Cincinnati: C.J. Krehbiel & Co., 1899. Octavo in wrappers (19 x 12.5 cm.), 122 pages. Thoroughly illustrated with photographs and diagrams, numerous plates, some folding. FIRST EDITION. The second catalogue of Cincinnati's Triumph Ice Machine Company; the first catalogue, of 80 pages, was issued the prior year. A detailed and technical catalogue of the refrigeration and refrigerating machinery offered by the firm. Triumph's machinery was instrumental in growing the ability.....

[Cocoa Beach, Florida]: 1963. Octavo-sized, metal post binding (21.5 x 14 cm), [100] leaves printed rectos only. Illustrated. Author, title, and publication information from cover. A community cookbook, with recipes attributed, from the airmen and airmen's spouses living at Patrick Air Force. Patrick AFB is a significant location in the history of the American space program, and 1963 just two years after the first manned space flight (Gagarin), and the.....

Hot Springs, S.D. the hotel, 1905. Bi-fold menu (14 x 9 cm.), [4] pages. Printed in brown. Illustrated. Printed menu for the resort hotel in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The hotel featured golf, tennis, swimming, shooting, pine forests, and "sunshiny weather'. The front panel of the menu contains a photographic illustration of the five-story hotel, which looks a bit like an armory or a prison. The Sunday evening.....

[Rutland, Vt. 1870s]. Duodecimo (16.3 x 11 cm.), [circa 100] pages. Pages ruled in blue and red; manuscript text in pencil and ink. A handwritten collection of holograph recipes, with additional clippings and two manuscript recipes laid-in. There are at least two hands represented, the first in ink, with pages numbered and some "chapter heads"; the second hand is pencil. The recipes are drawn from the community and some are.....

New York: Hunter & Beach, Publishers, 1886, ©1885. Quarto (24 x 20 cm.), 174 pages. Illustrated. Advertisements on plates, tipped-in separately throughout. Evident FIRST EDITION, later printing. Two printings were issued in 1885 by J.H. Magruder in Washington D.C. and by H. Jevne in Los Angeles. Between 1885 and 1891, eight printings were issued by seven different publishers in seven cities. A promotional cookbook of Victorian style, apparently intended to.....

Paris: Jour Azur, impr. Montlouis, 1981. Quarto (29 x 21 cm.), 141 pages. Illustrated in black and white and in color. Text in French. FIRST EDITION. A gastronomical history of La Belle Epoque (1870-1940), from the creators of the famous restaurant rating guide. Illustrated throughout with historical photographs and images of contemporary ephemera. Fine in publisher's illustrated boards; no dust jacket as issued. Inscribed by author Christian Millau on the.....

Paris: Hachette, 1996. Collection "Les Maîtres de la Gastronomie". Quarto (29.5 x 23.5 cm.), 248 pages. Illustrated with color and black & white photographs by Hervé Amiard. Text in French. FIRST EDITION. Joël Robuchon (1945-2018) was named "Chef of the Century" by Gault Millau in 2018 and he was awarded a total of thirty two Michelin stars, more than any other restaurateur. L'Atlier is as much a workshop as a......

New York; London: G.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, [1890]. Octavo (21 x 14 cm.), x, 580 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. A decidedly upper class cookbook, with more than 1300 recipes drawn from around the world. The preface includes a list of sources consulted which range from Mrs. Beeton, Mrs. Rorer and Miss Parloa to Careme and Soyer. The author describes the cuisine included as selected from "the best and.....

Sanford, Maine: The Averill Press, 1904. Octavo (20 x 14 cm.), 227 pages. Advertisements; detailed index. Photographically illustrated with a frontispiece of the members of the Ladies' Aid Society and with an image of the North Parish Congregational Church. Evident FIRST EDITION. The recipes are attributed and, according to the preface, come from within the Society and from other members of the Sanford community. Each section of the book is.....

St. Louis: Globe-Democrat Job Printing Co., 1877. Duodecimo (16.5 x 11 cm.), 36 pages. Authors from copyright statement. FIRST EDITION. Pests and predators are a never-ending problem for farmers, homeowners, and shopkeepers, and this work aims to provide numerous approaches through trapping, poisoning, and general discouraging. The book is not a promotional work for a specialized product, but rather employs household and agricultural chemicals of the time. Other materials are.....

Indianola, Mississippi: Published by St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, [1972; 1979]. Thick, comb-bound octavo (25.5 x 19 cm.), 415, [20] pages. Illustrated. Index. Sixth printing. A significant contribution to southern culinary literature. Most recipes attributed. Craig Claiborne said "In my travels around America I have found Bayou Cuisine to be one of the best and most outstanding of the regional cookbooks." In stiff, color printed boards with clear acetate over each.....

[London: Prospect Books, 1983; 1744]. Duodecimo (17.7 x 10.5 cm.), xii, 216 pages. Illustrated with decorative head- and tail-pieces. Index. All edges gilt. FACSIMILE EDITION of the 1744 original published in London, Printed for R. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall ; And sold by M. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-noster Row. The title continues: Part I: Shewing the best and most approved Methods of raising and bringing to the greatest Perfection.....

Luzarches (France): Daniel Morcrette, 1674; 1978. Duodecimo (15.8 x 9.3 cm.), [ii], 413, [2] pages. Title page and chapter heads vignettes. All edges gilt. Table of contents. FACSIMILE of the original edition; number 247 of 250 hand- numbered copies. Initialed in the colophon by the publisher. "Acheve d'imprimer sur lespresses des imprimeries reunies de senlis pour Daniel Morcrette 95270 Luzarches (France) le 15 Novembre 1978. Relie par la reliure d'art.....