NY: Harper & Row, 1962. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Fine book in dustjacket that is moderately soiled, heavily worn at folds and obviously chipped at corners and spine ends. Clean internals. Solid binding. Great recipes, which is what the book is really about. Gift inscription verso ffe. CUISINE COOKERY COOKING..... More
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1892. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, blue half linen over cream colored linen, gilt titles and roast with crossed knife and fork on spine, gilt pressed boars head on a platter and titles front cover, teg, sides uncut, vii, 186p. Signed by the author with her..... 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
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
(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