New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Incorporated, 1934. Octavo (19.5 x 13.5 cm.), 102 pages. Index. Photographically illustrated. FIRST EDITION. William Heinemann issued the book in England the same year. A work on dining and entertaining from one of the most prominent American socialites of the early 20th century, immortalized in the lyrics of Cole Porter's Anything Goes. She's been credited, though not entirely accurately, with having invented the profession of.....

Devon, England: Prospect Books, 1983. Quarto (30.5 x 21.5 cm.), 218 pages. Glossary. Index. List of subscribers. FIRST EDITION thus, deluxe binding issue; the Prospect Books facsimile of the original 1747 edition. The Art of Cookery was the most successful and influential English cookbook of the eighteenth century. Hannah Glasse (1708-1770) was the wife of an attorney and the mother of eight children, and she published the first edition of.....

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1974]. Quarto (24 x 21 cm.), 129 pages. Illustrated; index. FIRST TRADE EDITION, early printing, following a smaller, privately published edition issued in 1972 by the parents themselves. The original was a fundraising cookbook for the school, but was expanded and re-illustrated for the trade edition. The cookbook presents a variety of simple recipes based on natural foods with information on nutrition and basic cooking techniques.....