Michel Egoroff was a working chef whose long career is detailed in this comprehensive collection of handwritten journals. Egoroff worked in no less than 8 countries: France, Monaco, Italy, England, Croatia, Serbia Slovenia, and the United States. This ambitious chef specialized in patisserie and worked at upscale hotels around the..... More

New York: The Wise-Parslow Company, 1914. Hardcover. 95 pages. 24.5 x 17.5 cm. Charming anthropomorphic fruits and vegetable children are featured in whimsical verses such as: CRANBERRY dearly loves to go wading in places wet and low; She wears soft gowns of dainty floss. Made of the pretty yellow moss..... More

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 189 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Touching book co-authored by Hellman and close friend, novelist Peter Feibleman, which was, the last she was able to complete before her death in 1984. A funny, surprising, poignant book filled with gastronomic delights, recollections..... More

New York: Frederick Warne, 1977. Hardcover. 112 pages. 19 x 17 cm. With recipes for Squirrel Nutkin's Banana-Nut Loaf, The Flopsy Bunnies' Vegetable Sandwiches, or Piggery Porcombe Green Beans and Mushrooms - you can't go wrong. Clean, crisp copy. More

Decatur, Illinois: A.E. Staley Mfg. Co., 1935. Staplebound. 23 pages. 17.5 x 18.5 cm. Color illustrated party guides and recipes for Halloween, St. Patrick's Day, Thanksgiving, Easter, 4th of July, Christmas, and New Years. Covers lightly rubbed, interior crisp and clean. More

Self published, 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 with recipes included..... More

London: The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, 1937. Cards. 21.5 x 14. Folding illustrated menu from one of the few survivors of the steamship pioneers - P & O Steam Navigation Company. The Strathaird was launched on July 18, 1931 and spent the late 1930's, before the war, cruising..... More

Brooklyn, New York: St. Mark's M.E. Church, 1928. Hardcover. 160 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Recipes furnished and attributed by church members. Delightful recipes reflecting the era - Puddings, Fritters, Salads, Confections, and Conserves. Filled with period local advertisements - Flatbush Savings Bank, The Midwood Trust Company, Montessori School of..... More

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. 322 pages. 22.5 x 15 cm. Frances Parkinson Keyes was a prolific writer who published over 40 novels and nonfiction books, and many more short stories and magazine articles. A fabulous hostess, Keyes and her husband, U.S. Senator, Henry Wilder..... More

1938. Cards. 21 x 13.5 cm. The T.S.S. "HECTOR" was a set of four sister ships built for Alfred Holt and Company of Liverpool - part of the Blue Funnel Line. Sister ships were Sarpedon, Patroclus, and Antenor - all named after characters in Homer's Iliad. The stunning nighttime illustration..... More

1937. Cards. 19 x 13.5 cm. The Menu cover design is graced by an enchanting hand colored wood print of "A present-day Japanese woman in her traditional 'Kimono.'" Dinner on this vessel was very European in flavor. Known as "The Queen of the Sea" - the vessel made stops in..... More

Cardboard covers. Unpaginated (135 pages). 20 x 12.5 cm. "Friday, March 11, 09 - No letters, Borrowed a paper at noon. There was nothing about the divorce." This is the first three sentences Gladstone Reed wrote in his journal at the age of 16 while he attended boarding school (we..... More

1931. Coated paper. 23.5 x 16 cm. Two color illustrated broadsides: Tuesday, February 10, 1931 & Monday, March 16, 1931. Illustrating the American affluent class and their recreational habits. Deck sports included Ladies Turtle Race, Ladies Nail Driving Contest, Ladies & Gentlemen: Shaving Contest, Feeding the Baby, Children's Pie Eating..... More