New York: Crown Publishers, 1946. Hardcover. Volume I - BEING AND EXOTIC COOKERY BOOK OR, AROUND THE WORLD WITH KNIFE, FORK, AND SPOON. 220 pages. 24 x 16 cm. INCLUDING: A Company of Hand-Picked Reciepts, each one Beloved & Notable in its Place, collected faithfully on Three Voyages & a...... More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1946. Hardcover. Volume I - BEING AND EXOTIC COOKERY BOOK OR, AROUND THE WORLD WITH KNIFE, FORK, AND SPOON. 220 pages. 24 x 16 cm. INCLUDING: A Company of Hand-Picked Reciepts, each one Beloved & Notable in its Place, collected faithfully on Three Voyages & a...... More
Sacramento: The Corti Brothers, 1975. Hardcover. 80pages. 18 x 12 cm. Limited edition, one of 1000 printed by letterpress from handset Lutetia type and Monotype Spectrum, in two colors on Curtis Utopian. A stylish tale describing the ritual of Madeira tasting during Philadelphia's gilded age. Laid in, Limited edition pamphlet..... More
Chicago: Self Published, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 203 pages. 21.4 x 14.5 cm. Originating from the Marco liquor retail store in Chicago, this scarce combination of cocktail/cookbook is handsomely illustrated throughout with classic advertisements from the period. Frontispiece displays a black and white photo of Abe Marco along with a...... More
St. Louis: Southern Comfort Corporation, 1964. Staplebound. Unpaginated [8pp.} 14 x 18.5 cm. Pristine Bar guide that is both humorous and informational. "If you're the kind who gets upset when a friend asks for a popular drink you've never mixed before ... relax. This handy 'barmate' will make you an..... More
London: Whitbread & Co. Ltd, 1953. Hardcover. 37 pages. 24.5 x 16 cm. A behind the scenes look at one of Britain's oldest industries - the brewing trade. The Whitbread Library offers the vocabulary of the brewing trade along with wonderful illustrations. Clean, crisp copy. In protective mylar cover. 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: Audot, Éditeur du Bon Jardinier, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. (1-10)(11-12 facsimile)(13-36) 405 pages. 22.5 x 14 cm. The Large Simplified Kitchen - Art of the New Kitchen. With a chapter on seltzer water, a dictionary (illustrated) of kitchen terms, and nine pages of table service arrangments - this French..... More
Paris: Chez Pierre Ribou, 1715. First Edition. Hardcover. Two Volumes bound in one. Vol. I 436 pages. Vol. II 400 pages. 26 x 20 cm. Title translated: PRACTICAL DICTIONARY OF THE GOOD COUNTRY AND CITY MANAGER, to feed, raise & govern, both healthy and sick, all kinds of Cattle, Horses..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1871. Hardcover. 102 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Illustrated Seventh Edition with chapter on Preparation of Young Vines for Planting. 8 pages of advertisements. Light foxing, some annotations in pencil, last page heavily marked with pencil. Covers rubbed at edges, binding cracked but holding. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First American Edition. Hardcover. 210 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Croft-Cooke paints a word picture of the mysterious techniques involved in making Sherry and the history of the firms who made it. Illustrated end-papers depicting the map of the Sherry District in Spain. Interior..... More
![COCKTAIL] Hawaiian Hospitality. George T. Armitage](/pictures/thumb/2879.jpg?v=1645804985)
Honolulu, Hawaii: George T. Armitage, 1944. Third Printing. Staplebound. 48 pages. 25.5 x 10 cm. Edited by Helen Berkey, Published and Distributed by HAWAIIAN SERVICE. Die-cut pineapple shaped cocktail book filled with narratives of local food and drink lore. Each page begins with a Hawaiian saying along with its translation..... More
![MENU] Nectar et Glouglou. Nicolas](/pictures/thumb/2838.jpg?v=1639524068)
Paris: POYET, c. 1930. Dransy. Cards. 30 x 23 cm. Folded illustrated Winter Wine menu featuring Nectar and Glouglou, Nicolas' famous delivery man and his son. Paper lightly toned, light wear to edges. More