1935. Spiral_bound. 236 pages. 23 x 16 cm. Signed on half title page. An intimate look into the suburban lives in the Baltimore area in the 1930s including "The Tea Hour, Dinner Menus with Wine, Maid's Night Out, The Children's Chapter, Picnics, Long Drinks and Punches" and many more. Contains..... More
![CANADA] [MENU] Canadian Psychiatric Association Convention; Dégustation de vins et de fromages...](/pictures/thumb/2565.jpg?v=1623426790)
King Edward Sheraton Hotel: 1969. Cards. 28 x 22 cm. Large illustrated folding menu with a page of proverbs and a page of the wines and cheese served at this event. Some of the proverbs (10) link wine and drink to the medical profession such as: "An alcoholic has been..... More
![WEST POINT] [BEER] Letter to Brother re: missing Beer; Wife of Civil War Brigadier General...](/pictures/thumb/2556.jpg?v=1622759418)
West Point, NY: 1846. 25.5 x 19 cm. Margaret (Stebbins) Scammon writes her brother from West Point, where her husband E. Parker Scammon is an officer with the United Army Corps of Topographic Engineers. Parker would later command the 23rd Ohio Regiment during the Civil War. Good Friday Morn. 1846 My..... More
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
Boston: J. E. Tilton and Company, 1872. Hardcover. 202 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. A comprehensive text on desserts, sweets, ice creams, ices,brandied fruits, and after dinner drinks - punches, coffee, chocolate, tea, lemonades, liqueurs cordials, and spirituous creams. Light foxing, pages lightly toned. Book covered in what appears to..... More
![ADVERTISING] [COFFEE] THE HISTORY of our AMERICAN FLAG; Compliments of INSTANT CHASE & SANBORN](/pictures/thumb/2530.jpg?v=1619813168)
1969: Standard Brands, Inc. Staplebound. Unpaginated. [12 pages] 10 x 8 cm. Fully illustrated pamphlet utilizing American soprano, Kate Smith, known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" - to peddle Chase & Sanborn Instant coffee designed by the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson. A pictorial reprint from..... More
San Francisco: Westwinds Books, 1974. First Edition. 38 pages. 19.5 x 13. 5 cm. Limited edition of 950 copies - two-color frontispiece portrait of author. With an intriguing introductory by author Brian McGinty - giving the reader a glimpse into the years Stevenson lived in this northern California area. A...... More
![COCKTAILS] [ILLUSTRATIONS] Ted Saucier's Bottoms Up; New and Revised Edition, First Printing,...](/pictures/thumb/2492_2.jpg?v=1616764443)
New York: Greystone Press, 1962. First Revised Edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. 26 x 18.5 cm. 12 Full Page Color Plate Illustrations. This saucy tippling tome is crammed with 780 recipes, a glossary of bar terms, photographs of the correct glassware for cocktails, wines and spirits, and a list of the..... More
![BITTERS] Angostura Recipes; Bring The Aromatic Fragrance of The Tropics to Your Table....](/pictures/thumb/2259.jpg?v=1616117525)
New York: Angustura-Wuppermann Corporation, 1934. Staplebound. 37 pages. 15.5 x 11 cm. Recipes, both sweet and savory furnished by chefs (illustrated with black and white photos) from distinguished hotels such as the Hotel Pierre, Palmer House, Rainbow Room, National Hotel of Cuba, and many more. Numerous cocktail recipes, illustrated throughout..... More