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[TEXTILE] [EMBROIDERY] Men's Masonic Wallet
c. 1830's - 1860's. Cloth. Handmade, embroidered and beaded men's linen wallet decorated with colored beads with an embroidered image of a Masonic church. Light staining. More
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HARVEST OF THE COLD MONTHS; The Social History of Ice and Ices
New York: Viking, 1994. First American Edition. Hardcover. 413 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Published after David's passing in 1992 - David's final book, which was in the works for many years. A full history of ice and ices including sixteenth-century Italy and the splendor of the Medici banquets, snow..... More
Dubious Honors
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
Ladies on the Loose; WOMEN TRAVELLERS OF THE 18th and 19th CENTURIES
New York: DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, 1981. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 256 pages. During the Victorian era, travel offered a freedom that few women enjoyed at home. These first-person narratives give us a glimpse into some of the adventures that were pursued. Boards, interior, and dust wrapper crisp..... More
FOOD IN CIVILIZATION; How History Has Been Affected By Human Tastes
New York: Beaufort Books, Inc., 1981. Hardcover. 192 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. The author highlights the transformative role of agriculture, showing the shift from hunting-gathering to farming allowed human societies to settle and grow. The Silk Road introduced the spread of spices, sugar and other exotic foods that significantly..... More
THE CRIMSON LETTER; Harvard, Homosexuality, and the Shaping of American Culture
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 403 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. Presentation copy - inscribed to Joe McGrath, a friend and longtime secretary to Prescott Townsend, a well known Boston Brahmin, also featured in this book. The author explores the nature and expression of sexual identity..... More
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The Somerset Club Cook Book
Boston: The Somerset Club, 1963. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 113 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Limited edition - one of 3,000 copies printed at the Stinehour Press in Lunenburg, Vermont, for the Somerset Club. A cookbook containing recipes for the food of the Somerset Club in the 1960’s. The recipes are..... More
The Somerset Club Cook Book
Boston: The Somerset Club, 1963. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 113 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Limited edition - one of 3,000 copies printed at the Stinehour Press in Lunenburg, Vermont, for the Somerset Club. A cookbook containing recipes for the food of the Somerset Club in the 1960’s. The recipes are..... More
An Omelette and a Glass of Wine
New York: Elisabeth Sifton Books/VIKING, 1985. First American Edition. Hardcover. 318 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. A collection of some of Elizabeth David's best essay's - with topics ranging far and wide. Interior and boards crisp and clean. Covered in protective mylar. More
THE HUSBAND HUNTERS; American Heiresses who Married into the British Aristocracy
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2017. Hardcover. 307 pages. 24 x 16 cm. "From 1874 - the year that Jennie Jerome, the first known 'dollar princess,' married Lord Randolph Churchill - to 1905, dozens of young American heiresses married into the British peerage, bringing with them all the fabulous wealth..... More
Here Let Us Feast; A Book of Banquets
New York: The Viking Press, 1946. Hardcover. 491 pages. 22 x 15 cm. A fantastic treatise on feasts. A collection of excerpts, sentences, and paragraphs pertaining to "man's fundamental need to celebrate the high points of life by eating and drinking." Interior clean, boards lightly rubbed at edges, dust wrapper..... More
HISTOIRE des HOTELLERIES, CABARETS, COURTILLES, et des Anciennes Communautés et Confréries; D'HOTELIERS, DE TAVERNIERS, DE MARCHANDS DE VINS, Etc.
Paris: Adolphe Delahays, 1859. Hardcover. This two-volume set provides a comprehensive study of the history of Inns, Taverns, Cabarets, and related establishments in France. Vol.I 348 pages. 27.5 x 18 cm. Vol.II 408 pages. 27.5 x 18 cm. Laying the foundation of the history of this time honored way of..... More
What Every Woman Should Know About WINE
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 144 pages. Fried, a wine consultant and writer gives her best advice to women who would like to dip their toes into the wine market. Interior and boards crisp and clean. Dust wrapper rubbed with closed tears. More
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[COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] The Bronxville Women's Club; Sponsored by THE HOME-MAKING DEPARTMENT
Bronxville, New York: The BRONX VALLEY PRESS, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. 141 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Recipes attributed to members, although, as was the custom at the time, most of the club members used their married name (ex. Mrs. Leon Bailey). A few recipes are attributed to women with..... More
With Bold Knife And Fork
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. Hardcover. 318 pages. 23 x 16 cm. One of, if not the best Food Writer/Essayist ever, M. F. K. Fisher brought you into her life with the stories she told, and she welcomed you into her kitchen with the people she loved. Is..... More
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[AFRICAN AMERICAN] [MASON] Repurposed Scrapbook from Early African American Mason; (Book used - The Case Against Compulsory Vaccination)
1914-1923. Sewn binding. 55 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Henry Austin Spencer, the first African American to be accepted to the University of Rochester, is the focus of this intriguing scrapbook. Pasted in, throughout the book - The Case Against Compulsory Vaccination, are articles, bylaws, programs, and photos featuring Spencer..... More
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[LGBTQIA+] [POETRY] BEHIND THE STATE CAPITOL: OR CINCINNATI PIKE; Cinema decoupages; verses, abbreviated prose insights
Boston: The Good Gay Poets, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. 202 pages. 22 x 13.5 cm. John Wieners (1934-2002) - born in Boston, Wieners was a Beat poet and member of the San Francisco Renaissance, Wieners was also an antiwar and gay rights activist. His poetry combines candid accounts of sexual..... More
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