New York: Macauley Company, 1928. Hardcover. 190 pages. 22.5 x 18 cm. Songs and Ballads of Conviviality Collected from Curious Sources by Frank Gloriously Illuminated by John Held Jr. Interior crisp and clean, dust wrapper lightly rubbed. More about More Pious Friends and Drunken Companions
Scholastic Book Services, 1972. Paperback. 176 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 Signed by author on title page. The 1970's rock celebs slinging hash - including Elton John, Bread, Isaac Hayes, Aretha Franklin, Jackson 5, Carly Simon, and many more. Pages toned, cover rubbed and soiled. More about Cool Cooking; Recipes of your favorite Rock Stars
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1968. First American Edition. Hardcover. 13.5 x 18.5 cm. Without words, artist John S. Goodall delights us with detailed drawings and the tale of young Paddy Pork. Interior and boards clean, dust wrapper rubbed and lightly chipped at folds with 1/2 cm. loss at corner. More about The Adventures of Paddy Pork
New York: All Day Press, 2013. First Edition. Sewn binding. 48 pages. 19 x 11 cm. Signed by author on title page. Strawberry season is upon us! Susan Spungen is a cookbook author, culinary consultant and food stylist for both print and film. Short Stack is a small-format publication, created... More about Strawberries; Short Stack Editions - Volume 3
New York: All Day Press, 2013. First Edition. Sewn binding. 47 pages. 19 x 11 cm. Filled with recipes including: Tomato and Green Olive Tartare, Curried Lamb Stew, and Wasabi Bloody Marys. Short Stack is a small-format publication, created by the culinary world's brightest talents. Colophon notes this edition was... More about Tomatoes; Short Stack Editions - Volume 2
New York: All Day Press, 2013. First Edition. Sewn binding. 47 pages. 19 x 11 cm. Signed by author, "Enjoy 2013". Twenty recipes inspired by the almighty egg. Knauer was a food editor at Gourmet magazine. Short Stack is a small-format publication, created by the culinary world's brightest talents. Colophon... More about EGGS; Short Stack Editions - Volume 1
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Hungary: 1954. Poster. 84 x 58 cm. Large propaganda poster urging Hungarians to make every effort to "contribute" to government loans; part of the postwar reconstruction plan. Some small tears to edges, with 1 cm. loss at top corner. Fold mark at center. More about POSTER] [HUNGARIAN] hazád javára, Magad hasznára - Jegyezz - Békekölcsönt!; for the benefit...
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1926. Cards. A program and menu featuring a gathering of New England based garden and poetry enthusiasts. On February 10th, 1926, this group welcomed Mrs. Willard A. Boyd, President of the Poetry Society and her husband William A. Boyd, President of the Garden Club. The entertainment consisted of a poetry... More about MENU] Annual Dinner of the Garden Club-Poetry Society; Highland Hotel
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Marshalltown, Iowa: The Light Draft Harrow Co., c. 1920. Staplebound. 31 pages. 25 x 17 cm. Illustrated catalog featuring FORKNER Spring Tooth Tillers. Shown with both horse and tractor. Two page illustrated promotional supplement laid in. Front cover split at head, not affecting text or illustrations. More about FARMING] [TRADE CATLAOGUE] Forkner Spring Tooth Tillers; For Orchard and Farm - Catalog E
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New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1906. Sheet_music. 5 pages. 35.5 x 28 cm. Richard Carle Presents Himself & Hi Songs in Geo. Edwards' Success of Two London Seasons. Arrangement with Klaw & Erlanger and The Gaiety Theatre Co. Edges rubbed and chipped. More about SHEET MUSIC] The Spring Chicken; A Lemon in the Garden of Love
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 about Wine into Words; A History and Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Language
Chicago: The Commonwealth Press, 1915. Hardcover. 58 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Domestic Science Text Book. Chapters include: Ingredients of Baking Powder, Choice of "Acid" Ingredient, Manufacture and Use, Available Carbon Dioxide, and Conclusion. Clean copy, 2 cm. scratch to front cover. More about BAKING POWDER; A Healthful Convenient, Leavening Agent
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1961. McCrea, Ruth. First Edition. Hardcover. 61 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Delightful alphabet recipe book, each letter illustrated and with verse. Remarkable period graphics. Dust wrapper chipped. Interior clean. More about The ABC of Jiffy Cookery; Decorations by Ruth McCrea
c. 1922. Staplebound. 88 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. (27 pages local advertisements). Recipes attributed to local parishioners. Full portrait of WM. L. Stidger, known as evangelism's first media star. Stidger attracted the likes of Sinclair Lewis, who modeled his satirical novel Elmer Gantry after Stidger's flamboyant style of preaching. Pages toned, covers lightly rubbed. More about Cook Book
Pittsburgh: Randolph Barnes, 1811. Second American Edition. 408 pages. 18 x 11 cm. "To assist the good House Wife--the honest Farmer--the ingenious mechanic--and the various artisans, both useful and ornamental." Chapters include: Agriculture, Angling/Fishing, Useful Arts, Bird Catching, Bleaching, Books, Brewing and Management of Malt Liquors, Building, Canary Birds, Cattle... More about The Family Receipt Book Containing Eight Hundred Valuable Receipts in Various Branches of...
Paris: Louis Tenré/Patris et Cie, 1833, 1810. Fifth Edition/First Edition. Hardcover. 454 pages/116 pages. 21 x 13 cm. La Cuisinier: Covering all aspects of cooking of post revolutionary France. Includes engraved frontispiece titled "intérieur d'une cuisine bien ordonnée" and 3 plates depicting ovens and cooking utensils. Albert was former chef..... More about La Cuisinier Parisien ou Manuel Complet, bound with Le Livre De Tous Les Ménages ou L'art de...
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Pittsburgh: Murdoch, Kerr & Co., c. 1895. Hardcover. 128 pages. 19 x 14 cm. (22 pages local advertisments). An array of dishes with some surprises, such as a recipe for "Hot Tamales" from a contributor (Helen E. Pelletreau) who had traveled to Corpus Christi. Helen Pelletreau was the third president... More about A Great Many Good Things or A Cook Book of Pittsburgh Recipes; [Pennsylvania College For Women
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. Hardcover. 643 pages, 24 publishers advertisements. 18.5 x 13 x 5 cm. One of the first cookbooks tailored to the domestic reader with the now-universal practice of listing ingredients and suggesting cooking times. Handwritten recipe on front free end paper. Lacks one plate... More about Modern Cookery For Private Families; Reduced to a System of Easy Practice
Providence, RI: Y.W.C.A., 1935. Staplebound. 75 pages. 20 x 13 cm. Looking something like a little United Nations, with recipes from: Armenian, Austrian, Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Indian, Lithuanian, Mexican, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scotch, Swedish, Swiss, Turkish, and Local American. Assembled by Eleanor F.... More about Nationality Recipes
Taunton, Massachusetts: 1930. Dominick & Haff - Reed & Barton. Staplebound. 24 pages + 2 page introduction. An unusually detailed account of The Evolution of the Table Utensils, offering a Bibliography of Reference: Jackson's History of English Plate, Pagé, La Coutellerie, Spitzer's Collection and the Metropolitan Museum of Art for... More about The History of the Spoon Knife & Fork; Down through the Ages
Perry, NY: The Perry Medical Company, c. 1881. Pamphlet. 16 pages. 14 x 10.5 cm. Recipes, remedies, advertisements, and history of Perry, NY. The Town of Perry, NY, established in 1814, was once a thriving mill community on the banks of the Silver Lake Outlet. Dr. G. R. Traver was... More about The Household Gem; A Collection of Valuable Recipes
London: S.O. Beeton, 1861. Hardcover. 1112 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 x 6.5 cm. "Nothing lovelier can be found In Woman, than to study household good." - Milton First edition in book form. This work originally was published in 24 monthly parts, 1859-1861. Added engraved colored title page, with the Bouverie... More about The Book of Household Management; Comprising Information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook,...
London: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1891. Hardcover. 88 pages. 17.5 x 12 cm. Appealing recipes including some eye-catching titles such as - Alma Mater Soup ("Take a sheep's -head and pluck...") & His Excellency's Soup, and fish dishes including - 9 Eel recipes & 21 Sole recipes. Covers heavily rubbed... More about Soups and Dressed Fish; À La Mode
London: André Deutsch Ltd., 1971. Hardcover. Ambrose Heath's final book; a collection of recipes for dishes he himself particularly enjoyed. British cookery writer, Arabella Boxer's introduction says it all - "Ambrose Heath held for many years a special place among food writers, and this book makes an appropriate end to... More about Personal Choice; Introduction by Arabella Boxer
London: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1888. Hardcover. 80 pages. 17.5 x 12 cm. Appealing recipes including sweets such as - Apricot Charlotte Russe & Pineapple Pudding à la Métropole, and light supper dishes such as - Lobster à la Tarragon Cream & Small Mutton Pies. Covers rubbed. More about Sweets and Supper Dishes; À La Mode