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Bristol, England: AT THE HIGH HOUSE PRESS, 1938. Hardcover. Half cloth with printed paper. Very good. 31 pages. 22x15 cm. Limited edition, #170 of 215. Recipes and receipts from The Whole Duty of woman: Or, an infallible Guide to the Fair Sex. Containing, Rules, Directions, and Observations, for their Conduct and behaviour through all Ages and Circumstances of Life, as Virgins, Wives, or Widows. With Directions, how to obtain all Useful and Fashionable Accomplishments suitable to the Sex. In Which are comprised all Parts of Good Housewifry, particularly Rules and Receipts in every kind of Cookery... A sampling of the receipts: To make Cowslip Wine, To make Irish Usquebaugh, Orange Flower Brandy, and many more. Eight attractive headings designed and engraved by Reynold Stone, and printed direct from the original wood blocks. Interior clean and crisp, boards rubbed and lightly soiled.

New York: DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY, 1921. Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards, decorated in gilt. Good. 149 pages. 25.5 x 19 cm. A comprehensive look at the timeless country inns in and around London and the English Countryside. Beautifully illustrated in color and black and white. 16 color tinted illustrations with captioned tissue guards, along with 12 full page black and white illustrations, accompanied by 32 smaller illustrations in black and white. Covers rubbed and lightly soiled. Interior pages lightly toned.

New York: BALLANTINE BOOKS, 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Blue boards. Near fine, in near fine dust wrapper. 1919 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Eighteen space explorers had died or disappeared on Nacre, a planet dominated by mushrooms, spore-clouds, a dim sun, and strange one-eyed creatures called mantas. Next, a trio of scientists make their way to this strange land.... Clean, crisp copy. Covered in protective mylar.

New York: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2022. Hardcover. Gray boards, black spine. Fine, in fine dust wrapper. 834 pages. 26 x 18.5 x 6 cm. Alcohol has played a central role in nearly every society since the dawn of human civilization, but it is only recently that it has become the subject of serious scholarly inquiry. The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails is the first major reference work to cover the subject globally, providing a detailed, authoritative, enlightening, and entertaining overview of this branch of the alcohol family. Lavishly illustrated throughout, including appendices, timeline of spirits and distillation and a guide to mixing drinks. Other editors: David Arnold, David Broom , Lew Bryson, Paul Clarke, Doug Frost, Alexandre Gabriel, David Mahoney, Garrett Oliver, Matthew Rowley, Audrey Saunders, and Frederick Smith. Pristine copy. Covered in protective mylar.

New York: National Interim Committee for a Mass Party of the People, c. 1973. Second Printing. Staplebound. Blue illustrated wraps. Near fine. 22 pages. "The virtually unprecedented political crisis, symbolized by Watergate and Nixon's resignation, is accompanied by an economic crisis of polluted air, earth, food and water; and by the continuing intensification of cultural and social crises manifesting themselves particularly in sexism, racism and materialism." Formed in September 1973, The International Interim Committee for a Mass Party of the People brought together people from different parts of the country to find common ground. Illustrated throughout by Peg Averill. Crisp, clean copy.