New York: Fountainhead Publisher's Inc., 1961. Large octavo (24 x 16 cm.), xii, 306 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION, Deluxe Issue, one of an unspecified number of signed copies, this one numbered "H.F.F.". Each chapter describes an element of the fine dining restaurant experience: great chefs, dining room staff, the sommelier, tipping, restaurant guides, and a fairly long view of what at the time was an unbroken line of tradition. The.....
Dijon: Librarie L. Venot, 1949. Quarto, 177, [2] pages. Frontispiece, 33 heliogravures hors texte. Second Edition. Rodier's celebrated work, a fine look at the history and culture of one of the most famed vineyards of France. Tiny bit of foxing to the edges of the text block, otherwise fine.
Manhattan, KS: Kansas State University Library, 1968. Quarto, 230 pages. FIRST EDITION. Bibliography of all the cookery books and household manuals held by Kansas State University Library up to 1968. In cloth-backed purple wrappers with some creasing, and edgewear to the spine.
late 1500s. Engraving, (23.5 x 29.5 cm. image dimensions). Signed in lower part of impression, "Bassan. inuet. loa. Sadeler sc." and CU. priuil. S. Caes. M." and ex S. Lvc. xvi. cap." Lacking the legend below the image. One of Sadeler's three "Kitchen" scenes, this one with Lazaraus seen from behind at right with two dogs,, seated and looking at a dinner table with the rich man, a kitchen with.....
London: Macmillan and Co., 1921. Foolscap quarto (22.5 x 18 cm.), xxxi, 227, [1] pages. Stated "Edition de Luxe", one of 500 unnumbered copies, signed by Saintsbury, beneath the limitation notice, one year after the smaller first edition of the book. First published in July 1920, the book was reprinted twice before the issue of this 'Edition de Luxe'. George Saintsbury (1845 – 1933) was an English critic, literary historian.....
Hergiswil: Verlag Gastropress, 1981. Large octavo, 304 pages. Later printing. Illustrated with facsimiles throughout. Text in German. Schraemli's important history of cookery and cookbooks. In clean tan cloth. Very, very slight foxing to a few pages, otherwise fine. In near fine dust jacket with minor wear to corners.
Zurich: Interverlag AG, 1949. Large octavo, 296 pages. First edition. Illustrated with facsimiles (in-text and plates) throughout. Text in German. Schraemli's important history of cookery and cookbooks. In cloth boards with red and gilt stamped spine label, with some minor discoloration. Text slightly browned with age, otherwise very good condition.
Zurich: Interverlag AG, 1949. Large octavo, 296 pages. First edition. Illustrated with facsimiles (in-text and plates) throughout. Text in German. Schraemli's important history of cookery and cookbooks. In cloth boards with red and gilt stamped spine label, with some minor discoloration. Text slightly browned with age, else very good.
Seattle: Madrona Publishers, 1980. Octavo (21.5 x 15 cm.), x, 223 pages. Illustrated. Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-220) and index. Evident FIRST EDITION. A classic of modern food writing about the captivating capsicum. "Smitten by a love of hot peppers, journalist Richard Schweid traveled to the capital of the U.S. hot sauce industry, New Iberia, Louisiana. This is Cajun country, and capsicum (as hot peppers are known botanically) thrive in.....
New York: Brentano's Publishers, 1924. Octavo (24 x 16 cm.), 102 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. FIRST EDITION. The author, a young Wall Street businessman, shipped as a working hand for two weeks in 1904 on a fishing schooner. The twenty-three man crew fished from dories off the Delmarva Peninsula and New Jersey, hand-lining for bluefish. In gilt-titled dark blue cloth; fine in a very good dust jacket.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc.; [printed in Great Britain for Knopf], 1930. Octavo (20.5 x 14 cm.), [xii], 190, [1] pages. Top edge black. Advertisements. Appendix of special wine terms. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Originally published in the U.K. in the prior year. Written at the request of the great bibliographer Michael Sadleir, The Art of Good Living has been described as the first book in English "in which food.....
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1949. Large octavo, 264 pages. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Dictionary of culinary terms from "Abalone" to "Zweiback" by the president of the Wine and Food Society of London, Andre L. Simon. In rather chipped and faded dust jacket. Blue cloth slightly discolored and rubbed at edges.
London: The Wine and Food Society, circa 1949. Large octavo, 264 pages. FIRST EDITION. Dictionary of culinary terms from "Abalone" to "Zweiback" by the president of the Wine and Food Society, Andre L. Simon. In red boards with minor bumping, title stamped in gold to front cover and spine. Text in fine condition with bookseller's ticket of Cooks Books to rear paste down.
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.....
Manchester / London: John Heywood / F. Pittman, 1873. Octavo, 112, [1] pages. Advertisements. A condensed and revised version of Smith's Fruits and Farinacea, originally published in 1845. This revision is aimed at the lay reader, specifically the members of the Vegetarian Society. Smith took a very broad view of his subject, considering all of history from biblical times forward, and quoting Moses, Linnaeus, Adam Smith, and so on. In.....
New York: Something Else Press, 1970. Octavo (21 x 14.5 cm.), xxviii, [8], 278 pages. FIRST EDITION. An unusual book that is more like three books in one: a study of magic that doesn't work, a gastronomic itinerary of an island where culinary luxuries are nonexistent, and a dissertation on the meatball that wanders off into a long excursion on blood. Some light dusting and fading to silver-printed black cloth.....
Ottawa, Canada: The Mortimer Co. Ltd., 1913. Commission of Conservation Canada. Committee on Fisheries, Game and Fur-bearing Animals. Large octavo, 159 pages. Illustrated with seven black & white plates and one map. Errata slip. First edition. A bit of bumping to the corners and spine of gilt-stamped brown cloth. Otherwise fine.
Kobe, Japan: T. Takagi, Photographic Studio & Art Gallery, circa 1914. 18 x 25.5 cm, unpaginated [22 leaves, plates interleaved with tissue]. Illustrated title page, brief introduction, and twenty hand-colored collotype plates depicting the process of cultivating Japanese rice, or, “Nippon’s ‘Staff of Life’”. Each photograph accompanied by short descriptive text. Known for his glass slides and many collotype books on themes of Japanese life, Teijiro Takagi bought his Kobe.....
London; Plaistow: At The De La More Press; The Curwen Press, [1952]. Duodecimo (19 x 13 cm.), 35, [3] pages. Stated "new printing"; originally published in 1933. The compiler adds a note to this new, post-war edition, noting the book "was published some years ago when the materials for good cookery were more plentiful than they are now." An charming, small culinary anthology, arranged monthly, and containing "seasonal receipts English.....
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1992. Thick octavo (23.5 x 16 cm.), xxi, 378 pages. FIRST EDITION. An engaging cooking memoir of sorts, with recipes for those who "want to go into the kitchen, lock the door, and have some fun", from the author of Simple Cooking. The series of short essays address the true pleasures of cooking and of living simply. Previous owner's name and inscription on free.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Octavo (21.3 x 14.5 cm.), 288 pages. Index. Errata slip tipped-in. Early printing of the American edition. Toklas' famous memoir in the form of a cookbook, outlining her life in Paris with Gertrude Stein. The first American edition did not include her famous recipe for 'Hashische Fudge' (contributed to the U.K. edition by her good friend Brion Gysin) which cemented her place in the.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. Octavo (21.5 x 14.5 cm.), xxiii, 164 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. A second cookbook from Alice B. Toklas, companion of Gertrude Stein, following The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book by a few years. The introduction and comments by Poppy Cannon add context for the recipes and advice on creating the European dishes with the ingredients found on the shelves of American markets. Blue paper-covered.....
Barcelona: Orfebres de Espana, Sociedad Anonima, circa 1920. Tall, brad-bound trade catalogue, 23 leaves, printed rectos only. Trade catalogue of flatware, illustrated in various patterns. Some wear to the printed card-stock wrappers, otherwise very good. Scarce. [OCLC locates no copies].
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Octavo (21.5 x 14.5 cm.), 215 pages. FIRST EDITION. The first work in Trillin's classic "Tummy Trilogy" and the first volume of his food writing in book form. Very good in publisher's red over blue cloth, in a near very good dust jacket. Signed by the author on the half-title. Surprisingly scarce, and doubly so signed.
London: Printed for the author at the Literary-Press, No. 62 Wardour Street, Soho, and all Book-sellers in Town and Country, 1791. Duodecimo (16 x 10.5 cm.), 120, [4-12] pages. Illustrated with twenty-one wood engravings. Publisher's advertisements at rear. ~ Second Edition. First issued in 1788, this juvenile etiquette manual for mealtime is best known for its extensive section on carving, well-illustrated with nineteen handsome woodcuts of carving instruction for different.....