Singapore: Macmillan Children's Books, 1997. Board_book. Five culinary themed puzzles in 12 pieces. Claude Monet's - Le Dejeuner, Jacques Blanchard's - L' Enfant et Les Gateaux, Pieter Bruegel L'Ancien - Le Repas De Noces, Bartolome Esteban Murillo's - Polissons et un Petit Chien, Albert Anker's - Un Jardin D' Enfants..... More
![MENU] [FRENCH] Hand-Illustrated Communion Menu](/pictures/thumb/410.jpg?v=1550697245)
1947. Large French Menu dated May 25, 1947. 75 x 54 cm (108 cm. open) This menu was made for a First Communion, painted on front and back covers as well as the interior. The menu was signed by family and friends that were present at the event. The front..... More
![ORIGINAL ART] [BAKING] Reliable Flour Company; Reliable Measuring Cup pamphlets](/pictures/thumb/2218.jpg?v=1594138523)
c. 1910. Two individual (20 x 12.5 cm.) hand drawn mock-ups illustrations presumably for pamphlet cover art; done in pencil. One (20 x 12.5 cm.) color printers proof of pamphlet cover art, and Nine identical pamphlet - Reliable Measuring Cup - an offshoot of the reliable flour company. More
![PHOTOGRAPHY] [TRAPEZE ARTIST] Palace Duo](/pictures/thumb/1759.jpg?v=1551136325)
c. 1966-67. Glossy black and white photo, 10 x 8 inches. Ink stamps on verso 'Palace Duo' 'Bruno Rode/2710 53rd Street/Sarasota Fla./Tel.355-1674'. Now known as the Avalon Hollywood, the iconic nightclub was briefly renamed the Hollywood Palace in 1964 to host the new weekly broadcast variety show of the same..... More
![TOBACCO] The Strawberry; Manufactured from the finest Connecticut Seed Tobacco](/pictures/thumb/1649.jpg?v=1556632823)
Loose_leaf. 17 x 13 cm. c. 1900 Color lithograph cigar label. Depicting a pair of mice pulling a carriage with two cigar smoking goblins. F.W. printed on carraige - Fred Wambach, 19th Century cigar maker. More
![TRADE CARD] The Diamond Dyes; For Domestic and Fancy Dyeing](/pictures/thumb/2333.jpg?v=1604088788)
Amherst, MA. Cards. 12.5 x 9 cm. Victorian era Chromolithograph Trade Card featuring school children on front and Advertisement on back. Back stained, front clean. More
![VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPHY] Restaurant/Hotel crew with angry chef](/pictures/thumb/1481.jpg?v=1561402563)
c. 1930's. Cards. 7 x 11.5 cm. Group shot of Restaurant/Hotel crew with steamed up chef glaring at the camera. The service industry just doesn't change. Names listed on verso: Mrs. Wescott, Mr. West, Bernice, Margaret, Billy, Mary, Skippy, Eleanor, Pye (chef), - back row: Annie, Rose, Evelyn, Alice, Hugh..... More
![WINE] Établissements Nicolas. Maison Fondée en 1822. Liste des Grands Vins 1949; Illustrations...](/pictures/thumb/2360.jpg?v=1606342278)
Paris: Dreaeger, 1949. Dignimont. Spiral_bound. 32 pages. 24 x 18 cm. A beautifully illustrated edition of this Parisian wine merchant's annual price list, with 5 full page color illustration plates and 8 half page black and white illustrations - all illustrations of notable Paris street locations. André Dignimont (1891-1965). Interior..... More
![ART] [POETRY] Just. Erik Benjamins](/pictures/thumb/1430.jpg?v=1601224927)
Erik Benjamins, 2012. Second Edition. Paperback. 187 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Signed, in pencil, by artist/author on title page. Initially published in conjunction with artwork - MFA Thesis, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. A study of the senses focusing on social rituals and meal-making and meal-sharing..... More
San Francisco: Synergistic Press, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. 72 pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. Introduced by M.F.K. Fisher. Presentation copy, signed by Fisher to wife of local judge. Clancy's reminiscence of Paris' Gare de Lyon, 24 line drawings plus photographed ephemera from the French train station. Covers lightly soiled. More
![TEXTILES] Hand-Block Printing On Fabrics; Instructor in Textile Design at The Edinburgh College...](/pictures/thumb/2320.jpg?v=1604084285)
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, LTD., 1934. Hardcover. 83 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. Written to provide art teaches, art students, and amateur craftsmen the information and skill in the craft of Hand Block Printing on Fabrics. Illustrated throughout. Previous owner's stamp on front free end paper and half..... More
![ART] LE TECHNIQUE. EMILY JENNE](/pictures/thumb/2025.jpg?v=1569690607)
2016. Sewn binding. 22 x 14 cm. Limited edition 1 of 26. Signed on the colophon by the artist. Le Technique is a collection of satirical essays under the guise of being a cookbook. Picking the upturned nose of the highbrow, exploring new depths of lowbrow and generally making mischief..... More
Paris: Bethune et Plon, 1844. Hardcover. 609 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. Originally published,1843, in sixty parts, presented here complete. Subtitle translated: The classics of the table for the use of the practitioners and people of the world, with engraved portraits - De M. Le Prince De Talleyrand, Carle Vernet..... More
![ART] [FOOD] [PHOTOGRAPHY] Salami; Text by Gerard Oberle. Hans Gissinger](/pictures/thumb/1927.jpg?v=1576790463)
Phonecia, New York: Woodstock, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 194 pages. Folio, with 58 full page color plates. Limited edition of 500 copies (#129/500), signed by Hans Gissinger. Text in French and English. Amusing series of essays by Oberle accompanied by 58 provocative "portraits" of exceptional cured meats. Marbles edges. More
![RISOGRAPH] IN A NUTSHELL; Undeveloped Tales by Clay Hickson. Clay Hickson](/pictures/thumb/1997.jpg?v=1568669095)
Los Angeles: Tan & Loose Press, 2017. Staplebound. Unpaginated. (12 pages). 9 Color Riso. Boldly illustrated, single page comics. Hickson is the co-founder of print studio Tan & Loose Press, and co-founder of monthly newspaper The Smudge. Clean, crisp copy. More
Berlin: Francken & Lang, 1927. Cards. 28.5 x 18 cm. Color lithograph mini-poster, most likely taken from Die Deutsche Werbe-Graphik, by Dr. Walter F. Schubert. The title, Kein Tisch Ohne Munchener Lowenbrau translates: No Table Without Munich Lowenbrau. Bright and clean. More
![AVIATION] [WOMEN] [AUTOGRAPH] Autograph Card of Pilot Laura Ingalls Affixed to Envelope; with...](/pictures/thumb/2280.jpg?v=1599835626)
Chicago: 1930. Loose_leaf. Envelope - 9.5 x 16.5 cm. Autograph card, affixed onto airmail envelope dated May 13th, 1930, dated shortly after Laura Ingalls broke an aviation record - addressed, in print, to Mr. York Briddell of St. Petersburg, Florida - Director of the American Air Mail Society. Accompanied by..... More
Moonachie, NJ: Photogravure and Color Company, 1967. Hardcover. 37 pages. 20 x 16 cm. Limited edition, privately printed for the friends of Photogravure and Color Company. Illustrated by Paty Greer, aka Paty Cockrum - a Marvel Comic production artist. The Christmas Dinner was the final story of the five tales..... More
![MODELING] [CHILDREN] [PHOTOGRAPHY] Modeling Portfolio. Jacqueline Eigen, Jackie](/pictures/thumb/1756.jpg?v=1571345224)
Chicago: late 1950's, early 1960's. 17 black and white photographs inserted in contemporary portfolio (1 loose), with news clipping laid in - Saturday, August 9, 1958. Daughter of radio and television personality, Jack Eigen, Jacqueline Eigen was a child model. News clipping details the burgeoning career of the then 5-year-old..... More
Tokyo: Tuttle, 2018. Hardcover. 128 pages. 8 x 10 inches. The Sushi Art Cookbook shows you how to create spectacular Kazari Sushi, providing step-by-step sushi roll assembly instructions so that each cross-section reveals a delightful hidden design. Pristine condition. More
![ART] Potatoes. Jeremy Lee, Simon Popper](/pictures/thumb/1680.jpg?v=1561060745)
London: The Everyday Press, 2018. 42 x 30 cm. Limited Edition, 75 copies - Artist Proof. Lavish and lovingly produced by artist Simon Popper, with handwritten recipes by Jeremy Lee using potatoes as the main ingredients. Includes hand painted title bands on pink coloured paper covers, each Potato insert was..... More
![WOMEN] [ART] Paintings of Illustrations of WOMEN AT WORK; READY - TO - USE. Maia Ruth Lee](/pictures/thumb/2001.jpg?v=1568919411)
New York: Peradam, 2017. First Edition. Staplebound. 24 pages. Limited edition, 1 of 200. Maia Ruth Lee was born in Busan, Korea, and is presently in this year's Whitney Biennial. From Printed Matter: "The paintings in this book reproduce designs originally created by Charles Horgath and published in Women at..... More
Paris: Vada Retro, 1992. First French Edition. Hardcover. 35 x 28 cm. Text in French. Spiral bound aluminum stamped and die cut covers with serial number embossed on lower edge of rear panel as issued. Original mylar sleeve neatly opened, with audio CD in unopened mylar sleeve, and bound in..... More
![ART] SLICED. Heidi Neilson](/pictures/thumb/1431.jpg?v=1601224867)
2012. Paperback. 42 pages. 8 x 5 in. Signed by author. Sliced documents the cutting and serving of a parking garage cake. This book was made as part of the ABCED series of books by the Artist's Books Cooperative commemorating the 75th birthday of Ed Ruscha. More
![ADVERTISING] Drink Smile. Orange Smile Syrup Company](/pictures/thumb/2314.jpg?v=1603318327)
Orange Smile Syrup Company. 22 x 9 cm. Two- sided, die-cut color illustrated cardboard. Kinda creepy, but cute anthropomorphic Orange man/baby image used by the St. Louis based Orange Smile Syrup Company. Punch hole at top. More