New York: CROWN PUBLISHERS, INC., 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 224 & 225 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Vol. I has two important book plates, that of Phil Townsend Hanna and Marcus Crahan. Both Hanna and Townsend were members of the Zamarano Club - both active in the same Los Angeles..... More

Miraflores, Peru: Fundación Felipe Antonio Custer, 2013. First edition, second reprint. Hardcover. 266 pages. 30.5 x 24.5 cm. This large, beautifully illustrated cookbook demonstrates the fluid cuisine of Peru. The Quechua and other highlanders of Inca times happily included seafood and shellfish in their diet before Spanish colonization. During the..... More

Buenos Aires: 1934. Hardcover. Oblong folio (21.6 x 36 cm.) Six unumbered pages with 13 samples (of 14). These "Lingerie" samples show intricate needlework, each about 16.5 x 16.5 cm. - including a small circular stamp, or the Academia, behind each sample. Owner's handwritten title page with school stamp. Interior..... More