Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, Little, Brown & Company, 1948. Octavo (21 x 14 cm.), xxi, 342 pages. Illustrated, some plates in color. Index. New edition revised by Crosby Gaige; originally issued in 1938. "Succulent French Cookery brought within reach of the American Housewife. Each appetizing menu is accompanied by suggestions for the appropriate wines-both French and American" (from the jacket). Some age-toning and light spatters to text block; a bit.....
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1974. Quarto, 158 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. An historical survey of the date palm, but the daughter of Henry Simon, who was a pioneer of American date palm cultivation, and who undertook four years of travel in the Sahara (1910-1914) in search of cultivars. The photographic illustrations in the book are from the elder's trip. Near fine in publisher's green cloth, in a near very good.....
London: Tredolphin Press, [1983]. Wire-bound on the top edge (18 x 22 cm.), [iv], 83 pages. Illustrations. Index. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. Nezih Simon's second cookbook of Turkish recipes, designed to work for experts and novices alike. This book focus on the vegetarian dishes of Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean. The author originated the first cookery and domestic science classes in Cyprus, out of which came her first book, Turkish.....
Boston: Cbi Publishing Company, Inc., [1981]. Octavo (23.5 x 16 cm.), xvi, 325 pages. Index. Fourth printing. The fifth book from Louis Szathmary, renowned chef, cookbook author, publisher, cookbook collector, and larger-than-life personality. This book documents Szathmary's cooking at his famous Chicago restaurant, The Bakery. The cuisine was a blend of traditional French with dishes from the chef's Hungarian heritage. Some foxing to edges of text block; in publisher's white.....
Munchen: Selbstverlag/Suddeutschen Verlag, 1952. Octavo, 478 pages. First edition. Walterspiel was a prominent German chef, restaurateur and hotelier. After operating a string of other restaurants and hotels throughout northern Europe, Alfred, with his brother Otto, opened purchased the Hotel Four Seasons in Munich, and opened the Restaurant Walterspiel. The restaurant was open throughout World War II, but was bombed and burnt to the ground in 1944. They reopened the hotel.....
New York: Quadrangle Books, 1972. Octavo, 228 pages. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. The first book of Waugh's books to be published in the U.S.. Includes an interesting section on American jug wines. I would have been grateful to have such a thing back when I was in college, but alas price always made the decision. A very good copy in like dust jacket. Inscribed by the author, "To ... ..., best.....
Fairfield, CT: by the author/Fairfield County Publications, 1954. Large octavo, 372 pages + 6 page tipped in "supplement". Illustrated throughout. First edition. Perhaps the greatest of ice carving manuals. If you've ever wondered why the naked woman carved from ice is so muscle-y, look no further. Instructions include guidance to leave the arms extra thick to account for melting. The six-page supplement is creased, and there are small stains from.....
Honolulu: The White Knight Press, 1947. Octavo (24 x 16cm.), [12] pages. Printed throughout in red and black. FIRST EDITION, thus. "Six copies of this first bibelot from the White Knight Press in Honolulu were printed in January, 1947, and were dedicated to Mrs. Alfred L. Castle. This is copy no. 2” and signed in the colophon, “A Grove Day”. The first full-length publication from what I believe is the.....
Mytholimroid, England: Northern Bee Books, 1977. Octavo, 75 pages. Number 52 of a signed limited facsimile edition of 250 copies only. A reprint of the 1852 edition (the first edition was 1771). Handbound at Pennine Binding, Lydgate, Midgley, Halifax, England. With a calligraphic colophon, signed by the binder, D.A. Shinton. In addition to its desirability as one of the scarcer bee books, the 1852 edition of White's work, which this.....
Paris: Byrd Hoffman Fondation / Le Festival D'automne a Paris, 1974. Small octavo, 152 pages. First edition of the text for Wilson's opera, with additional texts by Christopher Knowles, Cindy Lubar, Stefan Brecht and Jim Neu. A Letter for Queen Victoria is Wilson's deepest exploration of a world opened up to him by Christopher Knowles, an autistic boy whom he met in 1973 and immediately began to work with. In.....
New York: 1962. Folio, unpaginated [22] leaves, printed rectos only. Printed text from a hand-lettered original; columns for handwritten prices not entered. An early wine list from the legendary Manhattan restaurant Lutèce (1961-2004). The list opens with an introductory statement to diners from the restaurant’s founder, André Surmain, who thanks the restaurant’s seven suppliers, a rare credit on modern wine lists, and Alexis Lichine, the author of The Wines of.....
Worcester, Mass. American Antiquarian Society, 1931. Octavo in wrappers (24.5 x 15.5 cm.), 54 pages. FIRST EDITION. Some light creasing to grayish-blue wrappers, otherwise fine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front wrapper panel, "For H[illeg.]..., With apologies for the invasion of Ireland, 8 July 1922"