Search Results: Authors starting with A from Pazzo Books

New York: Munroe & Francis, 1842. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Rebacked with new leather spine and lettering piece over original cloth boards. Light dampstain to frontis, scattered light foxing, short section underlined in the intro, a few dog eared pages, but interior is generally bright and unmarked. xlviii, 300, 37, 12 pages of ads. Lowenstein 248, Bitting 449 (the 1839 edition).The first edition was 1832, the Miss Leslie section was added the following year - contains a substantial carving guide with illustrations before the main section which is arranged alphabetically. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Cooking, Wine & Dining. Inventory No: CAT000020.

Philadelphia: James Kay, 1835. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Original half leather, spine with an old repair in cloth tape, joints weak, scattered minor foxing. Very good internally; 285pp Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Inventory No: 046016.

Dublin: George Faulkner and Peter Wilson, 1755. Early Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Very Good Condition. Rebound in red buckram, scattered foxing and age toning, signature and date to title page. Lacking blanks; added new endpapers. Scarce. Published the same year in London, the priority is unclear. 111pp Together with Several Very Curious Instructions, how to Feed Oxen, Cows, and Sheep, to much greater profit than has ever yet been known in England. "An appeal to gentlemen to farm their estates as a reputable and profitable occupation, and not to leave the business to the meanest of the people."--Fussell, More Old English Farming Books 28-29. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 039928.

London: Gollancz, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. A few small tears to jacket top edge, minimal loss. Old bookplate to pastedown. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Inventory No: 047290.

Paris: Le Prieur, 1809. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good. Full acid calf - wear at edges, worn through at corners, a few scuffs and surface marks, but still an attractive, intact binding. 4 pages of ads in front, an attractive frontis, 308pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Education; Inventory No: 038496.

London: A. Dodd, 1714. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Good Condition. Later but fairly early half leather over marbled boards, front board detached. Browned and foxed throughout, but intact and completely legible. Lacking the frontis. (6), 64pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Inventory No: 042345.

London: H, Slater, 1747. Third Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Original blue wraps, corner of cover and title sliced with section of front wrap lacking; front hinge split, browning at edges, untrimmed, spine degraded. A nice, unsophisticated copy of the third edition. viii, (95), (1). List of books at end.First published in 1699 as a Country Gentlemen's Vade Mecum, it's a sort of satirical guide to avoiding vice while actually being a guide to finding it. Published in some profusion in the second half of the 18th century as Cheats of London Exposed, but the early editions are all scarce. Warnings for expecting better conversation in London than in the country, for tennis courts, the theater, trapping, cock fights, gambling, guinea dropping, prostitutes, etc. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Erotica. Inventory No: 046963.

Philadelphia: William arshall, 1838. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good. 1/4 calf over boards printed with a variation of the title. Spine rubbed and splitting, paper covering boards with small tear - scattered foxing internally, one page with a closed tear, but generally clean and sound. Attractive illustrations for carving. Good section on pickling (despite the author's view that pickles are for garnish) and a number of tips for coffee preparation. 218pp. Cagle/Stafford 498, Bitting 564. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000047.

Paris: Firmin Didot, 1840. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Good Condition. Contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards, spine worn and rubbed. Foxed throughout, otherwise unmarked. 3 folding maps at the rear, two detached and with moderate foxing and one worn at the edges with small splits at the folds. Two plates at rear. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Archaeology; Inventory No: 045427.

London: Richard Bentley, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition. Burgundy cloth, mild wear at edges, spine faded, inner joint slightly cracked and half title loose. Old recipes penciled to endpapers, otherwise clean internally. It was much reprinted - later editions added "The Economics of Modern Cookery" to the title. 403pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: 045133.

Dublin: Thomas Hume, 1725. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf rebacked, one corner repaired, leather a little dry but sound, soiling to endpapers, occasional slight foxing, quite clean otherwise. Two volumes bound in one dated 1725 and 1724 respectively. (14), 260pp (i.e. 262pp), (2), 86, (13)pp. Extensive errata in preliminaries, pages 5-6 numbered 4-4 with corresponding errors in pagination. ESTC T141098 Size: Folio. 2-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 046782.

Paris: Knapen, 1789. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Volume one only in original plain boards, worn. Includes the insect section with a chapter on bees - attractive folding plates throughout. 560pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Natural History & Resources; Inventory No: 043316.

London: John Lane, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition. Alistair. Gray cloth, wear at corners and spine ends. Untrimmed page edges a bit brittle, but otherwise very good. 11 color illustrations with tissue guards, one of 1850 copies. First Illustrated Edition, or first by this illustrator and in this format. Size: Quarto (4to). Illustrator: Alistair. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 042215.

London: R. Ackermann, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Original boards rebacked in cloth, lacking the frontispiece but otherwise complete. Colored vignette illustration to title, endpapers refreshed, slight wear and age toning to title, scattered very minor foxing and staining. With ads for his Adulterations of Food book at the rear. 356, xx pp. Cagle 531, Bitting 2, Vicaire 4. The first really scientific look at cookery, though surely not to blame for the self-indulgent excesses of molecular gastronomy. Sections on abstinence and competitive eating, pickling, vegetarianism, smoking, curing, etc. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Science & Technology. Inventory No: CAT000816.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. Second Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Very Good Condition. Neatly rebound in green cloth, some age toning to title, slight scattered foxing. A nice, bright copy overall. Second edition, same year as the first of what is generally considered the first book on food additives, an important book both gastronomically and historically. xxiv, 360pp. Cagle 536 (1820 1st ed.), Bitting 2, Simon (BG) 16 Accum's work on dangerously contaminated food caused a sea change in both consumer and business behavior, leading to the first moves towards government oversight of food safety. Size: 8vo (octavo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000815.

London: Thomas Boys, 1818. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Original plain boards, old signature to front board, modest wear at edges, paper spine label a little chipped. Some offsetting to frontis onto title; generally quite clean internally. A nice unsophisticated copy with the bookplate of British chemist and magician Edwin A. Dawes. 360pp Accum's work around chemistry was important - increasing its popularity among non scientists and working on the acceptance of gaslight. His work on dangerous food additives, A Treatise on the Adulterations of Food and Culinary Poisons, was crucial for the adoption of food safety laws. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Inventory No: 048559.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Fine copy in a very slightly worn glassine jacket. Signed at the limitation 141 of 150 copies. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 048025.

London: Ferry Press, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. Original decorative wraps by Duncan Grant. A fine copy, one of 500. Ackroyd's second book. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 048010.

London: Ferry Press, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. Original decorative wraps. One of 350 copies. A fine copy of his third book after Ouch and London Lickpenny. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 048012.

London: Ferry Press, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. Original decorative wraps by Duncan Grant. A fine copy - number 5 of 26 with an additional holograph poem signed by Ackroyd. His second book. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 048009.