Venezia; Firenza: Palazzo Strozzi; La Cenacolo, 1949. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (17.5 x 12 cm.), xxxviii pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. The catalogue of the landmark first exhibition at Peggy Guggenheim’s Palazzo Strozzi in Venice. Although the exhibition was scheduled to begin February 19th, the opening was delayed until February 24th. Near fine in yellow printed wrappers. [OCLC locates six copies].

Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1965. Octavo ( x cm.), 236 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. The first volume of the five volume history of the Jews in Babylonia. Very near fine in publisher's blue cloth, gilt-titled on the front board and spine. Inscribed by Neusner on the free front endpaper, "For Professor and Mrs. R.B.Y. Scott, With good wishes, Jack - Suzanne - Samuel Neusner"

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Small octavo (19 x 13 cm.), 137 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. One of only four works published by Palmer Brown, all of which are scarce. Internally clean; in publisher's pale green cloth, titled on spine and front board. Dust jacket is present but heavily worn and chipped at spine. Bookplate of former owner, "Ruth Cope Dellinger" to free front endpaper. Signed and with a......

Praha: Druzstevní práce [Orbis], 1931. Octavo (19 x 14 cm.), 355, [4] pages. Stated fourth printing, "Ctvrté vydání”, one of five hundred copies printed. The colophon states there were cloth and leather binding issues, but does not state the number of each. Originally published in 1919, Sup was one of the first works (and I believe the first novel) of Emil Vachek, journalist, playwright and novelist, and inventor of the.....

Paris: Maeght, 1964. Folio, loose as issued in illustrated wrappers. Four original lithographs in color, by Miro, Tal-Coat, Ubac and Pallut; one original black and white double-page litho by Picasso. One engraving l'eau-forte by Georges Braque after “Les trois oiseaux sur fond violet". With illustrated wrappers and eight other illustrations after Braque including etched frontispiece "Trois oiseaux sur fond violet"; plates by additional artists including Man Ray, Marc Chagall, and.....

[Place of publication not identified: publisher not identified, 1774. Octavo (21 x 14 cm.), 259, pages. Illustrated with woodcut vignettes. Stated “Seconde edition”. Not to be confused with the publication of the same year, also styled “Seconde edition”, but issued in an entirely different setting by l’Imprimerie Royale, with different pagination and with eight plates of engravings. This current edition has no identified place of publication or publisher. While both.....

New York: The Viking Press, 1961. Octavo (20.5 x 14 cm.), 186 pages. FIRST EDITION. A grand hotel novel by the editor, critic and biographer. Kronenberger depicts Serenity House, where "the tarriff is $1500 per week, the chef is French, the hairdresser understanding, and the waiting list long. A bit of spotting to top edge and to a few leaves, otherwise very good in publisher's cloth, in a near fine.....

Venezia: Neri Pozza, 1960. Octavo (22 x 14 cm.), 258, [1] pages. Illustrated with figures in the text after the originals; printed in brown and black throughout. Index and glossary of relevant historical cooking terms. Afterword by the editor. FIRST EDITION THUS. a modern edition (not a facsimile) of the great 16th century cookbook, reproducing all of the original illustrations. In publisher’s gilt-titled, burgundy paper-covered boards, with tan, got-titled spine.....

Philadelphia: Chase & Town, Printer, 142 South Fourth Street, 1870. Booklet, sewn on cord (19.25 x 11.5 cm.), 12 pages. Illustrated. Advertisements. Author and title information from wrapper cover. Second edition. A practical manual on preserving of fruits and vegetables using hermetically sealed glass jars with a threaded metal top. Two years earlier, the first edition of this booklet omitted the words "in the Gem and Hero jars" from the.....

Denmark: Tuborg Breweries, [1923]. Accordion folded booklet in wrappers, octavo-sized (24 x 16.5 cm.), 21 pages. Illustrated. Date from information in introduction. FIRST EDITION. A single accordion-folded sheet extends to reveal text and vibrant color illustrations printed on one side. Back cover has a birds-eye-view illustration of the brewery complex. Tuborg, the Danish brewing company founded in 1873 is today a subsidiary of the Carlsberg Group. This pamphlet gives "a.....

Paris: Boubée & Cie. 1963. Octavo (19 x 14.5 cm.), 326 pages. Illustrated with forty-three figures and three maps, designed by Michelle Bory. Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-296). Errata slip laid-in. FIRST EDITION. One of the final published works of Roger Heim, noted mycologist and head of the Museum National d'Historie Naturalle. Heim is recognized for his descriptive and taxonomic studies of fungi and documentation of psycho-physiological effects of psilocybin.....

Norristown, (Penn.): 1814. Single sheet (20.75 x 11.5 cm., but irregular), printed recto only; typographical border. Manuscript annotations. ~ A very early Pennsylvania bill of fare for the Norristown Hotel, with a list of items on offer, including Breakfast, Dinner, Supper, Lodging, Wine, Brandy, Gin, Spirits, Punch, Porter, Beer, Cider, Segars, Hay, and Oats. Manuscript annotations indicate “Gentleman’s Bill, May 16th, 1814", with handwritten prices added for dinner, brandy, porter.....

Boston; Cambridge: Roberts Brothers; [printed by Universtiy Press, John Wilson & Sons], 1891. Octavo (18 x 14 cm.), 52, [2] pages. Publisher's advertisements, mostly testimonials. Later printing; first issued in 1887. A collection of specific instructions on carving and serving various cuts of meat, including tongue, calf's head, haunch of venison, veal neck, etc. Chromolithograph-illustrated paper covered boards with beveled edges; over red cloth spine. Very little wear or soiling.....