![Item #3311 [ALMANAC] [REPURPOSED] [SCRAP BOOK] Philadelphia Almanac; Plus second handmade scrapbook](/pictures/thumb/3311.jpg?v=1667952080)
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
Berkeley: Eshleman Hall; University of California, 1972. First Edition. Staplebound. Written and published by a collection of feminists from UC Berkeley, this magazine includes articles, poems, graphics, and more. Humorous, serious, sad, and celebatory, this magazine shares the work of over 50 women working together with a common theme of..... More
Hardcover. Unpaginated. 22.5 x 17 cm. Classic homemaker's binder including index tabs, ruled paper, and envelopes to store loose recipes, unfilled. Toning to paper, otherwise pristine. More
![Item #2753 [RPPC] Hungarian Postcards](/pictures/thumb/2753.jpg?v=1634604159)
14 Real Photo Post Cards - c. early 1900's, some hand colored. Most have been used, with postage. 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
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
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: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First American Edition. Hardcover. 244 pages. 21 x 15 cm. With an introduction by James Beard. Together in one volume, three early classics of cookery from England's most famous food writer, who inspired and influenced a whole generation of cooks - Elizabeth David. As..... 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
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
Fairport, NY: H.A. & J. De Land & Co., 1880. 10 pages, 23.5 cm x 19 cm. Wonder-eyes and Whatfor Part II by Eleanor W. Talbot is a children’s book produced by H.A. & L.J. DeLand & Co. the manufacturers of DeLand’s Chemical Baking Powder. The first page has a...... 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
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
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 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
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1970. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 111 pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. A guide from artist Gloria Vanderbilt on collage vernacular, tutorials, and styles of collages, as well as examples of her own works. A helpful guide to the medium as well as an intriguing..... More
![Item #3419 [PHOTOGRAPHY] [VASSAR COLLEGE] [AMERICAN WEST] 1919 - 1922. Ruth Goodkind Calvin](/pictures/thumb/3419.jpg?v=1672789203)
Hardcover. Oblong format. 20.5 x 30 cm. With over 500 images, this album grants the viewer an inside look into a privileged, white, American woman's world during the heady days of the early 1920's. Ruth Calvin Goodkind (1903-1958) lived outside of Chicago with her brother and her parents (her father..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. Hardcover. 231 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Owner's inscription on front free end paper. Interior clean, boards heavily rubbed at corner with fraying at head and tail of spine. Hinges cracked but holding. More
Greenwillow Books, 2001. Paul O. Zelinsky. First Edition. Hardcover. 39 pages. 31.5 x 24 cm. Awful Ogre starts the day greeting his plethora of pests and goes on to scare villagers, dance in storms, tend to his poisonous garden, and more in an ogre's idea of a perfect day. Written..... More
Paris: Pellet, 1930. Wraps. 283 pages. 24 x 20 cm. Limited edition #157 of 250 copies. Frontispiece by Edouard Vuillard, 24 lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec. This book, both a food memoir as well as a homage to the pleasures of life - refers to fellow gastronomic voyagers who came of age..... More
Palo Alto, CA: United States of America Copy Factory, 2020. Paperback. 25 pages. 22 x 14 cm. A collection from a poet who used the walk from her home to the local bakery to stay sane during the thick of Covid as well as enjoy delicious treats. These poems are..... More
United States of America: 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 16 x 14.5. Mr. Mushroom lives under a… (What do you think?) Mushroom, of course! In this story we meet Mr. Mushroom and Miss Mite, whom Mr. Mushroom thinks is quite pretty. They decide to get married and throw..... More
Philadelphia: J. J. Woodward, 1829. Hardcover. 546 pages. 22.5 x 14 cm. If one wants to live off the grid, this is the book for you. This book literally has EVERYTHING under one cover, including, How to make any type of paint, paper hanging, dying, brewing, distillation, engraving, wines, cookery..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. First Edition. Cloth binding. Unpaginated. 21.5 x 16.5 cm. Lena is a dachsund that belongs to a couple of children. The children are sad that Lena cannot accompany them on various adventures, but Lena is more than happy to go to the park with..... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1997. Hardcover. 63 pages. 17.5 x 13.5 cm. Cod spans a thousand years and four continents. It tells of the extraordinary Basques, who first commercialized cod in medieval times; of Bartholomew Gosnold, who named Cape Cod in 1602; and of Clarence Birdseye, who founded an..... More