Cookbooks: Food & Beverages/Diet/Nutrition from Gargoyle Books

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Walt Disney World, 1986. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Spiral-bound softcover. Very Good. A vintage 1980s' Disney collectible, this cookbook is a thick (292 page + ads for other Disney merch in rear) compendium of "Walt Disney World's Most Requested Recipes" from the park's restaurants that you can now make at home! A FIRST… Read more about this item

Central States Grand Lodge/International Order of Good Templars, 1954. First Edition First Printing . Spiral-bound softcover. Very Good+. Collection of traditional recipes from the female members of the International Order of Good Templars, Central States Grand Lodge, in conjunction with their Education Dept. The recipes run rather heavily toward Swedish food, including every dish from the traditional "smörgåsbord"… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Berkley Medallion, 1974. First Mass Market Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Scarce title--especially in this condition--for readers of the Campfire Girls series or just those active in the famous girls' organization! "Have fun cooking the Camp Fire Girl way,'' with 150+ recipes, including ones that girls (or boys) can make on their… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. FIRST EDITION, First Printing, of this comprehensive guide, "with beautiful & mycologically sound drawings," to the 21 most common species of mushroom, with detailed information about their "physical characteristics, habitat, & culinary properties." In 300 pages + Index, with fabulous… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Heathside Press Inc., 1970. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Nelson, Carol; Dickstein, Robert. How to cook everything that is native Hawaiian, + exotic drink recipes. In 282 pages with Index & illustrations throughout + 4 pages of color photos in center. A Book Club Edition (BCE) from 1970, this hardcover 8vo… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Golden Press, 1972. 5th or later Printing. Spiral-bound Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket as Issued. The classic cookie-making book that all who grew up in the 1960s-1970s remember: nothing low-fat or gluten-free, but totally delicious! Originally published in 1963, this is a slightly later (Third) printing of that FIRST EDITION, with all the fabulous retro illustrations!… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Richards Rosen Assoc, Inc., 1957. First Edition First Printing . Spiral-bound softcover. Fair. Scarcer than the hugely popular Vol. I from 1951/2, this is a follow-up supplemental drink guide to the preparation of 200 most-requested drinks on alcohol-resistant cards, bound in a pink decorative stiff cardboard wrappers with a black plastic comb binding. In… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Plenum Press, 1996. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New. Part of a collection of social science books just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions: we trust you'll know if a… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1976. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Coryn, Sidonie; Child, Paul. Vol II of the bible of French cooking for the American chef. After it became clear the whole of "la cuisine francaise" was not going to fit into a single volume, this… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Coryn, Sidonie. The bible of French cooking for the American chef. Orig. published in 1961, this is the 24th printing from Nov. 1973, reprinted from entirely new plates in Oct. 1971, but retaining the classic fleur-de-lis cover… Read more about this item

Meriden, New Hampshire: Green Hope Farm Press, 2013. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Howe, Alli. Local & family recipes actually used at Green Hope Farm, a functioning farm & collective in New Hampshire famous for its flower essences. All recipes handwritten, most with a background story or anecdote, with pen-and-ink illustrations throughout by… Read more about this item

Indianapolis/New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1952. Revised Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. If you have a classic "beehive" blender, this book is the perfect complement for your retro kitchen! Published to show housewives of the 1950s how to use their new Osterizer blenders, with over 500 recipes offering "gourmet flavors and textures" deemed practically impossible by conventional cooking… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Wm. H. Wise & Co., Inc., 1949. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. VG-/No Jacket. An Encyclopedic Handbook for the Homemaker Covering Foods and Beverages--their Purchase, Preparation, & Service." A mid-20th-century classic in a whopping 1329 pages, Index in rear, illustrated throughout with pen-and-ink sketches & full-color photos. Orig. published in 1948, this… Read more about this item

Concord, California: Nitty Gritty Productions, 1969. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. Oblong. Another oblong cookbook in the Nitty Gritty series from the 1960s-1970s, this one featuring "the menu of the American Black man, from slave days to the present," representing a wide variety of traditional Southern recipes & ethnic foods. In 210 pages with… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Friend of the Earth/Ballantine, 1979. Revised Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+. Zimmerman, Kathleen; Iwamoto, Ralph. Very nice clean & bright copy of this mass market paperback edition of the vegetarian classic, still the bible for "high-protein meatless cooking," in 410 pages, including Appendices, Notes, & Indexed, with pen-and-ink illustrations & recipes… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1957. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good+. Touting itself as "the fundamental cook book for the American housewife today,'' this is a collection of "thousands" of recipes gathered from across the US "from New England to the Golden Gate, from the romantic land of the Creole to the boundaries of the North." In 752… Read more about this item

London, England: Frederick Warne & Co., 1893. New Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A new (1893) edition of this bestselling book (orig. from the 1860s) of cooking & household management for the late-19th-century English "lady of the house," upon whom "devolves the task of providing food to her household.[taking] care that no waste or ignorant misuse shall… Read more about this item

New York, New York: M. Barrows and Company, 1943. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Long before he rose to international fame, this was Beard's second book. Orig. published in 1941, this is the Third Printing of that First Edition from 1943, in 200 pages with Index in rear & a 4-page illustrated section in… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Krause Publications, 1992. First Edition First Printing . Spiral-bound softcover. Fine. From the fine folk at "Deer & Deer Hunting" magazine comes this comprehensive cookbook containing 301 recipes for cooking what you kill, with instructions on caring for venison "from field to freezer." From 1992, this is a First Edition, first printing, a… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1973. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Coryn, Sidonie; Child, Paul. Vol II of the bible of French cooking for the American chef. After it became clear the whole of "la cuisine francaise" was not going to fit into a single volume, this second volume was… Read more about this item