New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1974. Quarto (24 x 19.5 cm.), 471, [1] pages. FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION and FIRST US EDITION of one of the most celebrated of twentieth century French cookbooks, by the distinguished cook and engineer. This translation is derived, mostly, from the smaller first edition of Babinski's great work. Later editions of this book were greatly expanded, from 471 to 1107 pages. There has been.....

New York: C.M. Saxton & Company, 1855. Octavo, 330 + 6 [ads] pages. Frontispiece, two plates and numerous illustrations in the text. Later printing. Gabler notes that several printing, in several cities, claim to be the "Third Edition - Revised and Enlarged". Allen, a grape grower in Salem, Massachusetts, produced the first widely distributed hybrid of labrusca and vinifera. Pinney, in A History of Wine in America, states that the.....

Paris: Pagnerre, Libraire-Editeur, rue de Seine, 18; Typographie de Henri Plon, 1865. Duodecimo (14.5 x 10.5 cm.), 200 pages. Engraved illustrations in the text. Table des Matieres. The eighth year of this popular French almanac, with calendar and ephemeris, but unlike most American "culinary almanacs" the bulk of this work is indeed related to food, with sections on various foodstuffs, (vegetables, birds, fish, sauces, etc.), and many recipes. The attractive.....

San Francisco, Calif. Alternatives! Foundation, [circa1970]. Mimeographed, folded booklet (22 x 14 cm.), 8 unnumbered leaves. Title from cover. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A short guide to the mechanics of communal living or collective settlements. While no author is specified, a statement at the rear states, "This booklet was written by a Canadian commune and is published by Alternatives! Foundation" (leaf [8]). [OCLC locates just three copies].

New York & Boston: Ames Plow, 1889. Octavo, 84 pages. Profusely illustrated. Printed throughout in blue ink. A handsome small trade catalogue for this manufacturer and distributor of carts, barrows, presses, mills, sausage stuffing equipment, presses, etc. Some wear to spine of printed wrapper, wrapper started at front hinge, otherwise very good. Scarce.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1972. Octavo, 109 pages. FIRST EDITION. Review copy, with lavender review slip laid-in. A masterwork of drink literature. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket.

Montréal: Imprimerie H.F. Lauzon, 1915. Small octavo, [13], 4-265 pages. Ads. Black & white photo illustrations. Second edition, following the original published by "La Patrie" 1912. A French-Canadian cooking school recipe book, from the director of Montreal's Ecoles Menageres Provinciales. The photos include exterior and interior shots of the school itself. Near fine, in original black-titled green cloth. [OCLC locates six copies of this edition; Driver Q73.2].

Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company; [Stereotyped by C.J. Peters & Son], 1866. Octavo (20 x 13 cm.), 346 pages. FIRST EDITION. As complete and thorough a confectionery book as was published in America in the 19th Century. The author claims these "receipts are from the best New York, Philadelphia, and Boston Confectioners, and include a large number from the French and other foreign nations..." though much of it was sourced.....

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. 16mo., vii, 183 pages. First edition. A novel addressing the strains of running a household during the Civil War, including the challenges of War-time taxation, speculation, oil fever, inflation, etc. A section in which the main character considers charitable work with the Sanitation Commission or ladies' charitable groups is enlightening. Some soiling to a few pages. Previous owner's inscription to endpapers; newspaper clipping bearing a......

New York: G.P. Putnam & Son, 661 Broadway, 1868. Octavo, 134 pages, [6] ads (variously paginated). First edition. A special forward on breakfast, includes the following: "A breakfast should be as carefully composed as a dinner. Secure by art what is due to the dignity of the meal, and give it its true position." Some soiling throughout; hinged a bit shaken; in publisher's blank-ruled and gilt-titled brown cloth. Cloth is.....

[Lubeck]: n.p., [1790]. Octavo, [14], 230 pages. Engraved title and dedication pages. All edges dappled red. The final edition of Apicius to reprint the 1542 Humelberg text, which therefore closes the Renaissance tradition for the author. In the preface to this edition of the Apicius collection of Roman cookery recipes – the oldest collection of recipes to survive from antiquity – Joannes Michael Berhold refers to a Mediolani edition of.....

London: Mallinckrodt, 1966. Octavo, 165 pages. Facsimile of 1812 edition; volume I in Mallinckrodt Collection of Food Classics. In the late 18th century Appert developed a strictly empirical method for maintaining and extending the line of supply of food for military campaigns, this text recounts that process. In black slipcase with some edge wear. Wrappers with some rubbing. Owner's name and date stamped to front wrapper and bookseller's ticket to.....

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. Large octavo, 254 pages. First edition. Illustrated throughout. From Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Elizabethan England to late 19th-century America this social history of food, eating, and drinking contains numerous historic recipes. Quarter-cloth in heathered gray boards decorated with gilt and purple, slight bumping to corners else fine condition. In dust jacket with edge-wear and chipping.