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
![Collection of Three Broadsides] Absolutely Pure and No Adulteration. The Alden Vinegar. Alden...](/pictures/thumb/7251.jpg?v=1600455376)
N.p.: Alden Vinegar Company, 1894. Three broadsides (ca. 27x21.5cm to 35x21.5cm.); printed on pink, green, and blue stock. Previous folds, some chipping and splitting due to brittle paper quality, toning to extremities and along fold lines, else a Very Good collection. Date of publication based on date of testimonials... More
Ann Arnold. First Edition. Hardcover. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. Stated First Edition. Inscribed and signed by Alice Waters on half title: "For Pam / Happy Birthday & Merry Christmas / Alice Waters." Quarto; 133pp. Pictorial dust jacket with original $23 price. Green leatherette binding on spine with lettering stamped..... 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
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
![Entretiens Populaires [2e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste Thévenin, ed](/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
Toronto: Personal Library, [981. 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
![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
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
![The Confessions of an After-Dinner Speaker [Inscribed and Signed]. Ernest Dupille, W. Victor...](/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
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 56 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with $1.00 price present. Orange boards stamped in black. Dust jacket foxed and heavily chipped with a large portion missing from rear panel. Boards are worn at extremities. Fore-edge of front free endpaper..... More
![Eat, Drink and Be Merry in Maryland: An Anthology from a Great Tradition [Signed]. Frederick...](/pictures/thumb/9729.jpg?v=1622136011)
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. First Edition, with no additional printings listed. Signed by the author without inscription on half title. Additional assumed-ownership signature below of a Laura (Neubler?) Lasser. Octavo; 326pp. Map endpapers, two-color illustrations to frontmatter, black-and-white illustrations throughout. Publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering and..... More
![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
Limited Edition. San Diego: Copley / Union-Tribune Publishing Co., 1972. Special Edition numbered 434 of an unspecified print run, signed by both publisher Jim Copley and editor Richard Pourade. Unsigned presentation card from Copley and his wife Helen laid in. Quarto; ix, 142pp. Illustrated throughout. Oatmeal cloth-covered boards with gilt..... 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
Taipei, TW: Chang Foundation, 1990. First Edition. Quarto. 190 pages. Color photographs throughout. Text in Chinese and English. Red boards stamped in gilt. Red cloth slipcase stamped in gilt. Faint shelfwear along bottom edge of boards. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase is gently worn along edges..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1992. Advance Reading Copy. Bookplate signed by Esquivel loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 246 pp. Illustrated wraps. Covers lightly worn along edges with a slight curl at fore-edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. 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
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