New York: D. Appleton and Company, 443 & 445 Broadway, 1865. Small octavo (18.5 x 12 cm.), 200, [4] pages. Advertisements. The First American Edition of Leonard Francis Simpson's English language translation of Brillat-Savarin's magnificent Physiologie du Gout. The earliest English language translation was that of Fayette Robinson, published in Philadelphia in 1854. Simpson's translation here is quite unfaithful to the original, admitting in the Introduction that "Many parts are.....

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1859. Small octavo, 244, 24 pages. FIRST UK EDITION, and the first edition of the English language translation of Leonard Francis Simpson. The first English language translation was that of Fayette Robinson, published in Philadelphia in 1854. Simpson's translation here is quite unfaithful to the original, admitting in the Introduction that "Many parts are, however, condensed, others omitted, as not suited to the.....

Rochester, N.Y. Rochester Daily Advertiser Print. circa 1850s. Broadside (21.9 x 25.4 cm). Advertisement for F.M. Edson's Railroad Mill in Le Roy, Genesee County, New York. Flour manufactured from local wheat and "equal to any manufactured in the world!" Additionally notes that new machinery ensures clean wheat and thus pure flour. Freeman Edson was one of the founding Directors of the Western Union Telegraph Company. Printed on plain cream-colored paper.....

[Salem, Mass. Salem Gazette Press, [circa 1860-1875]. Broadside (32.5 x 16 cm.). A handsomely printed broadside, with ornamental border, advertising Dwarf Apple Trees, Quince Trees, Peach Trees, Ornamental Trees, Hardy Grape Varieties, Bedding Plants (currant, gooseberry, raspberry, etc.), and Climbing Vines. individual varietals are listed with prices. Andrew Nichols (born 1837) was son of Andrew Nichols (1785-1853), a President of the Essex County Natural History Society, Trustee of the Essex.....

New York: Judson & Co., 1844. Folio broadsheet (13.5 x 9.5 cm.), [2] pages, printed recto and verso. Text in English on the recto, with summaries in Spanish and French on the verso. “It is at the same time so simple, and so efficacious, that while it can renovate the energies of a giant, a child can use it, not only with impunity, but with advantage…” A story is related.....

New York: Printed by Hart, 2 Thames St. 1847. Broadside (31 x 17 cm.), single leaf, printed recto only. typographical "rope" border. An early and interesting freight tariff broadside listing rates for transportation between Albany and New York. First class (Dried Apples and Peaches, Eggs (at owner's risk), Indigo, Ivory, Palm Leaf and Rattan, Stoves, Wool, and Light Wrapping Paper at $10 per ton); second class (included Coffee, Candles, Cheese.....

Chicago: Kingston House, 1960. Thick octavo, 512 pages. Illustrated. First edition. Recipes culled from dozens of the era's best cookbooks. Fine in publisher's grey-backed blue cloth, in a fine dust jacket.

New York: Roving Eye Press, 1961. Large octavo, 417 pages. Illustrated frontispiece. FIRST EDITION. An idiosyncratic bibliography of over four thousand four hundred American cookery books. Brown and his family wrote and published an enormous number of cookery books in just a few short years, following years as an editor of little magazines, and a go at avant-garde poetry. Green boards with some discoloration, otherwise very good. In yellow dust.....

New York: Roving Eye Press, 1961. Large octavo, 417 pages. Illustrated frontispiece. FIRST EDITION. An idiosyncratic bibliography of over four thousand four hundred American cookery books. Brown and his family wrote and published an enormous number of cookery books in just a few short years, following years as an editor of little magazines, and a go at avant-garde poetry. Green cloth in very good condition with text clean and crisp.....

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. Small oblong octavo (10.5 x 18 cm.), [52] pages. FIRST EDITION. A charming and handsomely printed collection of recipes for forty puddings and ten sauces. Each recipe is given its own page. The rear paste-down contains an advertisement for the cookery books of Marion Harland. Lacking front free endpaper (blank). In green cloth with illustrated chromolithograph paper-covered boards, rubbed and mildly soiled. Good only.....

Marseille: chez l’auteur, 1944-1949. Large quarto, xvii, 197 pages. 35 cm. Illustrations by Louis Jou. FIRST EDITION. One of 1000 numbered copies on Auvergne pur chiffon made by Richard de Bas. One of the great works of Provençal cookery, from the great mid-20th century French chef Maurice Brun of Marseille. An elaborate production, with signatures sewn, but unattached to the colorful printed wrappers. Decorated chemise somewhat worn, a bit of.....

Williamsburg; Richmond, Virg. Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated; Printed on the Press of August Deitz & Son, 1942. Duodecimo (18 x 11 cm.) 276 pages. Stated "fourth edition". A modern cookbook styled after late eighteenth century works, with recipes drawn from historical English sources, predominantly William Parks' 1742 printing of E. Smith's Compleat Housewife, the first cookbook printed in America. In full ruled calf with raised bands and spine label titled in.....

New York: Keppler & Schwarzmann: Publishers, 1896. Octavo (18.5 x 13 cm.), 174 pages. Illustrated by C. J. Taylor, half-title, title printed in red and black. FIRST EDITION, cloth issue. Sketches of life in the suburbs - building a house, the furnace, the society church, the suburban dog, newcomers, the sporting scene, and the evolution of the suburbanite. Small chip at the top of the spine, otherwise very good, in.....