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195047113Paris 1950. 1st Printing. White illustrated in color card stock wrappers white paper leaves written in purple ink all held together by a red cord tie. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Light soiling to wrappers corners a bit rubbed cord tie faded and frayed internally clean and bright. Bifolium housed in larger card stock wrappers. Illustrated wrappers done by Marcel Jeanjean 1893 - 1973. 12-1/2" x 9-1/2" <br/><br/>The proprietor of the restaurant was René Ayral. Marcel Jeanjean was a famous illustrator primarily know for his images of aviation. unknown books
47978n.p. n.d. circa 1950s. Card stock self wrappers with "Luncheon Menu" slipped in. Printed in black. A G/VG copy. Soiling to wrappers - especially at tail age toning throughout overall a bright copy. Pictorial bifolium one slip. Pictorial wrappers. 11-1/2" x 9" <br/><br/> unknown books
196047530Los Angeles: Lord Menu Co 1960. 1st Printing. Card stock self wrappers printed in brown white and black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Some soiling to wrapper especially to head. Edges and corners are rubbed internally clean and bright. Tri-fold. Illustrated upper wrapper. 18" x 12" <br/><br/> Lord Menu Co unknown books
192045665n.p. 1920. 1st Printing. Tan self wrappers letterpress printed now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy corners slightly rubbed some soiling to upper wrapper internally clean and bright. Bifolium. Screen printed image of George Washington on upper wrapper. 9-7/8" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
192348161n.p. 1923. 1st Printing. White card stock printed illustration. Menu items handwritten in black ink. A VG copy. Some light soiling and age toning. otherwise a nice bright copy. Broadside. Full color illustration of a man on a horse with a woman serving him. 7" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> unknown books
190348370n.p. 1903. 1st Printing. White card stock menu items printed in black "Metropolitan Hotel - Washington D.C." printed in a more decorative type. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Some light soiling to leaf specifically the recto. The corners are faintly rubbed otherwise this is a nice bright copy. Broadside. Small vignette stamped to head in blue ink. 7-5/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
193548609n.p. 1935. 1st Printing. Off-white thin card stock leaf printed to recto and verso. Recto is red and blue ink. Verso in black. Menu items written in blue/purple ink Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Edges and corners are a bit rubbed/bumped some small tears and chipping to edges. There is some light soiling and foxing. Horizontal crease due to being folded. Black ink and blue pencil marking mostly to recto and little to verso - mostly adjusting menu items. Staple at tail. Loose leaf. Full color vignette to the head of recto. Black and white illustration of cherubs holding bottles of wine. 14-3/4" x 10-3/4" <br/><br/>The restaurant still stands today. unknown books
196046997Italy 1960. 1st Printing. White card stock self wrappers green and black lettering. One slip printed with a red design at head with menu specials typed in blue ink. Small slip is thin receipt paper with specials written in pencil. Both paperclipped to head. Light pencil markings to few printed menu items. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG/NF copy. Light age toning/soiling to edges and wrappers paperclip a bit rusty edges lightly bumped internally clean and bright. Printed bifolium with two slips. Illustration of the hotel on the upper wrapper. 11-1/2" x 8. <br/><br/> unknown books
195845358San Francisco: Daily Menu Printing Co 1958. 1st Printing. Self wrappers now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy light foxing/soiling internally clean and bright. Tri-fold red and black lettering. Seven small vignette illustrations. 11" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>The menu from 1950's San Francisco features an extensive wine and liquor list a wide variety of "A la Carte Suggestions" as well as dinner specials. Dishes have a French/Italian twist such as "Chicken Croquettes Supreme and Garden Peas" "Milk-Fed Veal Scallopini Sauce Chasseur" and "Baked Ravioli". Daily Menu Printing Co unknown books
194045302San Francisco: Daily Menu Printing Co 1940. 1st Printing. Self wrappers now housed in mylar sleeve. A VG copy light soiling and age toning corners and edges a bit rubbed creased at bottom right corner and horizontally. Internally clean and bright. Printed card stock blue and black lettering 4 pp. unnumbered. One illustration on upper wrapper. 11-1/4" x 8" <br/><br/>Calixte Lalanne was the chef de cuisine at Poodle Dog in San Francisco. After the earthquake in 1906 the restaurant survived but was unable to stay in business under prohibition. Chef Calixte Lalanne opened the Ritz French Restaurant in 1933 after prohibition had ended. In 1942 when Calixte passed his son opened restaurant under the name Ritz Old Poodle Dog to honor his father. Dishes listed are "Tagliarini or Ravioli with Italian Sauce.45" "Special Creamed Crab a la Chef.75" and "Hearts of Lettuce Hard Boiled Egg Anchovies with 'Ritz' Dressing.50". Daily Menu Printing Co unknown books
193547120n.p. 1935. 1st Printing. White card stock leaf printed in red and blue. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Corners are slight bumped and rubbed some light age toning otherwise a nice bright copy. Broadsheet. 12-5/8" x 9-1/4" <br/><br/>"The now Cosmopolitan Hotel began life as the Grosvenor Hotel back in the early 1920s. In 1929 the building’s lease was purchased by Egypt’s premier hotelier Charles Baehler who did his own refurb and reopened the place in May 1929 renaming the hotel the Metropolitan. Baehler was the chairman of Egyptian Hotels Ltd which already owned almost every grand hotel in Cairo." Grand Hotels of Egypt website This menu is in French and only offering French cuisine. unknown books
195045312Garden Grove California 1950. 1st Printing. Platicized card stock dark brown and green lettering now housed in mylar sleeve. A VG/NF copy corners slightly rubbed internally clean and bright. Bifolium. One large illustration on upper wrapper two smaller illustrations on the inside. 12-1/2" x 9-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
187448785Worcester Massachusetts 1874. 1st printing presumed. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning. A couple faint spots. Very Good. 14 lines printed recto only. 5-15/16" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
196848649n.p. 1968. 1st Printing. Menu bifolium is white card stock self wrappers printed in maroon. Wine list bifolium is white card stock self wrappers dipped in green with maroon lettering. Three sheets are colored paper yellow green and orange-yellow typed in black in. One sheet is white paper typed in black ink. The last sheet - a place mat - is white paper printed in blue. All now housed in a mylar sleeve. Overall a VG copy. Age toning and soiling to main menu as well as light ink scribble to the upper wrapper other pieces have some light age toning and some soiling very likely these items were at the table during service some chipping to loose leaves wine list is quite bright. Some creasing due to being folded otherwise bright and legible. Two Bifoliums. Five loose leaves. All pieces have small illustrations and/or decorative borders. Main menu: 11" x 8-1/2". Second bifolium: 6-1/2" x 4-3/4". Three loose leaves: 10-1/2" x 6-1/2" one 12" x 8" and the last one approx. 9-3/4" x 13-3/4" <br/><br/>Three of the loose leaf menus are dated 1962 the other is dated 1968. unknown books
190547838n.p. 1905. 1st Printing. Off white card stock gilt lettering colored embossing to lower corners written in blue ink. AEG. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Some light age toning and soiling to recto. Glue/paper residue and names written in pencil to verso. Gilt a bit dull. Overall a nice menu from a classic restaurant. Broadside. 5-3/4" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/>"The Trocadero Restaurant of J. Lyons and Co. opened in 1896 on a site on Coventry Street near the theatres of the West End which had been formerly occupied by the notorious Argyll Rooms where wealthy men hired prostitutes." wiki unknown books
199548296Paris: Studio Schwarzhaupt 1995. 1st Printing. White card stock self wrappers. Lettering printed in blue and orange. Floral decoration printed in a mix of blues purples pinks and greens. Small slip clipped in yellow paper printed in blue. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG/VG copy. Some rubbing to edges and corners very light soiling. Overall a clean and bright copy. 4 pp. unnumbered. Bifolium. Including one slip. Color photograph of the interior of the restaurant. Ornate floral art deco style decorative borders throughout. Folio. 16-1/2" x 11-1/2" <br/><br/>A historical French restaurant that is still there today. Extensive wine list to rear wrapper. Studio Schwarzhaupt unknown books
195949056San Francisco 1959. 1st Printing. Blue card stock self wrappers now housed in a mylar sleeve. Minor age-toning & soiling couple faint spots to front cover overall VG. Printed bifolium. Color illustration to front cover goldfish & naked lady 11-7/8" x 9" <br/><br/> unknown books
192047188n.p. 1920. 1st Printing. White card stock self wrappers illustration to upper wrapper printed in green gray and orange. Menu printed in black lettering. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Light creasing to wrappers edges and corners rubbed age toning to wrappers some light pencil marking adjusting menu items otherwise clean and bright. Printed bifolium. Illustrated upper wrapper. 9" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/>A rare Pig N' Whistle menu. unknown books
49048Los Angeles: Lord Menu Co n. d. Ca 1960s / 1970s. Red velvet covers with oval cut-out to front cover showing the P. 1 drawing of the inn. Gold cord tie. Modest wear faint stain in lower portion of p. 3 overall Very Good. Printed bifolium so 4 pages. P. 1 a 4 paragraph history of the restaurant. Vignette drawing of the inn p. 1. 18" x 11-7/8" <br/><br/>Hailing from the 19th C the modern history of the Inn began "in 1939 when Danish immigrant Irl Hinrichsen acquired the Inn. With the help of his sons he remodeled the Inn discontinued use of the upstairs hotel rooms and renamed it the Sycamore Inn. The Hinrichsen family Irl and later his son Vern and his family made the Sycamore Inn into one of the prime eateries of the Inland Empire. That old dirt road that fronted the Inn became the fabled Route 66 the primary route from points east to the Pacific Ocean. During those colorful years of the 30's 40's 50's and 60's before freeways the Inn hosted the rich and famous.movie stars and notables both the famous and the infamous en route to Las Vegas and Palm Springs. The Inn is rich with folklore. Legend has it that both Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Short the "Black Dahlia" dined at the Sycamore in the weeks before their untimely demise." Inn Website Lord Menu Co unknown books
194946250New Orleans 1949. 1st Printing. Card stock self wrappers black lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy corners a bit rubbed light soiling to wrappers some scotch tape residue to the lower wrapper horizontal crease due to being folded internally clean and bright. 4 pp. unnumbered. Colored illustration to upper wrapper couple of vignettes inside. 10-3/4" x 9" <br/><br/>The Roosevelt is still open today managed by Waldorf-Astoria Hotels and Resorts. This menu has an extensive menu as well as a full page of cocktails and drinks. unknown books
193946291San Francisco: Canessa Printing Co 1939. 1st Printing. Illustrated card stock wrappers leaves printed in green and blue. Slip is printed in black and yellow ink to a white paper. All now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Wrappers are rubbed at edges and corners some soiling wrappers and to head from paperclip rust. Leaves and slip are clean and bright except for some more paperclip rust. Overall a bright legible clean copy. 4 pp. unnumbered in larger printed bifolium with slip. Illustrated. Advertisements for local establishments throughout. 11" x 8-1/4. <br/><br/>Special menu made to help celebrate the 1939 Worlds Fair and opening of the Golden Gate Bridge and the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge. Some business's advertised are Toscana Bakery G.B. Celle Co. Macaroni Distributors Fred Solari's Grill and Cocktail Lounge and the San Francisco Fish Company. Canessa Printing Co unknown books
194045437n.p. 1940. 1st Printing. Light brown self wrappers blue lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy corners a bit rubbed age toning to wrappers two purple ink stamps to menu and slip internally clean and bright. 4 pp. unmunbered one slip. Illustration on upper wrapper. Menu: 11" x 7"; Slip: 6-1/2" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/>The Oyster Loaf was located downtown San Francisco in the Financial District. It was known for you guessed it! the Oyster Loaf. This dish is claimed to have originated in San Francisco although New Orleans also makes this claim the jury is still out. Basically an oyster loaf is set up the same way as San Francisco's "Clam Chowder in a Bread Bowl". It starts with carving out a sourdough loaf buttering the inside pan-frying oysters in bread crumbs then layering them in the carved out loaf until they fill the top about 25-30 oysters while adding lemon and parsley as you go. Then you bake it. Ta-Da! The stamp on the menu reads "GUINNESS AND OYSTERS ARE GOOD FOR YOU" and the stamp on the slip reads "Featuring - Inglenook Sauterne or Burgundy Splits . 15". unknown books
191446506n.p. 1914. 1st Printing. White card stock printed in dark green menu items typed in blue ink now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Piece missing from head of menu two horizontal creases due to being folded couple small tears at the edges where was folded corners rubbed and bumbed edges a bit rubbed some soiling and age toning light foxing to verso. Overall bright and legible!. Loose leaf. Decorative lettering to head of recto. 14-3/8" x 10-3/4" <br/><br/>The Palace Hotel Brussels was built by Adhémar Lener with his assistant Antoine Pompe in 1908-09. It opened in 1910 for the World's Fair. It is an Art Nouveau styled building that still stands today as the Crown Palace hotel. unknown books
188546706n.p.: Willhelm Büttel Frankfurt 1885. 1st Printing. White card stock illustration in light blue and light brown lettering in black now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Light soiling to leaf edges and corners are rubbed age toning pencil markings to entire verso -possibly in French or German overall a well preserved menu. Broadside. Illustrated. 6-1/2" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>The only words we can make out on the verso is the name "Annie Hoffman". Willhelm Büttel, Frankfurt unknown books
193045814n.p. 1930. 1st Printing. White self wrappers dark blue teal and red lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy soiling to wrappers corners rubbed age toning to edges internally clean and bright. 4 pp. unnumbered. One full color illustration on upper wrapper. 8" x 5" <br/><br/>This menu includes a cocktail menu a short dinner menu and a money exchange pesos to dollars as well as a "Distances from El Paso TX" list. unknown books
