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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1912. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good/missing. A very good early edition from 1912 of what is now known as "The Fannie Farmer Cookbook." Tan boards with brown title stamping. Binding is sturdy and square. Toning to page edges. This copy has been well-cared for with no stains, no spills, no leaning. Front hinge cracking at end paper, mull intact. Previous owner's name first free endpaper and on rear pastedown. 648 pp. including index followed by 30 pp. contemporary advertisements.

Brooklyn: Latham Lith. & Ptg. Co., 1918. Early Printing. Very good +/none as issued. George Illion. Beautiful chromolithograph poster from WWI by George Illion. 21 x 28 inches tall."Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food Administration for more food for starving millions. Eat less wheat - meat - fats and sugar. Ship more to the war-stricken people of France - Belgium - Italy.

San Francisco: Williams Printing Company, ca. 1940's. Early Printing. Original wraps. Very good +/none as issued. A very good plus, original dinner menu from Mardikian's famed San Francisco restaurant. Special of the day stapled in small format to menu. Minor peeling to rear corner. 9 x 12 & 1/2 inches tall when folded. Mardikian was among America’s first celebrity chefs and was as close to a Guy Fieri figure as San Francisco had — in terms of fame, relentless optimism and generosity. Fine-dining guides and Chronicle columnist Herb Caen celebrated him, NBC gave him his own radio show in the 1940s, and he wrote an autobiography and cookbook.-- SF Gate "America’s 'best known and best loved' chef ran a world-famous Armenian restaurant in San Francisco

San Carlos, California: Nourse Publishing Company, 1960. Second Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good. A fine second edition, as noted in Worldcat, on the inner flap ("this new edition"), and from the two copyright dates on the copyright page. In a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with tiny loss in two spots at top edge. Dust jacket is also toned along the top edge on the inside of the jacket, not visible on the exterior. xiv, 235 pages illustrations, 1 map. Octavo. From the private collection of noted attorney, sailor, and sometime cowboy, Joshua L. Soske Jr."John was the first to write a guide that defined California as a major wine producer with rich histories in the vineyards and the wineries. Many were started by Europeans who valued cultures where food and wine were central to the enjoyment of life. The names and addresses of California wineries were published in one succinct volume with a list of the finest wines being produced at each. John also brought scholarship to… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/good +. A very good plus first edition in a good plus dust jacket. Black cloth, embossed boards, red endpapers. Previous owners name boldly inscribed in pencil on front pastedown and on first free endpaper. (Two) page numbers written on title page. Text is otherwise clean and bright, no stains. Dust jacket missing some sections and has some tears. Jacket now protected in a clear, removable archival cover. 804 pp. including index. Illustrated throughout with drawings and color photos. Octavo, 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches tall.