Philadelphia: J.W. Bradley, 1859. First Edition. Octavo. 319 pages. Illustrated frontis, with black and white illustrations throughout. Blind-stamped brown boards with spine stamped in gilt. Boards worn at extremities, with cracking and bumping exposing the corners. Binding secure, though book opens easily between some gatherings with pages 115-125..... More

Philadelphia: Westminster Press, [1983]. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's tan card wrappers printed in brown and red; xiv,192pp. Light shelf wear to wrapper extremities, spine and rear wrapper sunned, else Very Good, internally fine. More

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944. Later Printing. Signed by the author without inscription and dated Feb 20, 1945 on front free endpaper. 12mo (7.25" x 4.75"); x, 181pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact; book in dark blue cloth with black lettering. Jacket chipped along edges and..... More

Cairo: All Saints' Cathedral, 1985. Second Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's green pictorial spiral-bound card wrappers; [14],93pp.; illus. A hint of soil to wrappers, ownership inscription inside upper cover, else Near Fine. Community cookbook,beginning with "Egyptian Specialties." Unlocated in OCLC as of July, 2018, nor do we find records..... More

Casale Monferrato: Casa Editrice S.A. Fratelli Marescalchi, 1949. Stated Third Edition. 12mo. 153, [6] p. Two in-text black and white illustrations. Original printed wrappers. A detailed work on wine appreciation, with the final chapter focusing on vermouth. Cheap postwar paper browning. A little worn with chipping..... More

Toronto: Personal Library, [1981]. First Canadian Edition. Tall octavo (26cm.); publisher's red pictorial gilt-tooled leatherette, red topstain, pictorial endpapers; 176pp.; frontispiece, illus. throughout. Spine a bit cocked, small dent at bottom edge of upper cover, else Very Good to Near Fine. An attractive production of recipes and Dickensiana, opening..... More

New York: J. & J. Harper, 1829. First American Edition. Octavo; 212pp + 8pp of publisher's prospectuses. Two engraved humorous frontispieces—the Roman Senate contemplating a turbot, and Mr. Eatingtown being obsequious—which are repeated as illustrations later in the text. Original paper boards with cloth spine and printed spine label. Untrimmed..... More

London: Andre Deutsch, 1956. First Edition. Octavo. 375 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.50 price present. Yellow boards with spine stamped in green. Dust jacket is moderately worn along spine ends and at corners. Dampstain along top and fore edge of rear flap, bleeding over to fore-edge..... More

New York: Harper & Row, [1963]. Reprint. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [10],278pp.; illus. throughout printed in purple. A few closed tears to jacket extremities, the longest at top edge of rear panel slightly touching author photograph, some light dust-soil to both panels; Near Fine in..... More

Tokyo: International Christian University Hachiro Yuasa Memorial Museum, 1993. First Edition. Wraps in illustrated dust jacket. Octavo. Illustrations throughout including two fold-outs. Typed letter signed from Kunio Oguchi, President of International Christian University, to a Dr. Paul Gregory laid in at front. Illustrated glossy dust jacket shows some..... More

New York: The John Day Company, 1932. First Edition. "The John Day Intimate Guide Series." Signed and inscribed: "To Ira Bennett, who helped the town up—with sincere regards—L.S., Feb. 17, 1932." Octavo; 4-page "Calendar of Major Events" bound in as unpaginated preliminary matter + [viii] + 238pp, including index. Vignettes..... More

Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, 1884. 12mo. Unpaginated. Black and white illustrations. Grey publisher's cloth stamped in gilt and maroon. A series of stories for children revolving around food, culminating with "How the Lactians Discovered Ice-Cream." Boards are soiled with some light rippling. Extremities worn with brief exposure and..... More

Philadelphia: John T. Lange, 1849. First Edition. Octavo. 240 pages. Original blind stamped boards with spine lettered in gilt. Boards are cracked and exposed along front and rear hinges, though binding is holding. Chipped at spine ends. Corners bumped with exposure. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, some..... More