Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, cloth -backed blue covers, gte, 172 (1) in publsher's dustjacket. Shows little, if any, signs of us. Nickel-size, light stain dw front panel. More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, rust-colored ribbed cloth, gilt pressed titles front, back and spine, dulled a bit on spine. Title page partially separating but holding. Neat owner name upper right corner ffe. More
Canoga Park CA: Orirana Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 2000 copies, this as new. Laid is a USPS postcard stamped June 5, 1967, typed and signed by Matthiessen to Harold Corbin - poet, antique collector, devotee of Frost - at Lake Forest Academy in Illinois where Corbin at the time..... More
Hartford: Hartford Press, 1912. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near fine copy, except it's missing its front cover, stapled spine, 117p , illustrated w/ b&w photos, 5 foldout maps all in original folds. An early 20thC effort to apply urban planning (although the term wasn't used then to one of the..... More
Boston: David R Godine, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Centennial publication honoring Robert Frost listing, with commentary, 100 of Frost's publications that made up the exhibition on the anniversary of Frost's birth. Book designed by Joe Blumenthal, who designed many of Frost's books, including his earliest, and Frost's annual Christmas cards..... More
London: Blackie & Son. 1st Edition. Hardcover. nd, children's pictorial about the different ethnicities of friends of a young British girl. Tropes prevail, as expected: circa 1900. Paper over spine partially missing, decent binding, internals better than very good. Christmas inscription title page. More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid copy, save some loss to the right bottom corner front cover in uncommon dustjacket that missing some pieces about edges. Story of Native North American boy living on the Canadian Government reservation at Bear Lake. NATIVE AMERICAN JUVENILE. More
NY: Frederic C. Biel, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in near fine dustjacket, inscribed by typographer and book designer Joe Blumenthal to Mike McCabe, owner of the former Lion's Head Books in Salisbury CT, the premises of which are now Johnnycake Books: "for Mike best of country neighbors. Joe..... More
NY: Orange Judd, 1879. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Well used book, covers worn, pages stained as one might expect given its purpose. Still solidly bound. 8vo, brown cloth, titles stamped in gilt, xii, 249. Full of tables, charts, recipes, practical kitchen and household advice. KITCHEN COOKERY HOUSEHOLD. More
NY: Artemus Ward, 1911. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fascinating pictorial record of all kinds of foods and their suppliers. Thick 4to, light green rough weave cloth stamped in gilt, 748p, copisouly illustrated with line drawings, text illustrations and full page color plates. Trace wear to edges of covers, internals near fine..... More
NY: Time-Life, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hard-to-find complete set of all 27 titles ( the hardcover copies but not the supplemental spiral bound books with extra recipes) with recipes, color photos and historical /regional commentaries. A very nice set, each issue at least very good or better. Published from 1968-1971..... More
NY: Crown, 1946. Reprint Edition and First Thus. Hardcover. Crown editions 1946 (after the Derrydale 1939 firsts) of the 2 volume initial set and the 1 volume South American Andes (1951) follow-up. Uniform in binding and format, the first two volumes in orange and red cloth, the last purple. Spines..... More
Paris: L'Art Culinaire, 1904. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Second edition, 8vo, burgundy cloth over polished printed cream-colored covers. 394 (6). illustrated. Covers a bit soiled, leaves toned as expected, rear signature slightly extended (binding flaw). Solid copy. FRENCH CUISINE COOKING COOKERY. More
Richmond VA: Dietz Press, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon first edition, brown and tan pictorial cloth in dustjacket with same pictorial, 8vo, x (4) 174 (1), illustrated by author, with index. Solidly bound book, some light spotting here and there in text. Soiled dustjacket heavily chipped about edges, with an..... More
Chicago: Saafield Publishing Company, 1900. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Early reprint (1900) after the first edition published by Lane in London and Merriam in NY (1896). 8vo, green cloth, stamped in red and black front and gilt titles to spine, 264p. Food essays first published in the Pall Mall Gazette in..... More
NY: Random House, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Association copy inscribed by Chez Panisse pastry chef and author Shere to food (and garden) author and editor Leslie Land, who started her career as one of the first chefs at Chez Panisse, the famous Alice Waters' farm-to-table restaurant, shortly after it opened..... More
1st Edition. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY from food author Behr to fellow food and garden author and editor Leslie Land (1947 - 2013). With a lengthy personal inscription on the ffe: Behr thanks Land for being there "at the beginning" and being "instrumental in giving me inspiration to make it through"..... More
Bridgewater CT: Daniel Berkeley Bianchi/ Stinehour Press, 1993. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. As new copy, #41 of 200 copies, in fitted clear acetate wrapper (and in shrinkwrap before we opened it to confirm all four tipped-in items, including the sample pigskin were present, and they are). Signed by author Bianchi..... More
NY: Thomas Nelson, 1874. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon juvenile retelling of the King David story from the Bible. Author unidentified in this title but deduced from title page declaration "By the author of 'Hetty's Resolve;' ' Great Things Done by Little People;' etc., etc." 8vo, dark blue cloth decorated with..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1940. Later Printing. Hardcover. Copyright 1918, but all appearance and list of complete titles, likely 1940s printing. Solid near fine copy, tan cloth stamped in blue and yellow in multi-color, price-clipped dustjacket depicting children in a range of ethnicities about whom Perkins wrote in her books. More
Frankfurt: Georg Kurt Schauer, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy, fine in near fine dustjacket wrapped in clear acetate. More
Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1970. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dustjacket of the 1970 edition by MIT Press after the firts of 1960 with a new introduction by typographer and type designer Zapf. Neatly signed by him on the title page in pencil. A lovely copy..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Scarce copy of first edition, first issue of the 1949 Caldecott Winner. Book covers are solid yellow all over with moderate wear bottom edge more so at spine foot. Dustjacket is UNclipped ($1.50) and tanned at spine and edges of panels, with..... More
(Jane Eayre Fryer). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon juvenile cook book for girls, undated circaa 1912. Light green cloth with color pictorial pastedown, 8vo, 175p, loads of text illustrations printed in orange and black, cloth over spine repaired, shallow loss at spine tips. Internals near fine, solidly bound. KITCHEN JUVENILE... More
Hartford: Edwin Valentine Mitchell, 1929. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Limited edition, this #94 of 375 copies. Beige cloth with titles and pictorial stamped in black, pictorial endpapers, signed by the author on the limitation. Covers slightly soiled, internals neat fine. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. Norwegian coast tales, boldly graphically..... More