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.

Canajoharie, New York: Published by Bartlett Arkell; Beech-Nut Packing Company, 1925. Octavo (19 x 13 cm.), 91 pages. Illustrated with photographic portraits; printed throughout in green and black. FIRST EDITION. A promotional publication, telling the stories of several former grocery clerks who found successful careers, including Abraham Lincoln, H. J. Hughes, and E. A. Stuart.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, Publishers, [1939]. Octavo (24 x 19.5 cm.), 258, [3] pages. Printed throughout in black, red, navy, an brown. Designed by the great mid-century book designer Armitage and printed by Lynton R. Kistler. FIRST EDITION. In addition to essays by the contributors listed above, the book contains recipes by various famous figures of the 1930s, including Raymond Loewy, Rockwell Kent, The Browns, Edgar Varese, Feodor.....

New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, 1880. Thick octavo, 337, 57, [15] pages. First edition. The final 57 pages is a reprint of The New Family Receipt Book, containing household and medical recipes. Closed tear to pages 119-120, some medium foxing, Some tiny paint flecks and scuffing to covers of gilt- and black decorated green cloth. Spine partially discolored (rubbed?), and with the author's name misspelled "Aster". Previous owner's.....

Boston: Damrell & Upham / The Old Corner Bookstore, 1894. Octavo, 179, [ii] pages. Illustrated. Later printing, originally issued in 1892. A combination treatise on nutrition, cookbook and technical manual for the Aladdin Oven, invented by our author Edward Atkinson. "Men have no right to scold their wives, or use swear words about the cook, and find fault with their meals in a constant and promiscuous way, if they only.....

London: Prospect Books, 1987. Quarto, 438 pages. Twenty-two illustrations. FIRST EDITION. Bibliography of household books, from domestic economy, servants, domestic medicine and childcare, and etiquette, with over seven hundred fifty titles all dating 1800-1914. In blue cloth, with spine-sunned dust jacket; near fine.

Brooklyn, NY: Bailey Refrigeration Company, Inc., 1947. Ring bound cardstock. Title page, plus 5 original photographs, laid down on card stock, and hand colored cover photo illustration. Depicts the main dining room and related equipment room for the air conditioning apparatus. Presumably made in a very small number as a promotional piece for the firm. Leaves are pulling away from the rings at the wholes (not affecting the photographs, except.....

[Portland, Maine]: Baker Extract Company, [circa 1910 ]. Stapled booklet (13.5 x 10.5 cm.), 24 pages. FIRST EDITION. A promotional book for the Baker Extract Company, makers of flavoring extracts, toilets, waters, etc., with offices in multiple states but the Laboratory was in Portland, Maine. Recipes include cakes, ice creams, custards and candies. Interestingly, a street address for the company is not provided, despite the inclusion of a coupon which.....

Dorchester; Boston, Mass. Walter Baker & Co. Limited; The Barta Press, 1899. Royal octavo (24 x 18 cm.), 72 pages. Illustrated. Stated "new edition". An overview of the process of cocoa production, and of the history and development of Walter Baker & Co., at the time the oldest and largest chocolate manufactory in North America. Some light soil, and a small dampstain to the rear panel of the chromolithograph wrappers.....

New York: A Blind Spot Book/Princeton Architectural Press, 2004. Large octavo, 139 pages. FIRST EDITION. A founding member of the conceptual art movement, Baldessari serves up nuanced look at Americans breaking bread, accompanied by meditations on eating specially commissioned from contemporary writers and cultural critics such as Paul Auster, David Byrne, Dave Eggers, Francine Prose, Tim Griffin and more. A visual and intellectual feast. Text is very fine in very.....

[England: the artist, circa 2002]. Square-backed booklet in wrappers (10 x 14 cm.), [52] pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION of the second book in Banksy’s pocketbook series, following Banging Your Head. Images of Banksy’s art from Barcelona, London and San Francisco are included with commentary, thoughts and context plus reviews and emails. Small price sticker on rear wrapper panel; tiniest bit of wear to edges, otherwise fine.