New York: CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, 1903. Second Edition. Paperback. 254 pages. 20 x 14 cm. A scarce local-title issue of this 1908 newspaper cook book. It was offered to readers of the New Haven Union (Connecticut) as a subscriber premium. The paper printed "coupons offering this cook book containing..... More

1938-1939. Cardboard covers. 35 x 26 cm. A scrapbook documenting Gladys Le Bow's 1938-1939 presidency of the St. Louis Women's Advertising Club, with correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, telegrams, press releases, printed radio programs, and other ephemera. The volume records a year of professional activities, public programs, and educational initiatives promoting..... More

Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1855. Hardcover. 178 pages. 20 x 13 cm. Carpenter attempts to give abstinence a physiological and scientific foundation rather than relying solely on moral persuasion. A medical contribution to the nineteenth-century temperance debate, first published in 1850 following Carpenter's award of a hundred-guinea essay prize. Interior..... More

Norfolk, VA: 1907. Hardcover. 194 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. Oyster recipes are plentiful! Pickled oysters, oyster cocktail in red pepper cups, oyster stew, oyster omelet, scalloped oysters, to fry oysters, fancy roast oysters, broiled oysters... along with an abundant amount of recipes - all attributed to community members. The..... More

New York: Atheneum, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 559 pages. 24 x 16 cm. The most vital distinction that separates The Making of a Cook from other French-American cookbooks is that it always tells you WHY things happen as they do. Based on classical French techniques, the 500 recipes included reflect..... More

Scarsdale, NY: 1980. Cards. Unpaginated. 14 x 21.5 cm. A wonderful example of community participation. Illustrated by the children with recipes attributed to the community. More

London: Andre Deutsch, 1953. Hardcover. 186 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. Published the year of Elizabeth II's coronation, Court Favourites combines practical cookery with a nod to court history. According to Craig, Queen Victoria kept a household scrapbook. It had belonged to Royal ladies before her and it passed into..... More

Atlanta: 1914. Cards. 20 x 16 cm. Dinner to honor W. G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury; David F. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture; and John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of the Currency. Menu includes: grape fruit, green turtle soup, pompano, sweetbreads, canvas back duck, martini cocktail, petit fours, coffee, cigars &..... More

Fallbrook, CA: The Weather Bird Press, 1985. Gerry, Vance. First Edition. Hardcover. 23 pages. 26 x 17 cm. Limited Edition of 125 copies, this is number 31. Signed by M.F.K. Fisher on the colophon, The Standing and the Waiting is M.F.K. Fisher's recollection of a trip to Europe in 1935..... More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 178 pages. 18 x 11 cm. Fisher's collection of restorative remedies, odd bits of folk medicine, and new-found fortifiers, accumulated over many years, explaining the origins and lore. Interior pristine. Boards very lightly rubbed at edges. Dust wrapper price clipped with..... More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 877 pages. 26 x 18.5 cm. Sample Copy - paper label on back free end paper: Sample, Return to Manufacturing Department, LITTLE BROWN AND COMPANY. Published: May 1, 1972; Cloth: Arco B Grade AL 1370; Word Count: 300,000. "Food and eating..... More

Chicago: The Press Club of Chicago, 1898. Cards. 13 x 9 cm. Folding program featuring orchestra music, dance and refreshment space, and a list of reception committee members including Chicago authors, poets, and journalist: A.T. Packard, John McGovern, Frederick Boyd Stevenson, William Lightfoot Visscher, and F. Willis Rice. Covers lightly..... More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. 103 pages. 18.5 x 12 cm. Rare copy with scarce dust wrapper and color illustrated folding map "Wine Map of The Principles Vineyards of the World." A compact pragmatic handbook for the wine consumer, addressing the purchase, storage, service, and drinking of wine..... More