New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1978. Oblong quarto (22 x 28.5 cm.), 144 pages. Illustrated in color and black and white. FIRST EDITION; only issued in wrappers. A collection of one hundred five paintings of Diners, the long obsession of artist John Baeder. Some very light soiling to text block edges, otherwise fine. Association copy, signed on the half title by both Calvin and Alice Trillin.
St. Helena, California: [privately published], 1972. Octavo (21.5 x 14 cm.), xiv, 71 pages. Frontispiece portrait of the author. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's green cloth, gilt-titled at spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Fine.
Providence: Providence College, 1980. Quarto (28.5 x 22 cm.), 3, 151 pages. [1 leaf]. Illustrated in black & white. Bibliography. FIRST EDITION, limited to one thousand copies. A handsomely produced catalogue of the important collection of early American silver assembled by Cornelius Moore, and now held at Providence College. The collection is known for its attention to the cultural history of the objects within it. Fine in publisher's black cloth.....
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Insitution & Renwick Gallery, 1972. Large square booklet, stapled in wrappers (30.5 x 30.5 cm.), 52 pages. Illustrated throughout from photographs. FIRST EDITION. Catalogue of kitchen tools and furniture shown at an exhibit at the Renwick Gallery and The Museum of Contemporary Crafts. Introduction and notes by Mimi Sheraton. This exhibition ran from Sept. 1972 to April 1973, and displayed common and unusual kitchen gadgets from the.....
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution & Renwick Gallery, 1972. Large square booklet, stapled in wrappers (30.5 x 30.5 cm.), 52 pages. Illustrated throughout from photographs. FIRST EDITION. Catalogue of kitchen tools and furniture shown at an exhibit at the Renwick Gallery and The Museum of Contemporary Crafts. Introduction and notes by Mimi Sheraton. This exhibition ran from Sept. 1972 to April 1973, and displayed common and unusual kitchen gadgets from the.....
Cleveland: Charles Orr, 1899. Small octavo (18 x 14 cm.), 52, [4] pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. The first cookbook dedicated to mushroom recipes published in the U.S., published at the height of the debate about mushrooms in culinary applications. The recipes, in narrative form, often contain the name of the specific mushroom used, e.g. Boletus Soup, Agaricus Campester Stew, Cantharellus Cibarius Stew, Lycoperdon Giganteum with Tomatoes, etc. The introduction is.....