New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, Inc., 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. 295 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. "It seems to me," M.F.K. Fisher declares in the opening pages of The Gastronomical Me," "that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined... More
Baltimore: BACCHUS PRESS LTD., 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 403 pages. 26 x 19 cm. Superbly organized, with over 3,200 entries, biographical sketches of prominent wine writers, and hundreds of wine facts that span thousands of years. Clean, crisp copy. More
![MENU] Alumni Association Banquet; First Annual Alumni Assoc. Banquet. Hobart College](/pictures/thumb/222.jpg?v=1563392006)
The Independent, Hobart, 1904. 16 x 11.5 cm. First Annual Alumni Association Banquet, Thursday, June 23, 1904, Mansion House, Hobart. Includes Menu, Toasts, and Committee members. Cardstock with two printed pages. Yellow and white ribbons used as attachment, intact. More
![HOME ECONOMICS] [SEWING] Sewing Sample Book. Annie Humphreys](/pictures/thumb/1815.jpg?v=1553268454)
Cardboard covers. 20.5 x 18 cm. Circa 1920's. Booklet from a Home Economics class, featuring 22 samples, tipped in, of various colors and patterns. Miss Humphreys seems to have been given the number "29" in her class, as all her samples are marked in pencil. More
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1977. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 21.5 x 16 cm. Lewis celebrates the food from her small community of Freetown, Virginia - settled by freed slaves. With menus for the four seasons she shares the ways her family prepared and enjoyed food, savoring the delights of each... More
Cleveland: American Greetings Corporation, 1967. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 16 x 16 cm. From the team (Brant Parker & Johnny Hart) that gave us "The Wizard of Id" cartoon, a lighthearted cocktail book incorporating cartoons, color photos, and recipes of our favorite bar drinks. Black and white 'Wizard of Id' illustrated end... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1843 and 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. 196 & 154 pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. First edition, here issued bound as one. The Complete Cook's illustrations feature carving. The Complete Confectioner has one page of illustrations; modeling tools. Final 10 pages filled with advertisements. Pages tanned, edges... More
St. Louis: Southern Comfort Corporation, 1965. Pamphlet. Unpaginated (12 pages). Color illustrated drink pamphlet featuring Playboy Bunnies, the Playboy Club, and Southern Comfort. " From Top Barmen in exclusive clubs and famed restaurants comes these professional tips that make it easy for you to mix and serve great drinks..." Crisp, clean copy. More
![COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Autograph Cook Book; Compiled By The Woman's Auxiliary To The Young Men's...](/pictures/thumb/344.jpg?v=1561505506)
Taunton, Mass. The Commercial Print, Publishers, 1906. First Edition. Wraps. Unpaginated. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. New-England Cookbook, over 50 pages of delightful recipes including Shrimp Wiggle, Popcorn Pudding, Scotch Woodcock, with an inlaid handwritten recipe for "doughnuts that take so little fat." Recipes attributed to local authors. Unusual advertisements -... More
London: Elliot Stock, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 253, [2] publisher's ads pp. Annotated collection of proverbs and folk sayings derived from every nation and culture. This volume contains 27 chapters. Some titles: Woman's Beauty, Woman's Tongue, Local Allusions to Women, Sister Legends, and many more. Light toning to spine... More
Washington DC: McGill & Witherow, 1865. First Edition. Wraps. 16 pages. 16 x 24.5 cm. Post Civil War Thanksgiving Sermon: "The mountains shall bring peace to the people." - Psalm lxxii: 3. A rousing sermon given by Nicholas P. Tillinghast (1817-1869), an Episcopal clergyman and son of Joseph Leonard Tillinghast... More
Florence: Il Bisonte - Edizioni d'arte, 1974. Cardboard covers. 103 pages. 25 x 31. Copy 69 of 100. Volume VI. Published in the summer of 1974 by the Consorzio del Vino Classico, two thousand copies, 1500 in Italian and 500 in English, numbered 1/1-100 to xx/100-100. Roman numerals correspond to... More
![My Kingdom For a Cook [Without Notice]; Original Screenplay for the 1943 film. Richard Wallace,...](/pictures/thumb/1417.jpg?v=1561585123)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1943. Wraps. [title], [1] -117 pages. Copy belonging to Marguerite Chapman, who played Pamela, with her character's name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil. One of a number of comedies made during World War II that built around the "servant shortage" in the US... More
![CARIBBEAN] Naboth's Vineyard; The Dominican Republic 1844-1924. Sumner Welles](/pictures/thumb/1538.jpg?v=1550351099)
New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 Volumes. 496 & 1058 pages. Signed presentation copy with personal letter. As the title of this important book artfully alludes to, The Dominican Republic's history has much in common with the biblical story of Naboth; let's just say things... More
New York: A Perigee Book, 2010. Hardcover. 296 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Acclaimed cocktail expert and historian David Wondrich takes readers on a raucous guided tour of all things Punch - a tour that starts with some very lonely British sailors and swells to include a cast of lords... More