Washington DC: American Women's Voluntary Services, Inc., 1943. Spiral_bound. 122 pages. 23 x 16 cm. At the height of W.W.II the American Women's Voluntary Services provided a variety of services and support including driving ambulances, trucks, cycle corps and dog-sleds - they also produces this Community Cookbook to raise funds..... More

New York: Books Inc., 1936. Hardcover. 125 pages. 16 x 11 cm. With prohibition in the rear view mirror, the American public had a thirst for the good stuff and Barney Burke, an American bartender with experience, was willing and able to share his knowledge. Interior crisp and clean, Boards..... More

Desden: Max Hegenbarth's Verlag, 1903. Hardcover. 84 pages. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Translation: Hegenbarth's bowl, punch and coffee house drinks book. Includes cold, warm and other drinks. With special consideration of the domestic and foreign coffee house drinks, "American drinks", as well as apple and other fruit bowls and punches..... More

New York: Elf Publishing Co., 1930. Hardcover. 49 pages. New Revised and Enlarged Edition. A scarce cocktail book by Charles, who formally tended bar at Delmonicos. Printed at the height of prohibition with the author's fears of the death of cocktail history very much present. Chapters cover a wide variety..... More

Paris: Pellet, 1930. Wraps. 283 pages. 24 x 20 cm. Limited edition #157 of 250 copies. Frontispiece by Edouard Vuillard, 24 lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec. This book, both a food memoir as well as a homage to the pleasures of life - refers to fellow gastronomic voyagers who came of age..... More

Paris: Au Sans Pareil, c. 1920. First Edition. Wraps. 132 pages. 19 x 14 cm. Compiled during the Années folles (crazy years) and quickly cemented itself as one of France's finest cocktail books. Published during prohibition, sometime during the 1920's - this cocktail guide features some of the finest pre..... More

Flammarion, 1934. Staplebound. Unpaginated. Beautifully illustrated children's book (in French) filled with poems about beloved animals. Pages toned, some waterstaining. Covers toned and soiled. More

Paris: Éditions H. Jonquières, 1931. Wraps. Unpaginated. 17 x 18 cm. 24 captivating black and white photographs printed on varnished paper. This early photo based children's book by Emmanuel Sougez kindles the inner creative force innate in a child's imagination. The simplicity of the photos together with the uncomplicated text..... More

Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1930. Second Edition. Wraps. 339 pages. 23.5 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition #32 or 105 copies. Presentation copy, signed on half title page. A contemporary of Escoffier, Nignon boldly veered from traditional French cuisine by using a lighter hand with seasoning and sauces. A clean copy. Wraps..... More

New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935. First American Edition. Hardcover. 47 [1] pages. 37 x 27 cm. The third in the series of Babar our beloved elephant. This first American edition (not the more common Random House re-issue) finds Babar and Céleste creating the city of Célestville while..... More

Paris: Editions du Jardins des Modes, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 47 [1] pages. 37 x 27 cm. An exceptional copy of the first Babar title in remarkably good condition. After his mother is killed by a hunter (why is the mother always killed?), Babar avoids capture by escaping to the..... More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. 185 pages. 19.5 x 15.5 cm. Presentation copy from Harriet Beecher Stowe to her cousin Lilly Gillete Foote. Also signed in pencil by Stowe's husband, Calvin E. Stowe. "Miss Lilly Foote, A New Years Present from H.B. Stowe." Lilly Gillete Foote (1860..... More

c. 1860-1900. Social memorabilia from over 1100 "at home" cards, black-bordered sympathy cards, invitations to various activities and those highly important dance cards (over 50). Financial records include many canceled checks, bills from the Grand Tour, nine check registers with nearly 600 check stubs (and a comparable number of deposit..... More