[FOOD & DRINK -- CANDY] GRILLON, OctaveBiblio.com
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1911réf. 56762New York: Octave Grillon 307 W. 24th St. 1911. 12mo. 191 1 pp. Numerous text illustrations photo plates. Burgundy-coloured ribbed cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine minor spotting edgewear slight scuffing back cover still VG copy. First edition of this very scarce candy making work detailing the processes for manufacturing the beloved French coated candies Dragee which many of us still eating a variation as M & M’s. Other forms included coated almonds decorative metallic balls Dragees with gum drop centers nougat centers and many others. Grillon b. 1865 was as an award-winning candy maker and foreman at a candy factory in New York who had immigrated from Beaugeney France in 1907 and winner of the Culinary Exhibition Gold Medal in 1899 at Toulouse. Worldcat locates 2 copies U of Chicago Nat. Lib. of Scotland; See: Publisher’s Weekly Nov. 4 1911 p. 1477. Octave Grillon, 307 W. 24th St., hardcover
1888réf. 52768Bellows Falls VT: Vermont Farm Machine Co. 1888. 8vo. 16 pp. Numerous woodcut-engraved text illustrations. Yellow colour-tinted printed softcovers woodcut engraving cover art of industrial swing churn on front cover Eureka Butter Worker on back cover 1 leaf w/ small tear at upper margin affecting only a couple letters still an excellent bright copy. First edition of this scarce and fascinating dairy machinery catalogue which included butter presses different sizes and varieties of swing churns which enabled dairies to produce quality butter in larger quantities as well as insulated butter boxes for storing and carrying the produced butter. Of particular interest is the treadmill attachment which could be used with dog sheep or goat although one suspects small children often running it in order to more efficiently churn butter. The company was founded in 1868 as the Hartford Sorghum Machine Co. but by 1873 was incorporated as the Vermont Machine Company and within a few years became one of the largest dairy equipment manufacturers in New England. Vermont Farm Machine Co., paperback
1931réf. 12157Alaska Steamship Company 1931. First Edition. Cardstock. Very Good. Seven menus from a 1931 voyage of the SS Yukon printed on cardstock and illustrated with black & white photographs and the "Alaska LIne" logo on the verso; one large black & white photograph on the recto mostly of Alaskan scenery but including one photograph of the SS Yukon. Slight yellowing and rubbing to edges. The ocean liner SS Yukon built in 1899 joined the Alaska Steamship Co. fleet in 1924 and remained in service until 1946 when she was wrecked off the Alaskan coast with the loss of eleven lives. Dust jacket is now preserved within a clear removable archival protector with acid-free backing. Alaska Steamship Company unknown
réf. 6323934137Oxford University Press OUP . Papeback. New. pp. 286 Oxford University Press OUP unknown
réf. B9780521654807Paperback / softback. New. On 8 July 1996 the International Court of Justice handed down two Advisory Opinions on the legality of nuclear weapons. In this 1999 book over thirty internationally respected experts contribute their analyses of the status of nuclear weapons in international law across all its sectors: use of force humanitarian law environment and human rights. paperback
1929réf. 62686Montreal Canada: Canadian Pacific Express 1929. Oblong 8vo. 4 pp unpaginated. text & borders printed in blue sepia & black. Self-printed softcovers vivid Art Deco cover art front cover of Canadian Pacific Express making delivery to airport by Charles James Greenwood 1893-1965 a NF copy. First edition thus of this wonderful menu issued at the end of the Roaring 20’s touting the lavish breakfasts available on Canadian Pacific streamliner service sleeping cars dining cars station restaurants and planes in 1929. Greenwood was a graphic designer who began creating posters for the Canadian Pacific in the 1920’s and was noted for his posters promoting cruises to Alaska. No copies in Worldcat. Canadian Pacific Express, paperback
1970réf. ZB1116961Dorka Bruxelles 1970. 892 pp. Hardcover ex library spine and covers faded else text and binding clean and tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Dorka Bruxelles hardcover
réf. 66740Cierec - Universite de Saint-Etienne In-8 24 cm 144pp. A72 Sommaire: Comparatisme et hypothese: Remarques sur la chronologie interne du grand changement vocalique en anglais - Les avatars de la negation: Negation interne et negation externe dans le cadre de l'opposition rhematique thematique - Les antonymes affixaux negation syntaxique ou lexicale - Les variations sur les modaux: Les modaux anglais et la progression des connaissances - Quelques remarques sur Have to et Must - L'aspect et les constantes contrastives : L'aspect en anglais en francais et dans les langues slaves etc. unknown
1915réf. 64380Chicago IL: Libby McNeill & Libby 1915. 4to. folded into 8vo. 20 4 columns i.e. 12 pp. Colour-litho illustrated front cover showing globe and all of the peoples and Libby products back cover showing the Libby’plants in Ontario CA an Alaskan salmon cannery and pineapple cannery in Honolulu H.T. numerous photo illustrations large double-page centerfold colour plate of the Exposition colour map at rear of San Francisco and the Exposition by P. Northrup minor shelfwear slight rubbing slight soiling covers still a VG bright copy. First edition of this scarce Libby’s promotional brochure for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition filled with photo illustrations of the plants canneries factories and the canned products including peaches pineapple fruit preserves ox tongues pork & beans and much more. The splendid panoramic birds-eye view of the PPIE is reminiscent of California Plein-Air paintings by William Phelps Northrup 1850-1929 artist cartographer and partner in the Matthews-Northrup Works in Buffalo NY who typically contracted with the Poole Bros. in Chicago. Worldcat locates 4 copies Canadian Centre for Architecture Hagley Osher Map Lib & Van Pelt Library. Libby, McNeill & Libby, unknown
1938réf. 64577Glendale CA: The Arthur H. Clark Co. 1938. Tall 8vo. 182 pp. Extra-illustrated title by Hernando Villa 2 plates. Orange publisher’s cloth black lettering offset toning on endpapers minor sunning to spine minor tidemark to lower corner fore-edge of textblock still a G copy from the library of William H. Bishop b. 1922 scion of the Bishop textiles family in Oregon & Washington re-enrolled at USC after his discharge to finish his undergraduate work studied law at Willamette Univ. and by 1950 was directing the Dyeing Department of the Pendleton Woolen Mills in Portland Oregon & wife Marilyn Bishop b. 1922. First edition 1 of 1019 copies. The “first and only authentic record of Spanish California cookery revealing many secret recipes and menus of the period handed down through five generations by the author’s illustrious Spanish ancestors who first trod the soil of California with Padre Junipero Serra.” As a direct descendant of Juan Francisco Reyes early alcalde of Los Angeles and Maximo Alanaiz founder of Rancho San Jose de Buenos Aires now Woodland Hills the author has presented authentic recipes for native California foods breads vegetables salads relishes olives cakes pastries cheeses meats daily menus and customs. The Arthur H. Clark Co., hardcover
1934réf. 62684West Bend WI: West Bend Aluminum Feb. 1934. 8vo. 15 1 pp. printed in green & black throughout. With photo & text illustrations throughout self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art of lunch counter small tear back cover minor dustsoiling darkening to fore-edges VG- copy. First edition of this remarkably scarce collection of recipes targeting drug stores soda fountains and lunch counters designed by the West Bend Aluminum cookware Home Economics Department to aid in selling cookware and economical large serving recipes. The supplied recipes include those for chili Corn Chowder Griddle Cakes Spanish Steak hot sandwiches with beef made slow cooked in the Dutch Oven and more. Of particular interest are the directions on making drip coffee with West Bend drip coffee makers and even a one-cup coffee maker. No copies in Worldcat. West Bend Aluminum, paperback
1947réf. 64164Washington D.C.: Ice Cream Merchandising Inc. 1947. 4to. 351 1 pp. Double-page title in blue & black text in red & black with 100’s of photo and colour illustrations throughout. Brick-red publisher’s cloth lettered in black & yellow front cover spine minor bumping head & foot of spine slight fraying to corners slight interior age toning still a VG bright copy from the Excelsior Creamery Co. w/ ownership stamp on ffep. First edition of this informative and lavishly illustrated sales and merchandising manual for ice cream and frozen dairy products in the Mid-20th-Century following World War II. Sponsored by the International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers Hennerich emphasized sales ad campaigns and encouraged training of soda fountain employees using filmstrip/cartoon strip format with sample training scripts. He also emphasized local markets the importance of competent management and improved sales techniques. Over half the book is devoted to the best recipes for ice cream sodas sundaes banana splits freezes floats shakes and more. Of particular interest are specific instructions on post-War upgrading with Mid-Century Modern counters lettering window displays lighting cost controls and adding air conditioning. Ice Cream Merchandising, Inc., hardcover
1979réf. 63295La Mesa CA: Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation 1979. Two works in one. 8vo. xxiv 4 431 1; 4 433-526 pp. Photo frontisp. over 150 photos illustrations plates x-rays. Blue cloth gilt lettering NF from the libraries of Betty Surprise and Eleanore Weinstock. First Heritage edition early printing of this scarce work on anthropology medicine diet and nutrition. The author examines in detail the diets and nutrition of primitive cultures including the Eskimos North American Indians Polynesians African Tribes New Zealand Maori Peruvian Indians and more and compares their results to that of modern urban countries. Continually pointing out that modern diet and eating when it supplants the native diet leads invariably to physical degeneration in the ethnic populations offering an object lesson to modern western civilization. Supplement includes sections on soil fertility dangers of pesticides fluoride chemicals and means by which to combat this. Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, hardcover
1890réf. 63446Rochester NY: American Public Health Association 1890. 8vo. viii 188 pp. Plum-coloured publisher’s cloth embossed covers gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear rubbing j& scuffing minor sunning still a VG- copy inscribed by Henry Lomb 1828-1908 founder of Bausch & Lomb with John Jacob Bausch and later the Mechanics Institute of Rochester NY now RIT with a special focus on providing 8th-grade girl graduates in and around Rochester with free cooking courses at the Mechanics Institute as well as the sponsor of the Lomb Prize presented to Mary Helena Brayton 1848-1922 longtime cooking & public health instructor at the Mechanics Institute. Second printing of this excellent Progressive Era cookbook which became a standard reference for cooking schools and particularly focused on training poor girls often working in factories as child labor to learn not only employable skills but raise their health and standards of living by eating and cooking more nutritious foods at home. See: Mary Hinman Abel: A Revolutionary in Domestic Science Food for Thought 2025. American Public Health Association, hardcover
1960réf. 64227Osaka & Tokyo Japan: Suntory Limited 1960. 12mo. 5 x 6.75 in. Triptych 6 pp unpaginated. w/ 20 pp unpaginated. colour-illustrated catalogue stapled in center self-printed illustrated softcovers in whisky-coloured and photo illustrated softcovers slight soiling back cover NF copy. First edition thus of this exceedingly scarce original Suntory Limited catalogue detailing the whiskies wines and liquers available from the storied Japanese distillery with the line-up introducing their Rare Old Whisky Suntory Royal 60 introduced in 1960 company founded in 1899 special label “Extra Special” Old Suntory Japanese Whisky only marketed for a couple years in the early 1960’s along with their standards. Other products included their Akadama wines Suntory Sparkling wines Green Tea Liquer Cherry Blossoms Liquer Creme de Cacao along with their brandy vermouth sloe gin vodka absinthe and sake brands. Alcohol content Net content weights and measures per carton and more are supplied within the tables. No copies in Worldcat. Suntory Limited, paperback
1928réf. 64506Los Angeles & Guasti CA: Italian Vineyard Co. Printed by Young & McCallister Inc. Nov. 1928. 16mo. 5 x 7 in. 31 1 pp. With numerous colour text illustrations panorama centerfold birds-eye view of Italian Vineyard Co. vineyards and winery. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of Italian chef leaning over the housewife to encourage use of Guasti wines small closed tear at foot of spine very minor edgewear minor soiling back cover still a VG- copy. First edition of this very scarce cookbook issued by the then famous Guasti California Italian Vineyard Co. under the direction of founder Secondo Guasti whose company by 1920’s owned 8 square miles of desert land in San Bernardino County east of Los Angles with over 20000 acres of vineyards. Guasti Cooking Sherry which was salted was excellent for sauces meats fowl stews and gravies while the old claret was perfect for red meats poultry and game dishes. The Sweet Sherry flavoring Sweet Port Flavoring and the Sauterne combined Guasti wines with cane sugar. Now largely a ghost town between the 10 & 60 freeways in Rancho Cucamonga the church replicating a 17th-Century Italian Church in Guasti’s native village of Asti still remains. Worldcat locates 1 copy of the 1st edition UC Davis 2nd edition released later is more common. Italian Vineyard Co., [Printed by Young & McCallister, Inc.], paperback
1924réf. 11449Seattle: Seattle Fruit and Flower Mission 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Pp. 393 plus several pages of advertisements. Illustrated with black & white advertisements. Two handwritten recipes transcribed within. Bound in silver cloth with black lettering stamped on cover and spine and three-color illustration stamped on front board. Edges rubbed; light foxing and light stains throughout. Title on front board: "Fruit and Flower Mission." The first edition of this fine collection of recipes representing the cuisine of post-WWI Seattle; subsequently reprinted 1930. The superb ads suggest a return to a thriving Seattle economy. Seattle Fruit and Flower Mission hardcover
1940réf. 7427Birmingham: Linley Heflin Unit 1940. First Edition. Wire Coil Bound. Very Good. Roderick D. Mackenzie cover art. 8vo. Pp. 268 followed by 18 of advertising. Illustrated with black & white drawings recipes hand-lettered. Stiff paper photo illustrated boards wire coil bound. Edges minimally rubbed. Leaves crisp bright and unmarked. The recipes are signed by their contributors and accompanied by charming illustrations. Even the display advertisements are attractively hand-lettered. The misguided covers were intended to be an Art-Deco triumph of metallic sheen: Instead they flopped displaying an austere industrial aesthetic. Linley Heflin continues to provide scholarships for Alabama women to attend Alabama colleges. Despite all their good intentions it's been suggested that recipes contributed by member's of Southern women's clubs are actually the toothsome creations of their African-American domestic help. Of this first edition OCLC records holdings at ten libraries. A notably well-preserved copy of a scarce pre-WWII cookbook. Linley Heflin Unit unknown
1894réf. 63280London: Charles Griffin & Co. Ltd. 1894. Thick 8vo. xvi 570 pp. plus 6 pp. publisher’s ads. With 144 text woodcut engraved illustrations diagrams. Maroon-coloured publisher’s cloth embossed borders on covers gilt lettering on spine minor sunning to spine edgewear dustsoiling to upper fore-edge slightly shaken still VG copy from the library of James Warne Chenhall d. 1914 perhaps best remembered as the engineer who oversaw the construction and fabrication of the Anaconda Smelting Works in the Montana Territory in 1883 in the U.S. w/ ownership stamp on verso of ffep. First edition of this noted and exhaustive work on preparation and manufacturing of a variety of oils fats butters and waxes from animals and vegetables including explanations of a myriad of uses for beeswax cooking oils soaps for health & hygiene a myriad of oils for uses in perfumes and cosmetics and more. Wright 1844-1894 was the founder of the Royal Institute of Chemistry and perhaps best remembered as the first to synthesize heroin in 1874. Charles Griffin & Co., Ltd., hardcover
1947réf. 63568Geneva Switzerland: Advertising and Graphic Art Publicite et Arts Graphiques 1947. 4to. 9.75 x 12.25 in. 184 pp. With 100s of illustrations photos tipped-in samples 1 leaf of printed brushed aluminum advertising cellophane packaging and more. Colour-illustrated softcovers striking cover art by Kurtz minor scuffing shelfwear slight rubbing still VG bright copy. First edition of this beautifully printed sample Special Issue from the noted “Review of Advertising and Graphic Arts in Switzerland.” Included are concept art and sample labels for wine bottles and winemakers; cigar and tobacco packaging with sample label; the development of cellophane and aluminum cans; the importance of commercial artists in packaging; extensive tips on window displays window display designs and sales marketing displays following World War II. Advertising and Graphic Art, Publicite et Arts Graphiques, paperback
1913réf. 64366Portland OR & Chicago IL: Denno’s Food Co. 925 Union Ave. N. June 1913. One oblong 4to. mounted silver gelatin photo sized 7.25 x 5.25 on 10 x 8 in. tan & brown studio board slight out-of-focus w/ weak depth-of-field still a NF exemplar from the library of the former factory manager. An excellent original photograph depicting 3 women workers and 1 male worker weighing and packing cans of Denno’s Baby Food into cans and labeling them by hand with stack of labels and glue depicted in the photo as well with cases stacked in the backgrounds. Calendar mounted on the wall dates the photo along with the long skirts and tufted sleeves of the women workers typical for Progressive Era dress. Based out of Chicago IL the company maintained the Portland manufacturing and canning facility for processing and supplying their West Coast customers. These home-mixed products were advertised as early as 1911 in Meier & Frank Store Annual Pure Food Fairs and continued to be marketed through the 1920’s in the Medicine Dept. of department stores and specialty stores alongside Horlick’s Malted Milk Borden’s Malted Milk Dryco Milk and other similar products. See: Great 6th Annual Pure Food Fair Meier & Frank Store The Entire Fourth Floor. . . Sunday Oregonian Jan. 22 1911 p. 14; Medicine Department Kennedy Cut-Rate Store New Castle News April 5 1923 p. 10. Denno’s Food Co., 925 Union Ave. N., unknown
1897réf. 64376Philadelphia: G.W. Bertron 1897. Thick 8vo. 608 pp. plus 16 pp. in manuscript. Title in red & black numerous colour plates black & white plates text illustrations diagrams historiated chapter headings. Illustrated gray oil cloth cover art on front & spine in pink black & blue some soiling scuffing edgewear rubbing to corners still G copy w/ former ownership signature on 2nd flyleaf for Mrs. Thomas H. Simpson Eleanor Ashland Oregon renowned for her cooking and lavish parties at the beginning of the 20th century and whose husband owned Ashland Hardware for over half a century before his death in 1953. First edition of this expansive Victorian work on cookery including instructions and recipes for candies cheese dishes cookies croquettes frog legs ice cream salads turtle and squirrels along with extensive instructions on sanitizing the kitchen and sick room as well as a section on toxicology. Other works issued by Maud C. Cooke included “Three meals a day” 1887 “The great 20th Century cook book” 1902 and “Social Etiquette” 1895. The Maud Cooke series of cookery and etiquette social handbooks remained popular with door-to-door canvassers and publishers up until World War I. G.W. Bertron, hardcover
1843réf. 63219Boston: Joseph Dowe 22 Court St. 1843. 12mo. 62 pp. Tan-colour cloth w/ original printed covers mounted front & back covers minor chipping & soiling to fore-edges some scuffing light foxing to first & last leaves shaken still G- copy. Third edition revised & enlarged of this Antebellum period handbook on cookery health and household receipts first issued in 1842. The author & compiler has incorporated facts and recipes for coffee chocolate cocoa tea breads -- such as “Indian Flap Jacks” from corn meal Johnny Cakes Waffles and others. Also addressed are roasted fowl lamb cod haddock a variety of oyster dishes along with cakes & pastries. Of additional interest are the several recipes for treating and feeding ill patients along with pickling making ice cream treting sore eyes curing chilblains and even making black ink. See: Lowenstein Bilbiography of American Cookery Books 1742-1860 305. Joseph Dowe, 22 Court St., hardcover
1934réf. 63742Philadelphia PA: Dr. D. Jayne & Son Inc. 250 Delaware 1934. 12mo. 132 pp. plus 8 pp. publisher’s ads. With text illustrations. Tan illustrated softcovers Art Deco lettering front cover yapp fore-edges minor shelfwear pulling to lower fore-edge of title at gutter margin slight creasing still a VG copy from the library of Samuel S. Berman 1906-1982 longtime San Francisco attorney patron of the arts. First edition of this popular cocktail guide issued by the Philadelphia patent quackery medicine supply house first founded by David Jayne before the Civil War intending to capitalize on the revival of cocktails following the repeal of Prohibition. Including sections on drinks cobblers brandies punches cocktails theatrical drinks fizzes syrups and even helpful hints this guidebook was intended to ensure that bars & taverns offered the purest and best cocktails & drinks to their customers. Along with the myriad of cocktails & mixed drinks featuring bitters absinthe and others the work includes an extensive section on wines. Of course Jayne & Son as evidenced by the ads at the rear did not overlook the opportunities to sell their “cures” for upset stomachs constipation hangovers erectile dysfunction and skin cleansers. Dr. D. Jayne & Son, Inc., 250 Delaware, paperback
1976réf. 63553Seattle WA: Peanut Butter Partners Epicure 1976. 4to. 160 pp. printed on tan-tinted paper illustrations throughout 1 map. Colour-illustrated softcovers wraparound cover art photo birdseye view of Portland OR by Jan Jackson shot from Washington Park slight shelfwear very slight scuffing back cover NF copy. First edition thus of this installment in the noted Epicure menu guidebook for Portland OR purportedly issued biannually from 1976 through 1983 by the entrepreneurial Mort Cone partner with his brother Gerald Cone in Cone Company Printers and later editor and publisher for Epicure menu guides in Portland Seattle Sun Valley Aspen Vail St. Louis and even Hawaii. Featuring a blizzard of original restaurant menus in the Bicentennial Year with all their original cover art this guidebook covering Portland Vancouver and environs includes such noted local staples as Asparro’s Union Ave. Social Club the Dan & Louis Oyster Bar the Fish Grotto Henry Thiele’s London Grill Mr. C’s Hippopotamus Old Spaghetti Factory The Ringside Trader Vic’s and any others. Also included are a significant number of Asian and Hispanic ethnic restaurants including Casa Molina The Chili Pepper Hong’s Cantonese Pavilion Benihana of Tokyo Paco’s Sang’s Chinatown Zen and others. Worldcat locates 3 copies Multnomah Co. U of W State Lib. of OR. Peanut Butter Partners], Epicure, paperback
