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Luzarches, France: Daniel MORCRETTE, 1984 (1762). Hardcover. Green sheepskin, embossed and decorated in gilt. Fine, in very good dust wrapper. An exceptional facsimile of the first edition in French (1762 ). Limited edition #73 or 200, signed on colophon. One of the most important French culinary treatises of the 18th century - with over 2000 recipes, 13 plates and 5 tables. Considered by Carême, Escoffier and Nignon as most important work of its time. Daniel Morcrette, the publisher, was a leading collector of rare cookbooks who decided the rest of the world needed to be able to posses these near extinct cookbooks - so he decided to produce exquisite copies. Full green sheepskin binding with inlays and all edges gilt. Housed in a cloth covered slipcase. Interior and boards pristine, slipcase rubbed at edges.

Paris: Chez Seurre-Lacam, 1946. Ninth Edition. Wraps. Cream illustrated wraps. Very good. 34 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. First published in 1890, this classic French cookbook is essential to any chef wanting to master the full repertoire of French pastry. Text in French. Pages lightly toned, otherwise clean. From the culinary collection of Carl G. Sontheimer, the man who revolutionized American cooking by bringing the Cuisinart to the United States. Bookplate states: This book is a gift from THE SONTHEIMER FOUNDATION Greenwich, Connecticut.

Paris: STOCK, 1988. Hardcover. White color illustrated boards. Near fine. From Burgundy, Chef Jacques Lameloise brings simplicity, beauty, and his exquisite taste to this beautiful cookbook. Like his father, and grandfather, Lameloise has carried on the tradition of fine cooking and brings it here for the public. Color photographs throughout. Text in French. Interior crisp and clean. Cover corner lightly bumped.

San Francisco: Humanity League, 1938. Cream colored pin, blue text. Very good. Pinback Button. Issued as part of a fundraising effort to defend China from Japan's Invasion. Front clean, back with some rust.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Second Edition. Paperback. Black illustrated paperback. Near fine. 314 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. The vocabulary of wine is large and exceptionally vibrant - from straightforward descriptive words, colorful metaphors, to the more technical lexicon of biochemistry. This second edition of Wine and Conversation explores whether or not wine drinkers (both novices and experts) can in fact understand wine words the same way. Three color plates featuring The Wine Aroma Wheel , The Sparkling Wine Wheel, The Mouthfeel Wheel. Clean, crisp copy.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Second Edition. paperback. Black illustrated paperback. Near fine. 314 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. The vocabulary of wine is large and exceptionally vibrant - from straightforward descriptive words, colorful metaphors, to the more technical lexicon of biochemistry. This second edition of Wine and Conversation explores whether or not wine drinkers (both novices and experts) can in fact understand wine words the same way. Three color plates featuring The Wine Aroma Wheel, The Sparkling Wine Wheel, The Mouthfeel Wheel. Clean, crisp copy.

Franklin, NH, 1922. Hardcover. Off-white cloth boards with gold marbling. Very Good. Unpaginated. 22 x 15.5 cm. Recipes attributed to members of the Franklin, New Hampshire Woman’s Club. Recipes include soups and salads, interesting entrees, and fun desserts. Two handwritten recipes - one on the front free end paper for Fruit Cake, and two others on the rear free end paper for Green Tomato Jam & Picalili. Local ads on the last five pages. Some soiling on the covers, minor foxing on pages.

Albany, NY: THEPURE Baking Powder Company, 1904. Paperback. Orange printed wraps, Fair. 128 pgs, 14 x 19 cm. THEPURE Cook Book, compiled by the owner and principal of the Greater New York Cooking School, Gesine Lemcke, was obtained by customers of THEPURE Baking Powder, as the footnotes instruct, by sending in their name and address to the company with three two cent stamps enclosed. Inside are hundreds of recipes utilizing the cream of tartar based baking powder, alongside slanderous claims about their competing phosphate-based baking powders and endorsements of the products. THEPURE Baking Power’s name is an interesting sign of the beginnings of brand marketing, in the way it confronts the claims of wholesomeness and purity from other brands on the market. Some tearing along spine, previously repaired with clear tape, signs of wear and use on covers. Back cover loose

Paris: Chez Pierre Ribou, 1715. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown calf, raised bands, spine gilt decorated with red Morocco label. Very good. Two Volumes bound in one. Vol. I 436 pages. Vol. II 400 pages. 26 x 20 cm. Title translated: PRACTICAL DICTIONARY OF THE GOOD COUNTRY AND CITY MANAGER, to feed, raise & govern, both healthy and sick, all kinds of Cattle, Horses & Poultry, to know how to put to his profit all that comes from Agriculture; to assert all kinds of Lands, Prez, Vines & Woods; to cultivate the Gardens, both Fruit Trees, Vegetable Gardens, and Flower Gardens; to conduct the Waters, & generally to do all that befits Ornamental Gardens. WITH A TREATISE OF EVERYTHING CONCERNING Cookery, Jams, Pastry Liquors of all kinds, Different Hunting, Fishing, & other Country Recreations; the Latin words of all that is dealt with in this Book, & some curious Remarks on most of them; all in favor of foreigners, and of all those who like this sort of reading. very useful work in families. Leather… Read More

New York: Siegel-Cooper Company, c. 1896. Pale gray cloth, stamped in green. Good. 245 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Recipes attributed to prominent cookbook authors of the time. Interspersed within the recipes are literary quotes and excerpts. Henry Siegel and Frank Cooper were running a highly successful department store in Chicago during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition when they envisioned a larger store in New York City. This colossal, steel-framed, Beaux-Arts style structure,was designed by DeLemos & Cordes and at the time it was built it was the largest store in the world. This cookbook features many recipes that were fashionable at the time, but a couple recipes stand out, including a recipes for Opossum, Fricassee of Squirrels (using two squirrels), and how "To Cook a Deer's Head in Camp." Covers worn, internal pages toned, lacking a leaf between title page and preface.

1899: The White Mountain Freezer Co., Nashua, NH. Staplebound. Cream illustrated wraps. Good. 32 pages. 14.5 x 11.5 cm. Recipes along with illustrations of the White Mountain hand crank freezer. Illustrations include list price of parts along with a full page of illustrations for repair parts. Recipes for Ice cream, sherbets, water ices, frozen puddings, and frozen custard. [BROWN 2043] later edition. Covers rubbed and soiled.

London: LONGMAN, REES, BROWN, AND GREEN, 1831. Hardcover. Brown cloth covered boards. Very good. 601 pages. 23 x 14.5 cm. Owner's signature on front free end paper. Ex. libris, with some small pencil marks on margins. Rebound with original spine.

1931. Coated paper. Color illustrated broadsides. Very good. 23.5 x 16 cm. Two color illustrated broadsides: Tuesday, February 10, 1931 & Monday, March 16, 1931. Illustrating the American affluent class and their recreational habits. Deck sports included Ladies Turtle Race, Ladies Nail Driving Contest, Ladies & Gentlemen: Shaving Contest, Feeding the Baby, Children's Pie Eating Contest, rounded out by Musical Chairs. Fellow passengers (listed) served at the Chairman, Starter, Recorder and Judge. The S.S. Malolo was built by William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia in 1926. When built, the Malolo was the largest and most technically advanced liner of her time, and considered the most luxurious liner to have been built in the United States. The Malolo cruised the Pacific, Asia, and Australia with a West coast trip departing from San Francisco and making its way to Hawaii. One broadside is creased at middle.

1937. Cards. Color illustrated cards. Near fine. 19 x 13.5 cm. The Menu cover design is graced by an enchanting hand colored wood print of "A present-day Japanese woman in her traditional 'Kimono.'" Dinner on this vessel was very European in flavor. Known as "The Queen of the Sea" - the vessel made stops in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and San Francisco before being called to duty by the Imperial Japanese Navy during W.W.II. Clean, crisp copy.

London: Typis Gulielmi Bowyer, 1705. Hardcover. Contemporary full tree calf, decorated in gilt boards and raised band spine. Very good. 231 pages. A collection of recipes by various authors compiled over several centuries with roots in both Greek and Roman cuisine. Notaker states, unlike other bibliographies, "the recipes have wrongly been attributed to the 5th century Roman gourmand, Marcus Gavius Apicius, of whom many anecdotes were told in antiquity (336). Written as primarily lists of ingredients with no indications of quantities or directions, this simple and direct style seems to have been used straight through the Middle Ages. As this treatise was copied over the years, additional guidance was added, some dietetic cookery, medical treatises, and agricultural and domestic sciences. This 1705 edition was translated and contains commentary by Martin Lister (1639-1712), the physician to Queen Anne from 1709 until his death. Lister, a "Modernist" of his time tried to argue that Apicius was less… Read More

Paris: L'Union , c. 1935. Wraps. Cream illustrated wraps. . 135 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Title translation: Fish Pond - this work was composed by the NATIONAL UNION OF PONDS TRADE UNIONS and edited by THE NATIONAL LIVESTOCK COMMITTEE. 150 Recipes by Master Chef Philéas Gilbert. Intriguing publication focusing on the fish farming industry in France during the early 1900's. Includes: the history of ponds, care for ponds, livestock management, harvesting, transportation, and selling. A list of fish found in ponds, along with black and white photos of fish and some action photos of work on ponds. Text in French. In the rear of the book is an extensive list of the various union offices and where they are located. Interior pages toned, spine heavily rubbed.

Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth with pictorial paste-on cover illustration. Good, in poor dust wrapper. 185 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Created by the author of the Doctor Dolittle books, Gub-Gub is the Doctor's pet pig who is a great lover of food. Narrated by Tommy Stubbins, the Doctor's young friend and assistant. Illustrated by Lofting with dazzling color endpapers (a gastronomical map of the world), a color frontispiece (with tissue guard), one interior color plate, and 6 black and white plates. Covers rubbed, dust wrapper worn and chipped but intact. Scarce in dust wrapper.

Washington DC: The Brodix Publishing Co., 1889. Wraps. Oversized pink paper wrappers, staple bound. Very good. 12 pages. 42 x 28 cm. This charming periodical features six sheets of cooking instructions detailing: Fish-Soup; Meat; Sauces-salads; Vegetables; Pastry; Sweets and Preserves; and How to Make Bread. The binding style and large type set likely indicates that this publication was meant for display in the kitchen. The inside cover purports the benefits of a healthy diet, especially focused on wheat and grain's positive effects on the brain. The following pages outline recipes and instructions for proper food preparation, taking care to mention the repercussions of poorly tended food (ranging from indigestion from unchopped capers to dangers of under or overcooked vegetables). The final page includes helpful hints for food shopping, health and safety suggestions as well as a treatise on the proper diet for invalids. The Home Magazine, a monthly illustrated periodical, ran from 1888 to 1908… Read More

Los Angeles: Self published, 1983. Paperback. Blue wraps. Fine. 70 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, 1 of 450. A look into the formation of the Society and it's primary goals along with various Presidential Address', the business of the society, constitutional and bylaws, meetings, and publication. A list of past presidents, makes plain, there was never a female President from 1953-1983 - no females listed as council members or published authors. One female lecturer in twelve years.

Guadalajara, Mexico: TALLER GRáFICA DE COMALA, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. Craft paper pasted on boards. Fine. 24 pages. 23 x 17 cm. Signed, limited edition #31 of 100. TITLE: THE OLD METHOD OF ELABORATION OF THE TEQUILA MEZCAL WINE Described in the novel 'Nieves' in the 19th century by José López Portillo y Rojas - 1887. This exquisitely made artist book features a text written in 1887 by Mexican novelist José López Portillo y Rojas (1850-1923) - a short novel, entitled "Nieves". The author describes his family memories of the mezcal haciendas and old distillery factories. The artist, Nacho Gómez Arriola introduces this work with the thoughts: "Collective memory is composed of scraps of stories or personal facts recorded in time, which, when added, nourish and give identity to the communities." In this case, Gómez Arriola is referring to the community of Jalisco, and the "mezcaleras" or plantations of Agave Tequilana, and the evocative descriptions of the ancestral process of making… Read More