Paris: Editions a la Sirène, 1921. Preinted. Soft cover. Printed covers in original glassine. An apparently unused copy, 12mo, 232p with text contributions by Jean Cocteau, Pierre Mac Orlan, Max Jacob, Darius Milhaud, André Salmon, Erik Satie, Jacques-Emile Blanche, Fernand Fleuret, et al. With woodcut illustrations and text decorations by..... More
London: Thomas Allman, 1843. Hardcover. Original brown cloth, front cover gilt-pressed, framed vignette of woman with harvest basket on head, man with slain dear on back and basket of game in arm, double blind-ruled front and back. Covers stained and edges worn, spine missing, thus in need of rebacking. Engraved..... More
Buffalo: D. Ransom, Son & Co, 1890. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Wraps stained, leaves browned (cheap paper stock), publisher's stitched spine. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 8vo, gray linen with gilt titles and devices front and back. xii, 210. Lacking rear endpaper. Copiously illustrated with b&w photos and diagrams. Inscription dated 1948 ffe. Small stain bottom edge front cover. More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1853. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Third edition, dated 1853 title page, 8vo, publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, xiii, 306, 24 (supplement), 9 (publisher's list). Coverds slightly soiled, corners moderately worn, firm binding, moderatley foxed/spotted throughout. A solid, unsophisticated copy. 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
London: Cassel, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Scarce Boulestin first edition in dustjacket. 8vo, cream-colored cloth flecked in blue, with burgundy leather label and gilt titles to spine. Dustjacket pictorial and frontispiece by Laboureur. Book near fine - little sign if any of use. Dustajcket dust and a tad soiled. 2..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1925. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. The scarce limited edition of this Boulestin title, only 20 copies, this numbered 6 and signed by Boulestin on the limitation page. Printed on hand-made paper, with a special frontispiece designed by J. E. Laboureur. 8vo, sides untrimmed, boards covered in distinctive..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing January 1931. Near fine copy, lacking dustjacket. Frontispiece by French artist Jean Emile Laboureur. Rust-colored cloth, slightest wear spine tips. No names, inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1915. First Limited Edition Thus. Publishers Cloth. Special edition, printed at The Riverside Press, limited to 375 copies, this #229. Cloth spine a wee faded, else near fine. More
Paris: Draeger Freres, 1935. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1936 catalogue from the pre-eminent French house of wine. Strikingly designed by French artist Cassandre. Spiral bound. Near fine. More
NY: Weathehill, 1971. Shoshitsu, Sen no (forward). Hardcover. Comprehensive work on the Japanese tea ceremony - its philosophy, history and practice - with over 100 illustrations. A fine copy in decorated slipcase. More
NY: Clairborne-Franey, Inc, 1973. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Complete run of Volume 1, 24 issues (and a duplicate copy of issue number 1), plus 12 of 18 issues of Volume 2 of the scarce newsletter of recipes, food philosophizing, and charming anecdotes that Claiborne started with his longtime friend and..... 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: 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: Harcourt Brace, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon cocktail book. First edition, 8vo, vi +112, slightly soiled covers, no PONS or inscriptions, firmly bound, narrow brown stain on edge traversing pages 61 - 85 and a few tiny splashes of same throughout. Looks like it was a perfect Manhattan to..... More
NY: The World Publishing Company, 1943. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Uncommon US wartime home economics publication. Red plastic spiral, pictorial covers, soiled. 123 pages, leaves toned, as expected (cheap, pulp, wartime, stock). More
NY: Harper& Brothers, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Author's first book. Solid, clean copy - no names, inscriptions or bookplates. Stated second edition. Green cloth, black-stamped titles. Lacking dustjacket. Slight wear to cloth at spine head. More
Koln: DuMont, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine, apparently unused copy, in slightly rubbed near fine dustjacket. Stunning photography. No US edition. 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
Barre MA: Barre Publishers, 1970. 1st Edition Lim. Hardcover. This one of 100 copies that has a suite of single-sheet engravings each signed by the artist in envelope on pastedown at rear of book (not one of the 1000 as usually seen). Quarter leather over marbelized boards, which is slightly..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The second title of Muriel Goaman's "home economic" series for girls. Very good condition in original very good dustjacket that has some chips at corners. Only published in the UK: no American editions. More
London: Faber & Faber, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The first and tenth title of Muriel Goaman's "home economic" series for girls, the two titles specific to cooking, both first editions, 1947 and 1958, uniform format. Both very good condition in original very good dustjackets that have some chips about the..... More
Aspen CO: (published by author), 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Stiff pictorial covers, plastic spiral-bound, 130 pages, b&w photographs throughout. All kind of recipes from Aspen townsfolk - retailers, hoteliers, chefs, ski-instructors, teachers, artists - with not only photographs of them but also of Aspen historical and natural sites. Besides..... More
London: Faber& Faber, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. One of the harder-to-find of the many of Heath's cuisine titles. Pictorial cloth, front and back, in matching pictorial dustjacket. Decorations and cover art by Edward Bawden. Cloth tanned and dustjacket toned, more so at spine. Dustjacket price-clipped with some chipping and an..... More