Cuisine, Wine, Cocktails, Menus from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Bethesda, Maryland: Jake Einstein / WHFS FM, (1977). Second printing. Oblong octavo (5.75" x 8.5"), 95 pages, illustrated. Publisher's pictorial stapled light card covers, design by Phil Nicholson. Stress at one staple (still secure), moderately rubbed & a bit sunned along the spine, brief edge wear including a small diagonal loss at lower corner of the front cover, a good or… Read more about this item

New York: American Tract Society, no date (circa 1850's per OCLC). 24mo (5.75" x 4"), 24 pages. Publisher's printed paper wraps, sewn. OCLC locates two copies as of 1/28/2024. Upper cover partially separated, foxed & soiled, modest edge wear including nicks & small loss at the lower corner of the rear cover, internally toned, otherwise good or better. Author John Bartholomew Gough… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C. United States Department of Agriculture, leaflet no. 48, 1929. Octavo (9" x 6"), two sheets folded vertically forming 8 pages, illustrated. Edge wear including nicks & tiny losses, some creasing, lightly soiled, otherwise good or better. Presents 16 recipes for all manner of enticing reindeer preparations including roasts, stews, & even three mouth-watering liver dishes. "The reindeer herds of Alaska, introduced… Read more about this item

No place [Worcester, Massachusetts ?]: Worcester Association of Mutual Aid in Detecting Thieves, 1924. Original menu on thick card stock printed recto only measuring 7.25 inches by 4.85 inches. Brief wear at one corner, lightly toned, soiled , & foxed, otherwise very good. The attendees enjoyed a splendid meal of Eperlan Broche (apparently smelt) with Sauce Tartare, Dindonneau roti with Sauce Canneberge… Read more about this item

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Distributed by Crown, (1984). Later printing, this copy inscribed & signed in ink, with a sketch of a simmering pot, at the half-title page by Chef Jamie Shannon. Octavo (9.5" x 7.75"), xvii & 206 pages, illustrated. Publisher's blue cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in gilt on the spine & in blind on the upper… Read more about this item

[Hamburg]: Hamburg-Amerika Line, printed by F.A.B., July 21, 1931. Single sheet printed recto & verso on card stock measuring 8.25 inches by 16.75 inches folded 3 times vertically forming 10 panels. With a whimsical halftone illustration in color depicting passengers drinking & dining on one side & longing on the other. Not found in OCLC as of 11/18/2023. Lightly soiled,… Read more about this item

Hamburg, Germany: Hamburg-Amerika Line, printed by Petermann, Wednesday, May 23, 1932. Octavo (8.5" x 6.25"), 12 unnumbered pages & covers, with illustrated upper cover & 7 full page lithographed plates depicting, apparently, courses to be served for the event surrounded by various whimsical characters including dancing cutlery, winged creatures, & nymphs. Printed on ribbon-bound thick card stock. Ribbon faded, tattered &… Read more about this item

[Hamburg]: Hamburg-Amerika Line, printed by Muhlmeister & Johler, 1932. 24mo (6" x 4.25"), on thick card stock folded once vertically forming 4 unnumbered pages, the front cover with a delightful halftone illustration in color initialed "O.H." [Bruno Heroux] depicting the Winkies presenting delicacies & flowers to a naked, winged infant. Text in German & English. Not found in OCLC as… Read more about this item

San Francisco: published by the club, no date (pre zipcode, 1950's?). Promotional brochure, bifolium, light card stock, single sheet measuring 7.25 inches by 8 inches folded once vertically, illustrated including a two page spread of the performers in drag, with suggestions "for your drinking pleasure" on the rear panel offering Scotch for $1.15 and other distilled spirits at $1.10. Slightly soiled,… Read more about this item

Johnstown, N.Y.: Charles B. Knox Co., Inc., (1915). Sextodecimo (6.75" x 4.75"), 41 pages, illustrated in color. Publisher's pictorial stapled paper wraps. Lightly soiled, slight edge wear, otherwise very good or better. The cover illustration features a white girl & an African American girl, each presenting a cake. Presents recipes for jellies, cold desserts, frozen desserts, salads and savories, candies, and Invalid… Read more about this item

[Port-au-Prince, Haiti]: Rhum Barbancourt, no date (ca. 1960). First edition. 24mo (5 3/8" x 3 3/8"), 32 pp. including covers, with illustrations from photographs & art work. Publisher's pictorial, stapled paper wraps. Trace edge wear, couple of corners with shallow diagonal creases, otherwise near fine. "The World's Most Treasured Rum." Presents descriptive text & recipes for 67 cocktails, all oddly requiring Barbancourt Rum,… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, 1915. First edition. 16mo (6" x 4.5"), 6 pp. & cover, illustrated, with a printed slip tipped to the recto of the rear wrap providing an additional recipe. Original stapled, stiff paper wraps. Slight edge wear, staples rusted, otherwise very good. More commonly known as… Read more about this item

Havana, Cuba: Sans Souci Night Club, no date (ca. 1950's). Illustrated broadside handbill, octavo (8.5" x 5.5"), printed in green & black inks on light paper. Toned, margins lightly browned, shallow creasing at corners, moderate edge wear including a couple of nicks & a half inch tear at the bottom, otherwise good or better. Firmly in the grip of Santo Trafficante Jr.… Read more about this item

Havana, Cuba: Vinatera Distillery, no date (ca. 1949). Oblong 24mo (3" x 5"), printed on card stock, single sheet folded once vertically forming 4 pages. Slight edge wear, toning, & soiling, last page irregularly browned, otherwise very good. Provides recipes for 5 cocktails including "UNCLE SAM Democracy for two person," "Mr. Lavin Special," "Vinatera Special," "Daiquiri," & "Banana Daiquiri."

[New York]: International Cocktail, Wine & Spirits Digest, (1946). "This copy presented with the compliments of the Southern Comfort Corporation." 16mo (6" x 4.5"), 142 & [2] pages, illustrated. Publisher's pictorial light card covers, stapled. Covers moderately rubbed, scuffed, & soiled, internally toned, soiled, & occasionally foxed, staples rusted, otherwise good or better. The third issue of Oscar Haimo's digest which was… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, (1996). Second printing, this copy inscribed, signed, & dated in ink by Elizabeth Terry at the half-title page. Octavo (9.5" x 8.25"), xi & 352 pages plus 16 pages of illustrations from photographs & art work by Joseph Byrd and Tom Fischer. Publisher's black lettered, decorated paper over boards, in pictorial dust jacket. Slight offsetting/ toning at… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, (1998). First edition, this copy inscribed, signed, & dated in ink in 2001 at the ffep to Thomas C. Bordeaux, Jr., then a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, & signed again at the title page. Tall octavo (9.5" x 7.5"), xvii & 334 pages. Publisher's red paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered black cloth, in… Read more about this item

Natchez, Mississippi: Regina's Table Press, (2007). First edition, this inscribed & signed in ink by Ms. Charbineau at the ffep. Small folio (12.25" x 9.5"), 247 pages, illustrated throughout in color from photographs mostly by the author. Publisher's pale blue paper over boards lettered in gilt on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Some rippling in the last 3 leaves (apparently… Read more about this item

Sedona, Arizona: Heartline Cafe, (2000). First edition, this copy signed in gold ink at the half-title page by Charles Cline. 4to (11.5" x 8.5"), 144 pages, illustrated throughout in color & black & white from photographs by Steve Hansen. Errata slip laid in. Publisher's glossy pictorial paper over boards in matching dust jacket. A fine copy in near fine price-clipped, dust… Read more about this item

Columbus, Ohio: J. L. Stelzig & Co., 1861. First edition. 8vo (8" x 5.25"), [1], 2 - 8 pages. Printed paper self wraps, the lower cover with woodcut depiction of the Delaware Grape. OCLC locates one copy as of 7/24/2023 (Ohio History Center, accession # 35317536). Folded once horizontally, moderately toned & soiled, slight edge wear, otherwise very good. Provides a description… Read more about this item