New York/New Jersey: Women's Rights Law Reporter, July/August 1971 & Spring 1972. First Edition, First Printing & Second Edition. Staplebound. 71 pages. 27.5 x 21 cm. Volume 1, Number 1. The Women's Rights Law Reporter was originally founded in 1970 by Ann Marie Boylan, who independently published the first volume..... More

Paris: FRANCIS ROMAGNANO, 1923. Wraps. 3 pages. 32.5 x 25 cm. Why not dance to the Liver Sausage Fox Trot? A super fun French piece with cover art by Albert Alex Smith, an African-American artist who fled to France in 1920. Smith was a jazz musician and artist, who performed..... More

Paris: Mouillot, 1890. Sewn binding. 52 pages. A year after the 1889 Paris Exhibition, including 14 fabric samples tipped in. Copiously illustrated, with prices, this pamphlet presents the assortment of trades of the times. A growing "ready to wear" branch of consumer goods accessible to a larger population. Includes merchandise..... More

Paris: Alphonse LE SIGNE, c. 1890. Loose_leaf. 3 pages. 35 x 27 cm. A romantic scene of wine drinking highlights this French sheet music. The musician, Désiré Dihau, was best known as the bassoonist and composer who was painted by Edgar Degas in L'Orchestre de l'Opéra along with cellist Louis-Marie..... More

Beverly Hills, CA: The Rainbow, 1974. Cardboard covers. 113 pages. 23 x 23 cm. Shaped cookbook focused on soups and salads. The Rainbow was a volunteer-run boutique - an organization helping raise money for Children with cancer. Clean, crisp copy. More

Boston: The Libbie Printing Co., c. 1919. Loose_leaf. 24 x 18.5 cm. Broadside calling for EQUAL SUFFRAGE FOR MEN AND WOMEN. Summoning those who might not see the need for Equality, this broadside states "BECAUSE" ten times, while providing various arguments and each time, ending with "They should vote equally..... More

New York: Hastings House, 1963. Ninth Edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover. 250 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. "When Clementine first appeared in print twenty years ago, she charmed readers with her wit and wisdom - and her culinary accomplishments. Now this classic of gastronomic literature - a unique combination of..... More

New York: Gramercy Publishing Company, 1955. Hardcover. 314 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. Introduction by Clifton Fadiman. A feast of cheese recipes, legends, anecdotes and history by the same Bob Brown who, with his wife Eleanor, composed Culinary Americana. Interior clean and crisp, dust wrapper rubbed at edges. In protective..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First American Edition. Hardcover. 244 pages. 21 x 15 cm. With an introduction by James Beard. Together in one volume, three early classics of cookery from England's most famous food writer, who inspired and influenced a whole generation of cooks - Elizabeth David. As..... More

Boston: Blanchard, Farrar & Co., c. 1887. Sewn binding. 12 pages. 14.5 x 8 cm. A captivating look at the broad array of wines, liqueurs, and ales available at the end of the 19th century in Boston, MA. The shop owned by David W. Blanchard and John W. Farrar stocked..... More

Greensboro, NC: Potpourri Press, 1971. Staplebound. 47 pages. Fab period beer recipe booklet featuring fun illustrations. The author highlights the adaptable qualities of beer when she states: "Beer makes the lightest of soufflés and the crispiest of batters. It is used in pancakes and pot roasts, in marinates and even..... More

London: 1904-1907. Hardcover. 501 pages. 33 X 16 cm. British doctor's daily account book. A-Z index of patients at the begining of the journal. Every journal entry begins with the patients name and address along with handwritten directions for treatment with detailed amounts of medications and schedule of remedies. Each..... More

Berkeley: The Jargon Society Ten Speed Press, 1986. Spiral_bound. 134 pages. 23 x 19 cm. The late cookbook author Barbara Kafka says it all when she wrote: "WHITE TRASH COOKING is a marvelous and genuine book - not camp - because it sees clearly, without condescension. The food goes from..... More