Paris: Chez Bechet, 1810. Hardcover. 278 pages. 18.5 x 11 cm. French Poetry on Gastronomy throughout the ages - authors include: Billaut, Haguenier, Dufresny, Malezieu, Fleury, Ponteau, Lamotte, Panard, Fuselier, Gallet, Piron, Grecourt, Colle, Favard, de l'Attaignant, Rochon de Chabanes, Crebillon fils, Bernard, Dorat, de Nivernais, Imbert, and more. Text..... More

Japan: Kokusai Boeki Kaisha, Ltd., 1962. Staplebound wraps. 30 pages. 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. GROOVY Color illustrated Barbie, Ken, and Midge catalog from Mattel, Inc., Toymakers. Catalog includes prices for all dolls, outfits, games, and sewing patterns. More

Nashua, NH: 1851. Third Edition. Hardcover. 128 pages. A miniature book, original copyright 1848 and published then in Lowell by Dayton. An address to young women by Anna Ferguson (1778-1853) of Orange County, NY, with homilies and parables, advice on conduct for women entering society. Perfect for lounging by the..... More

New York: THE VIKING PRESS, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 56 pages. 31 x 23 cm. Madeline and Pepito accidentally join the circus. Bemelmans illustrations of Paris and beyond are outstanding - title page illustration reminiscent of Chagall circus paintings. Crisp, clean copy - vivid colorful pages, unmarked or damaged. Dust..... More

New York: THE VIKING PRESS, 1966. Hardcover. 54 pages. 31 x 23 cm. Madeline and her friends help their neighbor, Pepito (the Spanish Ambassadors son) turn over a new leaf. Bemelmans illustrations of Paris are stunning. Crisp, clean copy - vivid colorful pages, unmarked or damaged. Interior and boards clean..... More

Provincetown, MA: TOTAL WORLD SERVICES, 1976. Staplebound. 6s pages. 22 x 16. Cover art by Walker Jones. Interior cover poem - Leroi Jones. Contributors include Mary Oliver, Hugo Rizzoli, Kay Yousif, Jim Loomis, Bobl Perelman, Chris Busa, and many more. Interior and wraps crisp and clean. More

London: B. WILLIAMS, c. 1858. Sewn binding. 5 pages. 34.5 x 25 cm. Charming hand colored cover by T.H. Jones (ARTIST) - This sheet music was "Expressly Arranged for Juvenile Performers on the Piano Forte. Songs include: Girls and Boys Come Out to Play, Little Jack Horner, There was a...... More

New York: 1892. Staplebound. 32 pages. 13.5 x 8.5 cm. Full page calendar for the years 1892 & 1893. This booklet emphasized the purity of the Arm & Hammer brand. Includes receipts for bread, various types of griddle cakes, waffles, biscuits, muffins, cakes, cookies, and puddings. Household help including A...... More

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 367 pages. 21 x 15.5 cm. Based in Berkeley, early 1960's, this is a story of three women and the different paths they took. Board and interior clean. Dust wrapper toned, chipped, with closed tears. More

Pitspopany, 2004. Cards. Unpaginated. 8 pages each, 64 pages total. 16.5 x 30.5 cm, each book approximately 8.5 x 7 cm. Eight separate, full color board books for each of the holiday nights forms a puzzle to help young children learn all about Hanukkah, from the miracle of the oil..... More

Paris: Bethune et Plon, 1844. Second Edition. Hardcover. 609 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. Originally published -1843, in sixty parts, presented here complete. A compilation of various culinary texts and works by renown French gastronomes and chefs including: 1. Physiologie du goût by Brillat-Savarin. 2. La Gastronomie by Joseph Berchoux..... More

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 212 Pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. A collection of Introductions, by our first lady of food writing, M.F.K. Fisher - to both her own books and books by other authors. Light spot on one page, otherwise crisp and clean. Owner's inscription..... More

New York: [The Printing Week Library], 1972. Hardcover. 55 pages. 18.5 x 10 cm. A beautifully produced keepsake produced in connection with the Celebration of Printing Week in New York, 1972, commemorating the 266th birthday of Benjamin Frankin, Printer, January 17, 1972. "This is a small but highly selective collection..... More