New Arrivals
[TRIBUTE PUBLICATION] The Cobina Wright Dinner; For the Benefit of The Beaudette Foundation for Biological Research
Beverly Hills, California: 1964. Spiral bound wraps. Unpaginated. This tribute to Cobina Wright Sr. begins with a letter from Mary Pickford thanking Cobina Wright for her "humanitarian nature and interest in science by supporting her favorite project, the Beaudette Foundation for Marine Biology Research." Filled with full page "Ads" from..... More
[BEER] George Ehret's Hell Gate Brewing Co. Metal Serving Tray
c.1890. 42 x 35 cm. George Ehret launched his brewery in 1866. The name of the brewery - George Ehret's Hells Gate Brewery - originated from the location of the manufacturing facility adjacent to the dangerous waterway in the East river which was called Hell's Gate at the time. As..... More
[JOURNAL] Graduation Memories; 1922 Hollywood High School Graduation Scrapbook
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1922. Hardcover. 189 pages. 23.5 x 15 cm. An in-depth look at a young woman's "best days" at Hollywood High in 1922. This scrapbook is overflowing with photographs, mementos, autographs, ticket stubs, clippings, play bills, theater programs and anything to do with the final..... More
L'ECOLE DU JARDIN POTAGER
Paris: Ant. Boudet, Imprimeur du Roi, P.A. Le Prieur, Imprimeur du Roi, 1752. Hardcover. 536 pages. 17 x 10 cm. New Edition. Volume One. Includes exact description of Vegetable plants; the qualities of the soil, the climate specific to each plant, properties for good health and how to propagate various..... More
[COCKTAILS] Drinks of Hawaii; The Official Handwbook
Honolulu, Hawaii: Diamond Head Publishers, 1971. 2nd Printing. Staplebound. 52 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Fun filled and illustrated - over 50 recipes accompanied by Harry Lyons legendary ilustrations. Clean crisp copy. More
Eating In Two or Three Languages
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. Johnson, Herbert. Hardcover. 64 pages. 19 x 13 cm. A journalist's humorous account of dining during wartime rationing in France and England. Illustrations by Cartoonist, Herbert Johnson of the Saturday Evening Post. Entertaining illustration of lady liberty on end papers. Interior lightly toned..... More
[WINE LABELS] German; Three Albums, 547 labels
1930-1983. Hardcover. 1930's - 9 labels, 1950's - 5 labels, 1960's - 116 labels, 1970's - 360 labels, 1980's - 57 labels. Each label is mounted and removable. Nearly all in FINE CONDITION. More
Delightful Food; With a Foreword by Noel Coward and Decorations by Oliver Messel
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 148 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Chock full of wonderful recipes to be used for entertaining and every day meals. Each section of food is preceded by an illustration by Oliver Messel of that section’s foods forming a human-like figure offering up..... More
Kate Greenway's Almanack For 1925
Great Britain: Frederick Warne & Co. LTD. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 11 x 8 cm. An almanac describing important holidays, the months, and the seasons from the year 1925. The colored illustrations are the actual first printing of the 1887 almanac, and the text for the year 1928 has been inserted." Some..... More
The Hundred Glories of French Cooking; translated from the French by Derek Coltman
New York: Farrar, Strous and Giroux, 1973. First American Edition. Hardcover. 506 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Robert Courtine (1910-1988), a wonderful storyteller and gourmet, wrote a column called "the Pleasures of the Table" for the Paris Newspaper Le Monde. This delightful cookbook is profusely illustrated with a selection of..... More
Siegel-Cooper Co. Cook Book
New York: Siegel-Cooper Company, c. 1896. 245 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Recipes attributed to prominent cookbook authors of the time. Interspersed within the recipes are literary quotes and excerpts. Henry Siegel and Frank Cooper were running a highly successful department store in Chicago during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition..... More
[GERMAN COOKBOOK] [MANUSCRIPT] Illustrirtes Kock-Notis-Buch for gute Hausfrauen
Leipzig: J.G. Bach, 1887-1930. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 18.5 x 13.5 cm.Translation: Illustrated Cooking Notebook for Good Housewives. Illustrated notebook filled with handwritten recipes - two separate hands. Dates indicate this was used between the years 1887 to 1930. Four separate handwritten recipes laid in along with a hand written letter in..... More
[GERMAN COOKBOOK] Neues Bürgerlides Kochbuch
Dresden: Max Fisher's Berlagsbuchhandlung, 1898. Hardcover. 333 pages. 18.5 x 14 cm. Translation: New Home Cookbook Recipes and remedies from Eastern Central Germany. Noted recipes for special occasions and holidays. Featuring a year-long menu, broken down by month. Home apothecary cures contain three to four different options for each ailment..... More
[GERMAN COOKBOOK] KockSchule; Gin Ratgeber in Haushalt und Küche
Zurich: Schweizer, Familier-Wochenblattes, July 1891 - June 1893. Fourth Volume. Hardcover. 416 pages. Translation: Cooking School - A Guidebook for Household and Kitchen - For practical housewives - And those, who wish to be so. Fourth Volume - Publishment of the Swiss Family Weekly Paper, Th. Schröter in Zurich This..... More
MISS PARLOA'S YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER; Designed Especially to aid Beginners - Economical Receipts For Those Who Are Cooking For Two or Three
Boston: Dana Estes and Co., 1900. Revised Edition. Hardcover. One of the original instructors at the Boston Cooking School (1879), Parloa went on to become an influential teacher and writer, ultimately helping to create the curriculum for Home Economics that was widely adopted by public schools and colleges. Covering subjects..... More
THE BOSTON COOK BOOK; What To Do and What Not To Do In Cooking
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1916. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 578 pages. 19 x 13.5 cm. Mary J. Lincoln, a culinary celebrity at the time of the book’s publication, was the predecessor of her student, Fannie Farmer (Boston Cooking School Cookbook). With this celebrity status and the rise of branded products..... More
[LAUNDRY] 23 Ways of Washing; Easier...Better and in one-half the time
Los Angeles, CA: White King Soap Co., 1931. Staplebound wraps. 10 pages. 20 X 10.5 cm. Illustrated pamphlet featuring a smiling little girl, who appears to be a carbon copy of Shirley Temple, promoting the "sweet, clean, vegetable and nut oil based cleaner." Uses and hints for washing Silk, Linens..... More
Dear James Beard; Recipes and Reminiscing From Your Friends And The Beef Industry Council
Chicago: The Beef Industry Council, 1984. Paperback. 47 pages, 28 x 21.5 cm. Signed on front free end paper by James Beard. Color illustrated with photos, reflections on times spent with James & recipes by Julia Child, MFK Fisher, Jeremiah Tower, Marion Cunningham, Seppi Renggli, Jackie Mallorca, Marcella Hazan, James..... More
[TRADE CATALOG] The Aladdin Oven Trade Catalog
Paxton, Ill: N. E. Stevens & Sons, PR. C. 1900. Staplebound wraps. 20 pages. 9 X 16 cm. Invented by Edward Atkinson in the late 1800's, this slow cooking apparatus used a kerosene lamp as fuel. Atkinson felt the amount of coal and wood used as a power source was..... More
Menu No 4; duck - chili - anise - apple - ginger - lemon
Brooklyn: Brian Voll, 2021. First Edition. Paperback. Unpaginated. [31 pp.] 17.5 x 13 cm. Limited edition 1/750. Brian Voll is producing beautiful booklets that guide the reader to an elegant but sustainable menu/dinner party. From the author: "Each booklet contains a set of recipes for a multi-course dinner that’s well-suited..... More
Menu No 3; lobster - smoke - allium - tomato - vanilla - olive oil
Brooklyn: Brian Voll, 2021. First Edition. Paperback. Unpaginated. [31 pp.] 17.5 x 13 cm. Limited edition 1/750. Brian Voll is producing beautiful booklets that guide the reader to an elegant but sustainable menu/dinner party. From the author: "Each booklet contains a set of recipes for a multi-course dinner that’s well-suited..... More
Menu No 2; chicken - aromatic herbs - fennel - chili - orange - fig - buttermilk
Brooklyn: Brian Voll, 2022. First Edition. Paperback. Unpaginated. [32 pp.] 17.5 x 13 cm. Brian Voll is producing beautiful booklets that guide the reader to an elegant but sustainable menu/dinner party. From the author: "Each booklet contains a set of recipes for a multi-course dinner that’s well-suited for a little..... More
Menu No 1; rabbit - winter squash - eggplant - anchovy - almond
Brooklyn: Brian Voll, 2021. First Edition. Paperback. Unpaginated. [31 pp.] 17.5 x 13 cm. Limited edition 1/750. Brian Voll is producing beautiful booklets that guide the reader to an elegant but sustainable menu/dinner party. From the author: "Each booklet contains a set of recipes for a multi-course dinner that’s well-suited..... More
[COOKERY-MANUSCRIPT] ALICE WILLIAMS COOK BOOK; "Gilt Edge" loose leaf price book N.Y., No. 32
c. 1920's. Spiral_bound. Unpaginated. 19 .5 x 14 cm. Unique handmade cook book fashioned from a lined, tabbed, loose leaf binder, covered with heavy waxed wallpaper or waxed cloth. Alice has both typed the various recipes along with her hand written recipes. It appears Alice may have gone back and..... More