New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1975. First Edition. 158 pages. 29 x 22 cm. Inscribed by author on half title page. Kennedy shows the range of her imagination here with 80 recipes highlighting the Tortilla. Drawings by Sidonie Coryn. Bibliography included. Covered in protective mylar. Clean copy, wrappers price... More about The Tortilla Book
London: Oxford University Press, 1953. Hardcover. 153 pages. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Palmer begins in 1780 and proceeds through 170 years and eight reigns down to the present day, tracing the history of our mealtimes; the origins of breakfast, lunch, and tea; and all the quirks and customs of mealtimes... More about Movable Feasts; A Reconnaissance of the Origins and Consequences of FLUCTUATIONS IN MEAL-TIMES...
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 351 pages. 21 x 20 cm. Wolfert's first masterpiece. After living in Marrakesh, Wolfert published this comprehensive cookbook. Author's inscribed on front free end paper. Color photographs by Bill Bayer, Drawings by Sidonie Coryn. Clean copy, wrapper lightly rubbed at... More about Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco; Introduction by Gael Greene
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 338 pages (plus index). 19 x 12 cm. Ellsworth suggests a lack of staff to run her household and being "utterly, crushingly bored" with shopping for food, inspired her to write this book. A fun read, with some classic recipes. The... More about Much Depends on Dinner
Oakland, CA: The Smithsonian Company, 1912. Hardcover. 175 pages. 24 x 17 cm. An adventurous book within a book. Young Mary Frances is enchanted by her friends, the Kitchen People, who explain the mysterious secrets of the kitchen. Lovely anthropomorphic kitchen utensils bring the reader along for this charming adventure... More about The Mary Frances Cook Book; Or Adventures Among The Kitchen People
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Hardcover. 261 Pages. 22 x 15 cm. Book and interior crisp and clean, dust wrapper (illustrations by Judith Clancy) lightly toned and chipped at spine. Covered in protective mylar. More about As They Were
New York: Hastings House, 1943. Stahlhut, Henry. First Edition. Hardcover. 228 pages. 21 x 14 .5 cm. Writer and graphic artist, Samuel Chamberlain, wrote the Clementine column for Gourmet Magazine under the name Phineas Back, a nom de plume he based on a French term for a gourmand, bec fin... More about Clementine in the Kitchen; Vignettes by Henry Stahlhut
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1906. 1st Edition. Wraps. 29 Pages. 13/5 x 19 cm. Socialism's position on the problem of children in poverty being underfed and the ineffectiveness of compulsory education for hungry students. The author, John Spargo, a renowned expert in the history and crafts of Vermont... More about Underfed School Children: The Problem and the Remedy
Hollywood, California: Ada J. Alberty, 1939. Second Edition. Hardcover. 195 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. A self-published dietetic book based on the author's personal contact with clients. Records show Alberty had been sued by the government in the 1940's for misbranding of a drug and transporting over state lines. Interior... More about The Price We Pay for Dietetic Errors
![COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Cook Book. The Woman's Guild - First Congregational Church](/pictures/thumb/1943.jpg?v=1561505637)
Abington, Massachusetts: Baker Printing Company, c. 1915. Staplebound. 48 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Recipes furnished and attributed by GUILD members. Filled with period local advertisements. Cover illustration of church. Pages toned, covers lightly soiled and chipped. More about COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Cook Book
![COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Food Conservation Cook Book. Springfield Equal Franchise League](/pictures/thumb/1942.jpg?v=1561505636)
Springfield, Vermont: Springfield Equal Franchise League, 1918. Wraps. 78 pages. 22.5 x 15 cm. A wartime perspective on the usage of food. Emphasizing food value through the use of tested recipes while minimizing the use of food that can be shipped to the Allies. The Equal Franchise League was organized... More about COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Food Conservation Cook Book
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1938. King, Ruth. Hardcover. 399 pages. 22.5 x 16 cm. Combination prose, recipes, as well as nutritional advice. Chapter titles tell the story: "If You Can Read, You Can Cook - Soda Fountain Specials - Coed Parties, etc. Illustrated throughout. Boards rubbed at corners... More about It's Fun to Cook
c. 1910's. Hardcover. 85 pages. 16 x 12.5 cm. Cookbook with full page illustrations of company's other products as well. (Fly Screen, Potato Masher, Press & Strainer, MacQueen's Patent Shower Bath). "Introducing the Keystone Beaters - Ten Machines in One: cake-beater, churn, egg-beater, ice cream freezer, fruit-whip, light dough-kneader, cream-whip... More about The P. D. & Co. Keystone Cook Book
New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1910. 92 pages. 16.5 x 24.5 cm. Highly stylized Guest Book and journal, for use in recording guests, holidays, etc. organized by month. Unused, clean crisp copy. More about House-Book to the Hostess; Being a Journal of fêtes & occasions: Groups for a day or an hour
2019. ONE OF A KIND. Originally inspired by New York Chinatown shops selling modern takes on joss paper and hell money. Instead of more traditional currency for the afterlife, these took the form of cell phones and convertibles, etc. meant to be burned at a funeral, so as to pass... More about PAPER SCULPTURES; PROVISIONS FOR THE AFTERLIFE
2015. Limited edition 1 of 5. Seventy Two unbound, translucent pages feature images of pebbles and stones plucked from East Village streets lettered with nostalgia-inducing candy names. The title, (a conflation of Printed Actual Size and Existential Sugar Baby Questions) struggles to answer adult questions with childhood answers. Frustration ensues... More about ART] EXISTENTIAL. PRINTED. SUGAR. ACTUAL. BABY. SIZE. QUESTIONS.; A study in chewability
New York: Richard R. Smith Inc., 1930. First American Edition. Hardcover. 287 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. A bright first American Edition highlighted by the iconic art deco era artwork by Gilbert Rumbold. Prohibition-dodging Americans flocked to London's classic Savoy bar for the perfect deliverance from the dry land. American... More about The Savoy Cocktail Book
![CLOTHING MANUFACTURING] [BUSINESS] [LAW] Shirt Collar Patent](/pictures/thumb/1933.jpg?v=1561586711)
Newark, NJ: 1917-1919. 13 pages. 4 pages from Delpark Inc., a NY-based clothing company seeking a patent to manufacture a new shirt collar. Contacting a solicitor to investigate the patents of its creator. Delpark seeks, in these documents, to purchase the collar's patent from the inventor, Edward J. Quigley, and... More about CLOTHING MANUFACTURING] [BUSINESS] [LAW] Shirt Collar Patent
Hardcover. 124 pages. 22 x 18 cm. 89 recipes total, many of which are attributed to original authors. Recipes centered around sweet baked dishes, with a few savory dishes and a couple of remedies. Sticker of Coburn Bros. Stationers on front paste down, a company established in the late 19th... More about MANUSCRIPT] [COOKING] Repurposed Treasurer's Cash Book; Handwritten recipe book
![HANDMADE] [MANUSCRIPT] [COOKING] Recipe Binder; with personal ephemera](/pictures/thumb/1931.jpg?v=1561587229)
Connecticut/California: 1940's-1960's. Cards. 21 pages. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. Handcrafted recipes book made up of decorated envelopes. Each envelope is decorated with pasted-on photos of food items which are labeled, and filled with recipes. Both handwritten recipes and recipes cut from magazine, periodicals, and food packaging. Some envelopes empty. Front... More about HANDMADE] [MANUSCRIPT] [COOKING] Recipe Binder; with personal ephemera
![CUBAN PROPAGANDA] Album de la Revolucion Cubana: 1952-1956. J. M. Picart, Mario Jimenez](/pictures/thumb/1929.jpg?v=1561228245)
Habana, Cuba: Editorial Chevarria, c. 1960-61. Capdevila. Wraps. 32 pages. 268 numbered picture cards, mounted on corresponding numbered spaces, with printed captions, plus 3 picture cards on title page. Two page spread of photo pictorials of leaders (12 picture cards). A surprisingly graphic depiction of the revolution - propaganda intended... More about CUBAN PROPAGANDA] Album de la Revolucion Cubana: 1952-1956
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. 261 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Very attractive first edition. "How to Cook a Wolf will seem an inspired and yet wholly sensible book. It's written to be read, and designed to be used." Interior pages lightly toned, wrapper rubbed... More about How to Cook a Wolf
![MANUSCRIPT] [COOKING] Handwritten recipes book; Notebook jacket: The White Man's Arrival. Mrs....](/pictures/thumb/1105.jpg?v=1561585209)
Oxford, New York: c. 1910's -30's. Wraps. 21 cm x 17 cm. 45 pages. 85 recipes overall, 36 laid in recipes, 7 song lyrics. Recipes primarily handwritten with some from local periodicals. More about MANUSCRIPT] [COOKING] Handwritten recipes book; Notebook jacket: The White Man's Arrival
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. 24 x 18.5 cm. Inscribed on front free end paper, "To Linda, Buena Suerte en la Cocine, Diana Kennedy - I.V.80". Traveling extensively throughout Mexico, Kennedy draws on cooks from various regions for this companion volume to Cuisines... More about Recipes from the Regional Cooks of Mexico
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 378 pages. 24 x 19 cm. Inscribed on half title page, "To Linda, Diana Kennedy - I.V.80". Kennedy embraces the cuisines of the Spanish and the Indian as well as the highly distinctive fare of the separate regions. Drawings by... More about The Cuisines of Mexico; Forward by Craig Claiborne