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George Illion
Cardinal Mercier - Eat less wheat - meat - fats and sugar
Brooklyn: Latham Lith. & Ptg. Co. 1918. Early Printing. Very good /none as issued. George Illion. Beautiful chromolithograph poster from WWI by George Illion. 21 x 28 inches tall. "Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food Administration for more food for starving millions. Eat less wheat - meat - fats and sugar. Ship more to the war-stricken people of France - Belgium - Italy. Latham Lith. & Ptg. Co. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 1005
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Les Amis de Mainliner Cuisine; United Air Lines
Three Banquet Menus gatherings IV V & VI
Chicago & Denver: the club 1951. Three menus two 19 x 13 cm.; one 23 x 15 cm. each 4 pages. Three menus for a dining society modeled after "Les Amis d'Escoffier" but celebrating the skills of the United Air Lines' Managing Chefs and prepared in the various flight kitchens within United Airlines' system. Each menu item is accompanied by a wine pairing as well as the names of the chefs that provided the dish and their flight kitchen's city. An explanatory text is included on the rear panel. In an envelope with information from the menu collector F. Sperl. Near fine. [the club unknown books
Bookseller reference : 7335
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Rudd Hugh R.
WINE Hocks and Moselles
London: Constable & Co Ltd. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon boards. Very good. 165 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Part of Constable's Wine Library Edited by André L. Simon. Folding map at rear: The Wine Districts of the Rhine and Moselle. Alchemically and astrologically symbolic armorial bookplate of forensic psychiatrist Dr. Marcus Crahan who along with his with Elizabeth collected books on culinary subjects for over 40 years. Other bookplate: Richard Day. Spine lightly sunned interior clean and crisp partially unopened. <br/><br/> Constable & Co Ltd. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2133
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The American Cereal Co.
The Frolie Grasshopper Circus
Chicago: The American Cereal Co. 1895. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. Very good. 15 pages. 14 x 9 cm. Early American Cereal Co. more commonly known as Quaker Oats advertising pamphlet featuring a peculiar circus act performed by grasshoppers. Charming color illustrations throughout. Small closed tear to front cover otherwise crisp and clean. <br/><br/> The American Cereal Co. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 1323
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Patent suit Cooking stove design; Johnson Elias; Low Peter; Hicks George W.
Report of a trial for violation of the patent right of the 'American Air-Tight' cooking-stove in the Circuit Court of the United States within and for the district of Massachusetts : wherein Elias Johnson and David B. Cox were plaintiffs and Peter Low and George W. Hicks were defendants
Boston: Dickinson Printing Establishment Damrell & Moore 1848. Octavo 22.5 x 14 cm. 60 pages 1 folded leaf of plates; illustrated. With one folding copper-engraved plate and 12 text figures. Interleaved with blanks throughout. FIRST EDITION. Record of a patent infringement case between two neighboring stove foundries in Troy New York. The plaintiffs Elias Johnson and David B. Cox who owned the Clinton Foundry later owned by Fuller & Warren sued their neighbors Peter Low and George W. Hicks. The attorney for the plaintiffs William Whiting explains that the defendants "flooded the market with a stove so nearly resembling the patented stove both in name form size ornaments and construction as to deceive any person of ordinary discrimination." They even named the stove the "American Hot Air" while the Johnson and Cox stove was the "American Air Tight. "The Defendants desiring not only to take away the fruits of Pierce's invention but of his taste also actually directed their pattern makers to imitate Pierce's stove in every particular even to the ornamental carving of the pattern and the shape and position of the legs on the stove so that it would be easy to pass off their stove for Pierce's" page 12. Low and Hicks saw the strength of the suit and settled. Contemporary calf over marbled boards with black morocco cover label with the name "William Whiting" stamped in gold. Whiting's copy who was one of the lawyers for the plaintiffs in this interesting American patent trial. OCLC locates three copies NYHS Boston Athenaeum Houghton Library. Dickinson Printing Establishment, Damrell & Moore hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 6102
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Royal Baking Powder Company; Rudmani Prof. Giuseppi compiler Late Chef de Cuisine of the New York Cooking School
The Royal Baker & Pastry Cook
New York: Royal Baking Powder Co 1878. Stapled octavo-sized booklet 23.5 x 15cm. 32 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. Front wrapper verso with product reviews dated 1878. Includes a wood engraving showing twenty figures of diverse pans used in baking. "The recipes in this book are new and formulated by one of the most experienced Professors in the art of scientific and practical cookery especially adapted for the use of "Royal" Baking Powder and "Royal" flavoring Extracts. These preparations are incomparable in strength and purity. Substituting other articles will only end in disappointment." front wrapper blurb. Included are three hundred seventy seven recipes ranging from Bread & Rolls to Pies to Puddings to Fritters & Pancakes to Meat Pies to Icings. "The Royal Baking Powder Company was one of the largest producers of baking powder in the US. It was started by both Joseph Christoffel Hoagland & William Ziegler in 1866." Wiki. General wear & soiling to wrappers; foxing throughout; a bit musty. Good or a bit better in printed gray-green wrappers. OCLC locates four copies; Axford page 352; Bitting page 410 both for the 1882 and later editions; not in Cagle. Royal Baking Powder Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 5956
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Fannie Merritt Farmer
The Boston Cooking School Cook Book Revised with One Hundred Twenty-Five New Recipes the Recipes from the Appendix and the Addenda Introduced in Logical Order Throughout the Book and One Hundred Half-Tone Illustrations Original Fannie Farmer Cookbook.
Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1912. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good/missing. A very good early edition from 1912 of what is now known as "The Fannie Farmer Cookbook." Tan boards with brown title stamping. Binding is sturdy and square. Toning to page edges. This copy has been well-cared for with no stains no spills no leaning. Front hinge cracking at end paper mull intact. Previous owner's name first free endpaper and on rear pastedown. 648 pp. including index followed by 30 pp. contemporary advertisements. Little, Brown & Co. hardcover books
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The Officers of Helen E. Pelletreau Scholarship Committee Compiled by
COMMUNITY COOKBOOK A Great Many Good Things or A Cook Book of Pittsburgh Recipes
Pittsburgh: Murdoch Kerr & Co. c. 1895. Hardcover. White oil cloth covered boards. Very good. 128 pages. 19 x 14 cm. 22 pages local advertisements. An array of dishes with some surprises such as a recipe for "Hot Tamales" from a contributor Helen E. Pelletreau who had traveled to Corpus Christi. Chapters include: Soup Fish & Oysters Meats and Entrees and Meat Sauces Vegetables Eggs & Omelets Salads and Salad Dressing Relishes Yeast & Bread Breakfast and Tea Cakes Pies and puddings Desserts Cakes Small Cakes Drinks and Ices Invalid's Tray Fruits Pickles Candy Nice Things to Know and Miscellaneous. Numerous local advertisements illustrated. <br /> <br />Helen Pelletreau was the third president of the Pennsylvania College For Women and the first woman to hold the office. Pelletreau was chosen as Acting President after the prior person to hold the office resigned and while trustees searched for a replacement. The committee citing her exceptional business insight then elected Miss Pelletreau as President a title she kept for 14 years until her retirement in 1894. Pages lightly toned. <br/><br/> Murdoch, Kerr & Co. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1846
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Sanderson James M. and Eleanor Parkinson
The Complete Cook bound with The Complete Confectioner
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1843 and 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards paper spine label. Very good. 196 & 154 pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. The Complete Cook highlights the art of carving accompanied by illustrations. The Complete Confectioner contains one page of illustrations featuring modeling tools - last ten pages filled with period advertisements. Pages tanned edges rubbed otherwise text clean no markings. LOWENSTEIN 302 & 320. <br/><br/> Lea and Blanchard hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2080
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The United Methodist Women of The First United Methodist Church
COMMUNITY COOKBOOK Recipe Card Cook Book
Ozark Alabama: The United Methodist Women of The First United Methodist Church c. 1960's. Cards. Colored cards metal rings. Very good. 11 x 14 cm. Over 150 recipe cards color-coded featuring fun and resourceful mid-century recipes. Cheese balls salads encased in gelatin casseroles candy and cakes all attributed to members of the community. Bound in two metal rings. Cards toned with minor staining. <br/><br/> The United Methodist Women of The First United Methodist Church unknown books
Bookseller reference : 2349
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Beard James & Helen Evans Brown
The Complete Book of Outdoor Cookery
New York: Royal Books 1972. Paperback. Color illustrated paperback. Very good. 286 pages. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Signed by Beard on the title page to his friend Gary Wood. Everything you need to know about cooking outdoors from the best kind of meat for charcoal broiling to the last details of superb patio suppers. Pages lightly toned. <br/><br/> Royal Books paperback books
Bookseller reference : 2351
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Krause Genelle
MY COOKBOOK: Favorites of the Little Red Hen
Modern Printers 2001. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Previous owner's nameplate attached to reverse of front cover. Signed by author on title page. No other markings in text. Pictorial paper covers. Black metal spiral binding on spine. The Taffy Candy for Christmas recipe really looks good!; Not Ex-Library. Very Good binding. Modern Printers unknown books
Bookseller reference : 232427
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Athletic Tea Company Inc.
ST. LOUIS A New Day Cooking with Viola Boyd
St. Louis MO: Athletic Tea Company Inc. 1928. Stiff wraps. Color illustrated card wraps grommet style binding. Very good. 45 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Charming color illustrated cookbook presented as an award for participating in the Athletic Tea Company/Vogal Brothers Premium purchasing program. The Athletic Tea Co. was a division of Vogel Brothers - coffee tea spice and household furnishing - Importers Wholesalers and retailers. Recipes utilize their canned goods teas & coffees and spices. Last twelve pages filled with full page illustrations of promoted household Premiums pots dishes lamps rugs etc. Vibrant color illustrations throughout. Covers lightly soiled interior clean. <br/><br/> Athletic Tea Company, Inc. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 2192
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Margaret
How the Shakers Cook and the Noted Cooks of the Country
n.p. New York 1889. Staplebound. Illustrated wraps. Very good. 48 pages. 15.5 x 18.5 cm. A small almanac with bio of prominent chefs their history and salary. Crisp clean copy. BROWN 2474. <br/><br/> paperback books
Bookseller reference : 1751
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TRADE CARD New Cyclone Ranges
Taunton MA: White Warner & Co. c. 1890s. Cards. Illustrated card stock. Very good. 13.5 x 10.5 cm. Illustrated stove trade card. "New Cyclone Ranges are THE BEST Medium priced ranges in the Market. Fitted with WHITE'S reliable Patent Grate Alaska Knobs &c. Thousands in use and Giving Satisfaction." Black and white stove illustration one one side with color illustration of african-american male's face embedded in a flower on verso. <br/><br/> White, Warner & Co. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 1467
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Cooking KRUNITZ Johann Georg 1728 1796.
Extract from: Oeconomische Encyklopaedie oder allgemeines System der Staats-Stadt-Haus- und Landwirth-schaft in alphabetischer Ordnung. . .
n.p.:: n.d. ca. 1808 1808. 209 x 126 mm. 8vo. 213-356 pp. 6 folding plates. Later paper wrappers; extremities rubbed. AS IS. Article on cooking extracted from Volume 42 of Johann Georg Krunitz's Oeconomische Encyklopaedie. The plates depict distilling equipment large-scale stoves double-boilers pots and pans pressing equipment and others. The first 73 volumes of this massive work originally appeared in Berlin 1793-1798. Krunitz was born in Berlin and studied at Gottingen Halle and Frankfurt where he took his doctorate in medicine in 1749 and initially practiced. He removed to Berlin in 1769 where he died twenty-seven years later. Brit. Mus. Readex XIV 449; Hirsch III pp. 559; Kress Library of Business and Economics B.125; Poggendorf I col. 1323. n.d. (ca. 1808)] unknown books
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Allen Ida Bailey
True Hospitality The Key to Happiness
Ottumwa Iowa: John Morrell & Co. 1928. Staplebound wraps. Green illustrated wraps. Very good. 8 x 5 in. 36 pages. Ida Bailey Allen popularly known as The Nation's Homemaker dishes out advise on hosting Teas Bridge Parties Receptions Midnight Suppers Summer Sports Events with advertisement for Morrell's food products. Some recipes include; Liver Cheese with Bacon Ham Collops Mock Terrapin Tea Biscuits and Sausage Rolls. Lovely color and black and white illustrations throughout. Closed tear to spine. <br/><br/> John Morrell & Co. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 537
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Portable Elevator Mfg. Company
TRADE CATALOG Hog Killin' Days - Prize Recipes for Curing and Smoking Hams Bacon Sausages
Bloomington Illinois: Portable Elevator Mfg. Company 1918. Staplebound. Illustrated wraps. Good. Unpaginated 20 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Illustrated catalog featuring a variety of products manufactured by Portable elevator Mfg. Company most notably the National Giant Portable Smoke House is several sizes. The catalog targets farmers with an idyllic narrative of bygone Butchering Day; "when you were a boy - don't you remember the time Gee! It was like a holiday for us.Those days have grown fewer each year. Smoke Houses are scarcer that they used to be. But they are none the less desirable." <br /><br />Company assertions discuss sanitary concerns money and economical issues profit sales recommendationstestimonials methods and ordering instructions. Covers lightly stained. A few penciled annotations on the interior. <br /> Portable Elevator Mfg. Company paperback books
Bookseller reference : 2523
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Fisher Helen Stevens "Little Lady of the House"
RADIO Fun Fare
N.D.C. 1939. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. Very good. Youngren Max. 30 pages. 20 x 14 cm. Written by one of Chicago's women of the "Golden Age of Radio" Helen Stevens Fisher best known as "The Little Lady of the House" who was featured on The National Farm and Home Hour NBC - one of the most popular radio programs of the 20th century. Fisher was the Barbara Walters of her time wrangling nationally famous personalities and stars coming through Chicago to join her on air and talk abouth themselves on the broadcast. <br /><br />Booklet is filled with wacky party ideas: Millionaire's Party Paper Sack Party Treasure Trail. all accompanied by menus and recipes. Illustrated throughout. Covers lightly rubbed at edges. <br /> N.D.C. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 2527
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Ellsworth Mary Grosvenor
Much Depends on Dinner
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Harlequin designed boards paper spine. Very good. 338 pages plus index. 19 x 12 cm. Ellsworth suggests a lack of staff to run her household and being "utterly crushingly bored" with shopping for food inspired her to write this book. A fun read with some classic recipes. The "One-Arm Meal" - suggests options to serve a lovely meal while entertaining. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1923
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Calumet Baking Powder Company
Modern Mixes For Bakers
Chicago: Calumet Baking Powder Company 1920. Hardcover. Orig. glossy cream boards blue string attached. Very good. 64 pages. 23 x 13 cm. Recipes and instructions addressing the needs of commercial bakers. Crisp clean copy. <br/><br/> Calumet Baking Powder Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1567
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Colwin Laurie
Home Cooking/More Home Cooking
New York: Alfred A. Knopf/Harper Collins 1988/1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue boards. Very good in Very good dust wrappers. 193 & 224 pages. From the collection of the late bookseller Barbara Farnsworth 1934-2018. Laurie Colwin a novelist and short stories writer was well known for her wit and especially for her food columns in Gourmet Magazine. Colwin died suddenly at the age of 48 in October 1992. Colwin was a part-time resident of West Cornwall CT where she struck up a friendship with Barbara Farnsworth. These two first editions are accompanied by two personal correspondence between the two and clipped articles invitations and Colwin's obituaries - all annotated with dates by Farnsworth. <br /> <br />List of laid in items: Beatrix Potter post card from Laurie to Barbara 3/11/92 Letter from Laurie to Barbara 9/23/88 NYT Magazine article 11/02 NYT Book Review 10/93 Gourmet Article 8/01 Gourmet "You Asked For It" 9/87 New Yorker Fiction 10/93 Kirkus Review - Home Cooking Supplement Card 1988 With Compliments of the Author Card - Alfred A. Knopf Index Card with Laurie's NY address Postcard to Barbara for Laurie's Memorial Service at Symphony Space 2/9/93. Four clipped obituaries. <br /> <br />ln 1992 Andrew Malcolm describing Farnsworth's Books and bookstore in the New York Times quoted Barbara as saying "Nobody runs an old bookstore to get rich. It just legalizes my compulsion to own lots of books on lots of subjects and to put my own mark on the store." <br /> <br />Home Cooking is clean and crisp More Home Cooking is lightly foxed with an annotation in pencil Katharine Hepburn's Brownies. <br /> <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf/Harper Collins hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2296
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Thomas Jerry; Asbury Herbert
The Bon Vivant's Companion or How to Mix Drinks Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States Together with the Most Popular British French German Italian Russian and Spanish Recipes Embracing Punches Juleps Cobblers etc. etc. etc. in Endless Variety. The Bar-Tender's Guide Bartender's
Alfred A. Knopf 1928. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First thus. Boards a bit soiled small ink number stamp on rear free endpaper. 1928 Hard Cover. li 3 169 3 pp. 8vo. 1928 reissue of the famous 1862 original considered the first American cocktail book edited with a new introduction by Herbert Asbury author of Gangs of New York etc. Jerry Thomas was the principal bartender at the Metropolitan Hotel in New York City and at the Planters' House in St. Paul. His work helped formalize and codify what until that point were recipes preserved by word of mouth and general reputation rather than a written system and the use of measurements. This edition also notable because it was released during Prohibition includes the introduction to the first edition and Asbury's new introduction provides biographical information about Thomas as well as historical context for the original work. A wide range of drinks are covered includes punches which were the earliest examples of cocktails juleps fizzes smashes shrubs cobblers sours etc. etc. Also included are chapters on: syrups essences tinctures colorings etc.; and temperance drinks. Illustrations including a frontispiece of Thomas preparing his renowned Blue Blazer are reproduced from the originals. An index follows the text which makes locating individual drinks much easier. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2287022
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Bremer Mary Moore
New Orleans Recipes
New Orleans: Mary Moore Bremer 1932. Wraps. Orange illustrated cardboard wraps. Near fine. 86 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. Early edition chock full of recipes such as Chicken Pilau Oysters Jambalaya Bouilla-Baisse and many more. Bremer adds lively prose and pleasing black and white woodblock illustrations throughout. Light scuff at rear interior crisp and clean. <br /> Mary Moore Bremer paperback books
Bookseller reference : 1822
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Halliwell Frederick William
BRITISH MILITARY Catering Menu for the Officers in the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the West Riding Regiment
York England 1886. Loose_leaf. Folded folio. Very good. 32 x 20 cm. This menuwritten by Halliwell a local master of ceremonies and freemason was made to accommodate and service the 3rd and 4th battalions' officers of the West Riding Regiment formerly known as the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. The officers were lodged in the De Grey Rooms neo-classically designed and constructed by architect George Townsend Andrews in the 1840's. The building was originally built to house the Yorkshire Hussar Regiment. The menu describes breakfast luncheon and dinner with served dishes that include tea coffee bacon and eggs kidneys cakes salad soups sweets ices and more. Menu also informs the officers of prices to pay per diem for services and the charges the guests and live-in servants must pay for board and food. The second page lists the sums for individual drinks. Delightful acquisition for a connoisseur of English military history. Light fold marks with some toning. <br/><br/> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 1742
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Child Julia
Julia Child & Company
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1978. First Edition. Fine in decorated white paper covered boards with bold blue text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 3/4" by 8 1/2". In a very good unclipped dust jacket with a number of short closed tears at the upper edge of the spine area and at the upper edge of the front panel and a one inch "v" shaped chip from the lower edge of the rear panel. 243 pages including an index and text. Illustrated throughout with color photographs by James Scherer. Written in collaboration with E. S. Yntema. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
Bookseller reference : TB27151
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Global Gaities Cocktail Set
c. 1940's. Cardboard covers. Tan illustrated cardboard covers. Very good. 23 x 15.5 cm. Six 20.5 x 14 cm. cloth color illustrated cocktail napkins - with recipes for Forbidden Fruit Vodka Collins Advocaat Christmas High Ball London Gin Fizz and La France - in a folding accordion style cardboard booklet. Covers lightly worn napkins in good condition. <br/><br/> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 2366
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Shuman Carrie V. compiler
Favorite Dishes: A Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book
<p>First edition second printing Octavo. Illustrated with twenty-four halftone portraits; woodcuts in the text by May Root-Kern Mellie Ingels Julian Louis Braunhold George Wharton Edwards. Original yellow-orange pictorial cloth stamped in white and gilt designed by "G"; t.e.g. No dust jacket. Good some light soiling; a few small spots. 221 pages.</p><p>According to the colophon there was a limited "author's edition bound in silk."</p><p>Bookplate of Rockwell Dennis Hunt designed by Anthony Euwer.</p><p>Cagle 699.</p><p>Bitting 433.</p><p>Brown 563.</p><p>Axford page 146.</p> R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2222091
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TRADE CARD G. Adams's Bread & Biscuit Manufactory
Bath England c. 1880's. Cards. White illustrated cards. Very good. Bath known for the Bath Oliver dry biscuits obviously had some imitators in the late 19th century. G. Adams declared the shop was "The Only Shop in Bath for Northampton Bunns." Also featured - Sole Manufacturer of the Celebrated Bath Wine Biscuits Every description of plain & fancy Biscuits Spanish Bread Scotch Bread Ginger Bread Lunch Cakes School Cakes Pound Cakes Sally Lunns and The Bread manufactured at this Establishment is warranted perfectly free from adulteration. Verso displays previous glue application. <br /> books
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Rogers Cameron Editor Marquis Don and Morley Christopher
Full and By: Being a Collection of Verses by Persons of Quality in Praise of Drinking
Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company 1925. Hardcover. Tan paper covered boards cloth spine paper title on cover and spine. Very good. 154 pages. 31 x 24 cm. A classic tribute to libations filled with poems songs and drinking ballads along with music and exceptional illustrations. Bookplate of Charles Willard Stage Cleveland Lawyer on verso of front free end paper. Interior crisp and clean boards rubbed at corners. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2142
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Toogood Harriett
The Treasury of French Cookery. A Collection of the Best French Recipes Arranged and Adapted for English Households
<p>First edition. Octavo. Original brown cloth stamped lettering in blind on both covers; gilt stamped spine ends chipped; worn at joints. No dust jacket. Ink signature of E. S. Ramsay on front free endpaper. Good a few light stains in text. 298 pages 2 pages of ads at end.</p><p>Not located in Bitting.</p><p>Printed by W. Clowes and Sons.</p> Richard Bentley hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2221890
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Armour & Company
Vigoral in Chafing Dish Recipes
Chicago: Armour Printing Works c. 1898. Staplebound. Green illustrated wraps. Near fine. 32 pages. Vigoral a byproduct made by the meat packing giant Armour & Company consisted of "Extract of Beef and powdered beef fibre delicately seasoned.stimulating and containing peptogenic properties full of nutritive value". The winning slogan used to hawk this product: Vigoral. is not a medicine: it is a food that is both MEAT and Drink. Endorsements include - Charles W. Miller Bicyclist who in 1897 covered 2007 miles and 4 laps to win the six-day bicycle race held at Madison Square Garden during the first week in December. Recipes and illustrations. Pristine. <br /> Armour Printing Works books
Bookseller reference : 1823
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Murrey Thomas J.
Cookery with a Chafing Dish
<p>First edition. Small octavo. Original green cloth over pictorial boards showing a child standing on a chair opening a chafing dish. No dust jacket. Good corners worn. 40 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Bitting page 337.</p><p>Not located in Cagle.</p> Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2222104
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My Recipe Book
Hardcover. Orig. illustrated binder. Very good. Unpaginated. 22.5 x 17 cm. Classic homemakers binder including index tabs ruled paper and envelopes to store loose recipes unfilled. Toning to paper otherwise pristine. <br/><br/> hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 325
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Willan Anne
The Observer French Cookery School
London: Macdonald 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Cream boards. Very good in very good dust wrapper. 305 pages. 27 x 20 cm. First edition in book form published in the Observer newspaper in 16 parts. A revised and expanded version of a French cooking course taught at Anne Willan's cookery school in Paris La Varenne. Fully illustrated demonstrating cooking techniques. Interior clean pages lightly toned. <br /> Macdonald hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2543
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Wolfert Paula
Paula Wolfert's WORLD OF FOOD
New York: Harper & Row 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth covered boards title in gilt. Very good in good dust wrapper. 361 pages. 24 x 21 cm. In this delightful cookbook Wolfert focuses on the Mediterranean area - specifically Catalonia Sicily the Ionian islands Morocco and various parts of France. "The dishes themselves share common elements: deep earthy flavors; richness without heaviness; and a big rounded taste." Interior clean and crisp. Dust wrapper sunned. <br /> Harper & Row hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2542
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The Ladies' Committee FINS. Women's Workshop F. I. N. S.
A Friend In Need - English-Tamil Cookery Book
Madras 1950. Third Edition. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards. Very good. 332 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. First published in 1933 by the Friends In Need Society assisting the aged infirm and destitute European and Anglo-Indian Christians this Anglo-Indian cookbook was written for British women in India who wanted to recreate their home environs while living in the colony. Written in two languages - English and Urdu side by side. Last 12 pages filled with local ads. Some pencil annotations covers rubbed. <br /> hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2546
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Baldwin Mary H. & Evelyn G. Hinds
The Marigold Cook Book
New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1938. Spiral_bound. Color illustrated boards white plastic comb spine. Very good. 126 pages. 23.5 x 17 cm. Filled with favorite recipes from the Marigold Restaurants - Appetizers & Soups Oyster Stew Sea Food Jambalaya Breads & Sandwiches Meats and Eggs Vegetables & Salads Desserts Sweets & Pickles Green Tomato Mincemeat and much more. Light staining to interior. Boards rubbed. <br /> Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2544
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A Boston Lady
The Dessert Book
Boston: J. E. Tilton and Company 1872. Hardcover. Cream oilcloth covers. Very good. 202 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. A comprehensive text on desserts sweets ice creams icesbrandied fruits and after dinner drinks - punches coffee chocolate tea lemonades liqueurs cordials and spirituous creams. Light foxing pages lightly toned. Book covered in what appears to be oilcloth. Bookplate of E.G. Frothingham Haverhill Mass. Previous owners stamp on front free end paper. BROWN 1503. <br /> J. E. Tilton and Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2547
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Kulla Frank & Patricia Shannon Kulla Translated and Adapted by
Fernand Point: Ma Gastronomie
Wilton Connecticut: Lyceum Books 1974. Tan cloth covered boards. Very good in good dust wrapper. 191 pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. "Although there are observations from many others this is Fernand Point's Book. Here are his wise witty and often provocative views on food wine and life - in his case the three were synonymous. But most important here are al this remarkably inventive recipes over 200 of them carefully compiled from his handwritten notes and now in English for the first time." Special Drawings by André Dunoyer de Sogonzac. Clean crisp copy. Dust wrapper rubbed and sunned. <br /> Lyceum Books hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2539
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Child Julia
Julia Child & More Company
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Large format paperback. 248 pages. 27 x 21.5 cm. In collaboration with E.S. Yntema. Photographs by James Scherer. Like its predecessor and companion Julia Child & Co. this is a menu cook book filled with photo illustrations marketing tips and leftover suggestions. Detailed recipes for everything she demonstrates on her second cooking-for-company television series. Interior crisp and clean Covers sunned at spine. <br /> Alfred A. Knopf paperback books
Bookseller reference : 2548
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Grossinger Jennie
The Art of Jewish Cooking
New York: Random House 1958. Hardcover. White illustrated boards. Very good in good dust wrapper. Fox Lorraine. 229 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. From the woman who helped turn a modest Catskills family hotel into a resort Jennie Grossinger brings to light Jewish-style cookery - recipes handed down for countless generations; basic recipes that each family group creates a new variation. Jewish dishes are drawn from many lands - from Czechoslovakia comes dumplings and a widespread use of poppy seeds; from Poland the classic pirogen; Germany has supplied gefilte fish and pancakes; goulash was introduced from Hungary; the favorite herring preparations from Holland. Jewish holiday dishes round out the wonderful recipes found in this enriching cookbook. Previous owner's stamp on illustrated end papers. Interior clean light toning. Dust wrapper price clipped with light water stains to spine. <br /> Random House hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2545
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Ramazani Nesta
Persian Cooking
Charlottesville Virginia: University Press of Virginia 1986. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards. Good. 296 pages. A complete guide to Persian culinary arts filled with recipes history and a glossary of Persian-English Foods. Interior clean covers lightly rubbed. University Press of Virginia hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2540
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Proulx E Annie & Lew Nichols
The Complete Dairy Foods Cookbook
Emmaus Pennsyvania: Rodale Press 1982. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards. Good. Gardner Jean & Jerry O'Brien. 296 pages. 24 x 19.5 cm. From the Pulitzer Price winning author of The Shipping News a refreshing look at creating dairy foods in your home. Everything you need to know for making cheese butter buttermilk sweet cream yogurt plus an array of delicious dairy recipes in every chapter. Copiously illustrated throughout. Clean crisp interior. Covers lightly soiled spine lightly sunned. <br /> Rodale Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2541
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French Catalogue Dijon Ville d'Art Capitale Gastronomique
Dijon: La Societe Nouvelle Agence Fournier 1929. Staplebound. Orig. orange illustrated wraps. Very good. 64 pages. 18.5 x 13.5 cm. A look into the French attitudes toward American Prohibition. Along with a multitude of advertisements for local restaurants wine merchants gun merchants Citroen dealers and all other retailers of goods this pamphlet contains an editorial by M. Gaston Gerard Mayor of Dijon explaining the issues concerning American Prohibition and the effects on the wine trade. Many pages unopened text in French. Spine lightly rubbed corner light crease interior crisp and clean. <br/><br/> La Societe Nouvelle Agence Fournier paperback books
Bookseller reference : 713
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Albert B. and Nicolas Appert
La Cuisinier Parisien ou Manuel Complet bound with Le Livre De Tous Les Ménages ou L'art de Conserver
Paris: Louis Tenré/Patris et Cie 1833 1810. Fifth Edition/First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary half-calf and decorated boards. Very good. 454 pages/116 pages. 21 x 13 cm. La Cuisinier: Covering all aspects of cooking of post revolutionary France. Includes engraved frontispiece titled "intérieur d'une cuisine bien ordonnée" and 3 plates depicting ovens and cooking utensils. Albert was former chef de cuisine for Cardinal Fesch Napoléon's Uncle. L'art de Conserver: Appert's signature on verso of title page. One folding plate. Appert a confectioner chef and distiller developed the first method of preserving food by enclosing it in airtight sealed containers. Pasteur later admitted his pasteurization process was largely derived from Appert's earlier methods. Appert was rewarded with a prize of 12000 francs by the French Directory Napoléon who needed to supply the growing armies with stable sustenance. CAGLE 28 36. Some foxing to interior. Covers rubbed at corners otherwise very good. <br/><br/> Louis Tenré/Patris et Cie hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1847
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Thanksgiving 1880 Massachusetts Letter Regarding Turkeys to Sell for Thanksgiving
Winchendon Mass. Loose_leaf. Lined paper. Very good. Single sheet.14 x 22.5 cm. "Mr. NB Pinnny Dear Sir & Bro - yours received & contents noticed in reply I would some good nice turkies for Thanksgiving from 8 to 12 lbs. drest weight - should want them fat and nice as turkeys are quite fleshy and only @ nice one is going to sell redily as the market is now 17 cts here would be all I could pay. If you can send any at that price drom me a line & I will let you know by return mail how many i want. Fraternally yours - Amos S. Lamb." Minor creasing lightly toned. <br/><br/> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 824
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David Elizabeth
ESSAYS A Book of Mediterranean Food
London: The Folio Society 2005. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards. Fine in very good slip case . 265 pages. 18 x 26 cm. Evolving from recollections of sunny Mediterranean fare during the bleak war years Elizabeth David wrote about the sensuality of food; not a voluptuary - David believed in pleasure rather than self-indulgence. Preface by Julian Barnes Decorations by John Minton Watercolours by Sophie MacCarthy. Book and interior pristine slipcase lightly rubbed. <br /> The Folio Society hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2493
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DOMESTIC GUIDEBOOK The Cookmaid's Complete Guide together with The Cookmaid's Remembrancer
London: Dean & Son 1853. Sewn binding. Pink blind-embossed wrappers. 84 pages. 16 X10 cm. In the 19th and early 20th century it was common for middle and upper class households to employ a maid dedicated to helping the family cook. This concise booklet defines the primary functions of the maid previous and prior to preparing food and the best methods to carry out such duties. The second half of the book focuses on food preparations and the elementary steps in order to assist the cook. Early owner's ink signature to title-page. Fading to paper binding joints expertly secured. Interior clean. <br/><br/> Dean & Son unknown books
Bookseller reference : 2285
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Beard James
Barbecue With Beard
New York: Golden Press 1975. Paperback. Green color illustrated wraps. Very good. 176 pages. 27 x 21 cm. Inscribed on title page - "For Gary Wood Good Grilling James Beard". From the man who turned barbecue cooking into an art this book is filled with recipes ranging from all-American favorites to unusual taste treats from around the world. Crisp and clean copy covers very lightly rubbed. <br/><br/> Golden Press paperback books
Bookseller reference : 1629
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