New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Small quarto; publisher's boards in matching photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price ($5.95); [6],148pp.; color photographic plate, additional half-tone photographs and drawings by Brock throughout; original recorded introduction mounted to rear pastedown. Jacket heavily worn and rather soiled with a number..... More
Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1938. First Edition. Octavo; 182pp. Three illustrations including frontis. Orange buckram with black lettering and rules to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with dulling and soiling to spine and a few stray scuffs to cloth. Inch split between..... More
Garden City: Garden City Books, [1948]. First Edition. Small octavo (19.5cm.) publisher's cloth in pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; 218pp. Some light wear to jacket extremities, tiny soil spot at spine crown, spine a bit sunned, old price sticker to rear panel, else Near Fine in a Very Good, better than..... More
![Item #7115 Entretiens Populaires [2e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste...](/pictures/thumb/7115.jpg?v=1598288714)
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1867. 2e Édition. Small octavo (17.75cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],vii,[1],262pp. General shelf wear, spines a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. Includes a contribution by the French..... More
![Item #11476 Puerto Rican Cookery [Signed]. Carmen Aboy Valldejuli](/pictures/thumb/11476.jpg?v=1635872600)
Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 1989. 14th printing. Signed by Valldejuli with brief inscription to previous owner at front free endpaper; also signed by her husband Luis who, according to the rear dust jacket panel, contributed to the section on rum drinks. Octavo. 389 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Beige boards..... More
Washington, DC: Byron S. Adams, [1890s-1910s]. Side-stapled/red-string bound wraps. 24mo. 27 pages. Text in black and red. A price list of food, drink, and services offered by Mr. Rauscher, "late with Louis Sherry, New York." Rauscher moved from Paris to New York in 1878, where he worked with..... More
Octagonal collapsible tabletop candle screen composed of white cloth over stiff card stock to which is mounted to each folding panel a 3-D cloth, silk, and hand-colored paper rendering of the Eight Immortals, accompanied by a separate octagonal card paper base. Cloth slightly foxed at extremities, perished tape repair visible..... 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
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1955. First Edition. Signed by Hines on dedication page with inscription "To Bessy Morris - Eat & have fun, Sincerely, Duncan Hines." Octavo; [xiv], 274pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.95 price intact; bound in blue paper-covered boards with olive cloth spine and..... More
![Item #7701 Hunting "Blue Stripes" [Limited Edition]. E H. Ahrens](/pictures/thumb/7701.jpg?v=1616601946)
[Detroit?: E.H. Ahrens, ca. 1940.] First Edition, Limited to 65 copies. Slim 16mo (14cm); publisher's parchment over decorative paper-covered boards; 11pp. Grease pen "X" on front cover. Light soil and toning to extremities, else a Very Good, internally fine copy. Quite possibly unrecorded keepsake signed in text by E.H...... More
![Item #7376 The Confessions of an After-Dinner Speaker [Inscribed and Signed]. Ernest Dupille, W....](/pictures/thumb/7376.jpg?v=1602100449)
Philadelphia: Mayfair Publishing Co., [1930]. First Edition. 12mo; publisher's printed paper-covered boards; 62pp.; illus. throughout. Extremities bumped and rubbed with some exposure at corners, general light soil, paper flaw to upper cover from previously removed tape; overall Good or better, internally fresh and near fine. Inscribed and signed by the..... More
![Item #14618 Gargantua and Pantagruel: The Five Books [Limited Edition, Signed by Dwiggins]....](/pictures/thumb/14618.jpg?v=1669734108)
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 945. Five volumes; octavos; publisher's teal cloth, pictorial paper spine labels, housed in custom cloth slipcase; illus. throughout, printed in a different color in each volume. Spine labels to Vols. I and V...... More
Philadelphia: Press of M.D. Wood Printing Company, 1899. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's red textured paper-covered boards, upper cover lettered and ruled in gilt, all edges gilt; 63pp. Extremities a bit scuffed, evidence of glue residue to front endpapers from previously removed materials, rear hinge cracked but holding, mid-20th century..... More
![Item #7077 Treasury of Wine and Wine Cookery [Signed]. Greyton H. Taylor](/pictures/thumb/7077.jpg?v=1598022924)
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 Orleans: Robert L. Crager & Company, 1961. First Edition. Octavo. 235 pp. + notes. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price present. Illustrated boards. Charcoal topstain. Dust jacket rubbed and smudged with some heavier staining to rear. Chipped along edges with several short closed tears..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1949. Limited Edition of 1500 copies, this being #432. Large octavo. 471 pp. Illustrations. Boards are lithographically-printed decorative kraft with English pigskin spine. Publisher's monthly newsletter laid in at front. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Spine recently reattached with splits along joints visible;..... More
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1966. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's cloth in white pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; 171pp.; illus. throughout. Jacket extremities a bit chipped and toned, small loss at jacket spine crown slightly touching text, shallow fading along cloth margins, else a Very Good or better copy in..... More
New York: The John Day Company, 1932. First Edition. "The John Day Intimate Guide Series." Signed by the author with inscription "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..... More
London: Haymarket Press, 1964. First Edition. Tall quarto. 133 pp. Color photographs. Green and white boards stamped in black. Lacks dust jacket. Light edgewear to boards with general rubbing. Spine lettering rubbed. Binding is sound. Spotting to pages but overall legible and unmarked. A wide ranging..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First Edition. Octavo. 303 pages. Highly amusing black and white illustrations by Clarke throughout. Green cloth stamped in black. Includes sections on cocktails and canapes, game, and chafing dishes, among others. Boards are heavily worn with exposure. Rubbed and scuffed..... More
New York: Greenberg Publisher, 1951. First Edition. Octavo; [viii], 175pp. Black and white photo plates. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.00 price intact; book in gray cloth with white oyster illustration to front and white lettering down black cloth spine. Jacket shows a few tears at corners and at tail of..... 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
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937. First Edition. Octavo. 253 pages. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Orange cloth stamped in black and gilt. Pink endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped with original "$2.50" price present. Heavily chipped and creased along edges with general rubbing, but intact. Neat..... 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