 1889. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light soil and rubbing but pretty nice for such a fragile book. This is a sample book intended to be used by a local farmer's wife who goes from neighbor to neighbor signing up folks to purchase the book. It contains a selection of pages from throughout the actual book with a section at the end giving space for folks to sign up to buy the book. Much scarcer than the actual White House Cook Book as only a relatively small number were printed for this special purpose. Hard to find in nice shape the blank pages at the end are empty of potential purchasers. ; 10" . R. S. Peale & Co. hardcover
1882027594Philadelphia PA: Schaefer and Koradi 1882. Ex-Library. Good. Decorative Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth decorated in blind. Ex-library institutional Free Library of Philadellphia with book plate mounted on front pastedown perforated stamp to title page and final page of text withdrawn stamp on rear flyleaf. Typical handling wear but essentially intact showing mild dampstaining/spotting to cloth minor loss at both spine extremities with slight repair at tail of spine both hinges showing evidence of repair. xxi165 pp. Text block toned by age but intact. Very scarce. Schaefer and Koradi Hardcover
1899051302London: The Ideal Publishing Union 1899. xii 252pp index appendix tables. Burgundy bevelled cloth titled in gilt page edges tinted. Light rubbing to covers minor wear to head and foot of spine some light toning. Ex-Temperance League library with thier stamps. Late 19th century temperance movement essay. Third Edition Revised & Enlarged. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Ideal Publishing Union Hardcover
18662221890<p>First edition. Octavo. Original brown cloth stamped lettering in blind on both covers; gilt stamped spine ends chipped; worn at joints. No dust jacket. Ink signature of E. S. Ramsay on front free endpaper. Good a few light stains in text. 298 pages 2 pages of ads at end.</p><p>Not located in Bitting.</p><p>Printed by W. Clowes and Sons.</p> Richard Bentley hardcover
18998258Chicago: Jessup Whitehead & Co. Pubs. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Fourth Edition. Original Cloth. Cover is soiled with wear at corners and spine ends. Inner hinges are broken. Front endpapers are missing. Interior pages are browning but otherwise very good to fine in condition. Obviously well used but a very interesting book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Jessup Whitehead & Co. , Pubs. hardcover
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
1872058635New Brunswick NJ: Times Publishing Co. 1872. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Plum textured cloth lettered/illus. in gilt beveled edges. Spine panel cloth tanned mild sunning to upper front cover. Cloth loss to 1/2" across head of spine panel text block edges typically tanned. Firm binding intact hinges clean interior. 445 pp. Inscribed by author on upper main title: "To Mrs. Thos. T. Kinney / with respects of the author / J. K. Hoyt" undated. Times Publishing Co. Hardcover
1863024891San Francisco: A. Antoni Roman & Company 1863. First Edition 1st Printing. Brown Cloth Gilt. Good. 8 1/8" Tall. Xvi 464 Pp. Brown Cloth Gilt. First Printing Published By The Prominent San Francisco Bookseller Antoni Roman. Cloth Clean Spine Gilt Present And Clear Although No Longer Brilliant. Cloth Worn Just At Corners Small Losses At Tips And 1/8" Complete Loss Along Top And Bottom Edges Of Spine Original Brown Endpapers With 1 1/2" Split At Top Of Front Hinge Rear Hinge Completely Broken But Binding Sound. Name Stamp Of Chester Stock At Caltech On Title Page No Other Names Or Marks Pages Clean And Fairly Crisp. <br/> <br/> A. ((Antoni) Roman & Company hardcover
1806028143Peter Hill Edinburgh 1806. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. Fifth Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Has been newley rebound in half leather with marbled boards. Contents are aged and various names in ink neat scripted hand on a few pages 7.25" 12mo 304 pages. Peter Hill, Edinburgh Hardcover
187143155Edinburgh: Thomas and Archibald Constable 1871. UK Tenth Edition A refurbished copy with new plain endpapers and dark green cloth over boards with bevelled edges three pages have been reproduced from another copy and toned to match existing pages title page is tanned some spotting to pages Good -. 18.5 x 12.5cm dark green cloth with plain spine covers have chamfered edges plain endpapers xiv 1 2-259pp 1 blank page. Index. The fold-out page for a supper for 60 to 80 is intact and in good condition. The Williamsons are indentified as "Teachers of the arts of cooking and pastry making" on the title page. The book is organized into 18 sections starting with Soups Fish Beef etc. and moving to Pies Game Entrées Vegetables and so on. The sections on Puddings and Pastry Cakes and Biscuits seem most interesting. Recipes include Pitcaithy bannock; Old Maid's Cake; Apricot Water Ice; Soufflé of Oranges; Her Majesty's Pudding; Friar's Chicken Soup; Sheep's Head Pie. There is some faint spotting to the covers with the back cloth rippled in places. 1.5 JM HOQ 100/3. 10th. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Thomas and Archibald Constable Hardcover
1896903188Reading PA: Pennsylvania German Siciety 1896. Rebound in blue buckram sans DW; includes minutes of the meeting addresses of prominent members officers of the Society; biographical sketches Sketch of The Old Sun Inn The Trappe Records; black & white plates; also an index to proper names for volumes 1 - 6; some underlining; 383pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pennsylvania German Siciety Hardcover
