![Item #3311 [ALMANAC] [REPURPOSED] [SCRAP BOOK] Philadelphia Almanac; Plus second handmade scrapbook](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3311.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1667952020)
1890. Wraps. Unpaginated (46 pages). Interesting and unusual repurposed Almanac that had a second life as a storehouse for colorful trade cards, advertisements, and keepsakes pasted in - giving the contemporary reader a glimpse into the late 1800's. Written on the cover "To Jessie, From Grandma Howell, March 1890. Covers..... More
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Hungary: F. K.: Bors Ferenc, 1967. 56 x 40 cm. Offset printed poster featuring the head of Sidney Poitier. To Sir, With Love is based on a 1959 autobiographical novel by E.R. Braithwaite. The British drama features an idealistic teacher trying to connect with his East End students who have..... More
York, Pennsylvania: GEORGE SHUMWAY, 1966. Hardcover. 213 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. William Penn's first wife, Guli, kept a hand-written book of family recipes which had been handed down from her mother and grandmother. In 1702 a manuscript copy of these recipes were brought to America for use in the..... More
Paris: Petite Encyclopédie Récréative, c. 1852. Hardcover. 632 pages. 11 x 7.5 cm. A petite version of this time-honored gastronomic classic, which is more about a conversation concerning cuisine or culinary arts - the genius is the authors entertaining analysis of casual conversation and doctrines, observations and anecdotes of every..... More
New York: Drake Publishers Inc., 1972. Hardcover. 256 pages. 23.5 x 17 cm. Covering the drinking patterns of EVERY major nation around the world - with fascinating tidbits that inform the reader such as - the minimum drinking age in Russia, the identity of the U.S.A. city that debars you..... More
New York: THE VIKING PRESS, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 256 pages. 21 x 14 cm. The second (and last) novel from the first lady of food writing (the first was written under the pseudonym Victoria Berne and co-written with her husband at the time Dillwyn Parrish). Dedicated to her third..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 116 pages. 22 x 14 cm. A classic from the first lady of food writing. Fisher wrote this book to comfort her second husband, Dillwyn Parrish, the love of her life, while he was facing a rare autoimmune disease which..... More
New York: William Morrow, 2004. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 240 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Mimi Sheraton, one of the most renowned food writers and restaurant reviewers in the country brings us backstage, to see what it took to get to the top of this profession. Eating My Words is..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 351 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Much Depends on Dinner explores the webs of myth and legend, the growth of empires - political and economic, the imaginations of scientist and artists, and the appetites both secular and spiritual that have been nourished..... More
New York: HENRY SCHUMAN, 1948. Hardcover. 203 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Filled with poetry, fiction, narratives, anecdotes and humor. Authors include: Melville, Kipling, Thackeray, Longfellow, Twain, Wilde, Doyle, Fielding, Zola, and many more. Illustrated throughout. Interior lightly toned. Boards water stained at bottom edge. Dust wrapper price clipped, rubbed..... More
Albany: Joel Munsell, 1876. Hardcover. 377 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Presentation copy from Joel Munsell to Professor Jonathan Pearson."Prof. Jonathan Pearson with the Sincear Reagards of J Munsell." Munsell, a printer in Albany, NY, published and edited numerous magazines, papers, and books. His personal collection of works on the..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. 26 x 15 cm. Drawing from the best and most famous material from Esquire - Illustrated throughout and highlighted by many of Esquire's most famous cartoons, bar games and cues to home entertainment. Containing more than 300 gourmet delights..... More
New York: Hastings House, 1943. Stahlhut, Henry. First Edition. Hardcover. 228 pages. 21 x 14 .5 cm. Writer and graphic artist, Samuel Chamberlain, wrote the Clementine column for Gourmet Magazine under the name Phineas Back, a nom de plume he based on a French term for a gourmand, bec fin..... More
Paris: Furne et Cie, LIBRAIRES-ÉDITEURS, 1864. BERTALL. Hardcover. 460 pages. 26.5 x 17.5 cm. Second printing of this edition, Paris, 1864, which was originally published, Paris 1848 (First edition 1826). Engraved frontispiece and six engraved plates as well as numerous wood engravings. This time-honored gastronomic classic is less a discourse..... More
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. First Edition. Wraps. 165 pages. 23 x 16 cm. Photographs of artists by Blaine Waller. Check out Robert Motherwell's Never-Fail Cheese Soufflé, or Larry Rivers' Chicken Bronx. Artists include Will Barnett, Louise Bourgeois, Alice Neel, Andy Warhol, Willem De Kooning, plus many..... More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1983. Hardcover. 257 pages. The author helps explain why today's women spend as much time doing housework as did her colonial sister. Through historical analysis and in lively style, Cowan explains how we can use our appliances wisely instead of being enslaved by them. Owner's..... More
San Francisco: Bellerophon Books, 1972. Paperback. 64 pages. 28 x 22 cm. Step back in time to the 1970s - discover R. Crumb's counterculture comic illustrations paired Dana Crumb (R. Crumb's first wife) and Shery Cohen's back-to-the land vegetarian-friendly recipes. Fun and raunchy - this fully illustrated cookbook reminds us..... More
London: John Lane the Bodley Head. Fish. First Edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 30.5 x 25.5 cm. Fish - aka - Ann Fish, was a young English illustrator who recognized the folly of the times without even setting foot on fifth avenue. Eve, the enchanting society girl, is found lurking at parties..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1949. Second Printing. Hardcover. 255 Pages. 22 x 15 cm. Fisher once again reflects, very personally, on the pleasures of food and drink with an alphabetical arrangement with an unconventional (for MFK) recipe at the end of every chapter. Interior crisp and clean, dust wrapper..... More
New York: Dual, Sloan, and Pearce, 1942. Third printing. Hardcover. 261 pages. 22 x 14 cm. A classic from the first lady of food writing. Fisher wrote How to Cook a Wolf during W.W.II - at a time the country was in need of sage advice - which compels one to..... More
![Item #4219 [TEXAS] [SCRAP BOOK] Three Oversized Scrapbooks; Amarillo, Texas during World War II....](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4219.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716584139)
Amarillo, Texas & University Park, Texas: 1944-1950. 2 scrapbooks 37 x 31 cm. & 1 scrapbook 32 x 26 cm. As a teenager in the bustling city of Amarillo, Texas, Betty Ruth Floeck (1928-2009) seemed to live a life that was something out of the movies. Her social life would..... More
Berkeley: The Jargon Society Ten Speed Press, 1986. Spiral_bound. 134 pages. 23 x 19 cm. The late cookbook author Barbara Kafka says it all when she wrote: "WHITE TRASH COOKING is a marvelous and genuine book - not camp - because it sees clearly, without condescension. The food goes from..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 227 pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. Illustrated by JOHN HELD, JR. Miss Manners, Emily Post, first published this book in serial form in Vanity Fair under the anonymous pen name Muriel. Early in her career, Miss Post had a...... More
New York: Greystone Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 270 pages. 26 x 18.5 cm. Rare first edition with waterproof lithographed binding. Illustrations by Eleven of American's most Distinguished Artists (12 Color Plates). Crammed with 780 recipes, a glossary of bar terms, photographs of the correct glassware for cocktails, wines and..... More
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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