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ref. 2221570FINEST COPY EXTANT Second edition so stated. Octavo. Original gilt and blind stamped green cloth pictorial spine with stag head seated woman with trout; yellow coated endpapers. Small ticket of book binder Josiah Westley London. Few small spots to cloth but an exceptionally tight clean fresh copy. Frontispiece portrait and illustrated title page; a few small vignettes in text. No dust jacket. Very good. 441 pages 14 pages of ads. Printed by Savill and Edwards 4 Chandos Street Covent Garden. Cagle 1004. Oxford page 180. Bitting page 443. Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. hardcover
1950ref. 9375México D.F.: Academia de Cocina Velázquez de León 1950. Ediciones Josefina Velázquez de León; Libros de cocina 75. Octavo in wrappers 20 x cm. 69 pages. index. Text in Spanish. FIRST EDITION. Another of the many publications of Josefina Velzquez de Leon June 7 1899 – September 21 1968. She was a Mexican cook researcher writer and teacher. as well as a pioneer of Mexican gastronomy and an entrepreneur of Mexican cuisine. One of the most well-recognized and prolific of all Mexican cookbook authors she had more than one hundred forty books to her name. The subtitle says it all my translation a "selection of authentic recipes from the regional cuisine of Chihuahua compiled by a group of ladies and gentlemen from the Marian Congregation Established by the Jesuit Fathers of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the City of Chihuahua. Augmented with a series of modern recipes that can be made with the good products of the region." Sections include Cocina Frutas Dulces Reposteria Varios and Recetas de cocina y reposteria moderna. In illustrated beige and blue paper wrappers titled in black red and blue. Some light wear to edges small light stain to front panel. otherwise very good. Scarce. OCLC locates eight copies. Academia de Cocina Velázquez de León unknown
1930ref. 069057Edinburgh Scotland: The Porpoise Press 1930. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue cloth paper title label mounted on upper spine panel. Very slight tanning to spine panel and label minor foxing evident to cloth along both cover fore-edges and on upper back cover otherwise about as issued. Firm square binding. Former owner's signature/date inked on upper front flyleaf another's address label mounted inside back cover along bottom edge otherwise unmarked. Neatly clipped front panel and front flap from dust jacket laid in DJ otherwise lacking. 135 pp. Exceedingly scarce 1st edition which consisted of only 1600 copies issued by Porpoise Press an imprint founded by the author George Malcolm Thomson in 1922 and astonishingly not reprinted until 2006. From that most erudite of malt sites Whiskipedia: "MacDonald's 'Whisky' is today regarded as perhaps the earliest modern book on whisky and certainly the first to treat the subject from the point of view of the drinker. It provides a passionate and energetic defence of the interests of the consumer against the producers and well ahead of its time promotes single malt whisky over blends." Original copies seldom come on to the market. This copy is notably well-preserved in its original blue cloth binding with only the slightest of faults. The Porpoise Press Hardcover
1980ref. 21778Luzarches: Daniel Morcrette 1980. Book. As New. Full-Leather. Facsimile. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 388 pages with three fold-out table plans 376 pages with five fold-out table plans together with 38 page supplement. Burgundy leather with gilt titles and decorations all edges are gilt. This is number 76 of a limited edition of 300 initialled by the publisher volume one originally published in 1814 volume two in 1816. Both volumes appear to be unread. French text throughout. Daniel Morcrette Hardcover
1960ref. 22289London: Michael Joseph 1960. Book. Illus. by Renny Juliet. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 493 pages. Original green cloth titles to spine gilt on red ground pictorial design to upper board in red red top-stain. With the rare dust jacket which has been professionally restored. Pages 247-250 have been re-stitched by a professional bookbinder. First edition first impression of the author's most influential work some light staining to bottom edge. David 1913-1992 taught herself Mediterranean-style cooking while living abroad during the early 1940s and began writing a food column for Harper's Bazaar in 1949 to her amazement the only place you could buy olive oil in England at that time was the chemist!. Michael Joseph Hardcover
1847ref. 16539London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1847. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A wonderful selection of recipes for preserving meat and fish. Title page continues - Both in the British and Foreign Modes; with many useful miscellaneous receipts and full directions for the construction of an economical drying-chimney and apparatus on an entirely original plan. Oxford page 177. Olive cloth with gilt title to spine. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans Hardcover
1937ref. 58580Pall Mall Ltd London 1937. Coronation Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Frederick Carter. Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". Unpaginated. Binding firm spine cocked faded and slightly worn. Endpapers browned text block clean. Covers marked. Corners bumped. Drinks menu from Hippocampo restaurant Cliftonville loosely inserted. Illustrator: Frederick Carter. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Reference. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 58580. . Pall Mall Ltd hardcover
1901ref. ZB445353Boston Cooking School 1901-1911. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday Nov. 2 weekend sale item volumes 6-15 bound in mid-20th century buckram with most front covers retained ex library else texts clean & bindings 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. Boston Cooking School hardcover
1895ref. 17051In French/en Francais. 'Nouvelle edition Revue et augmentee'. Near Very Good condition. Red cloth over boards; gilt stamped titles on front cover in black ruled frame; gilt stamped titles on spine; black stamped frame only on rear cover; blue-gray end papers. Lightly scuffed covers and spine; few small stains on covers otherwise clean and square; slight rubbing wear at spine ends; tightly bound; owner stamped name and town on front free end paper and on title page; very clean interior with slight general age darkening. 8vo 206 pp. Many illustrations in color and b/w. Cf OCLC #457395576. Laid in is a contemporary advert for new coffee maker and a hand written recipe. Paris: Garnier Freres; no date (1895) hardcover
1961ref. 56219New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1961. First printing. Hardcover. Very good . 7 x 10 in. xv 684 pp index xxxii and "about the authors" pg. White boards with red and blue fleur-de-lis and stars. Blue endpapers. This is a true first printing with first edition on copyright pg and August 1961 on the "about the authorrs" pg. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers extremely clean and bright with no wear at corners or spine ends. Spine is very mildly toned with the red title rectangle just a little paler than the front. Spine ends only mildly bumped. Binding tight. The text is extremely clean with the exception being a few minor spots to the right text edge and a few small spots on one pg of the index at back with a matching tiny spot at the edge of the blue rear pastedown. One of the nicer copies you'll ever see of this classic. Cookbooks. RGR. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1946ref. 10435Lyon Paris: B. Arnaud Éditeur 1946. Second-hand hardcover. Pavil Julien. Les Dicts de la Vigne. FIRST EDITION B Arnaud: Lyon 1946. Folio 330x250mm 2 vols in qtr bnd cloth loose folios: vol 1 44964pp; vol 2 49 lithographs; all on Vélin D'Arches an original watercolour. Lacks slipcase Near Fine PAVIL Julien. 1897-1952 Les Dicts de la Vigne. Lyon & Paris : B. Arnaud Éditeur 1946. First and only edition limited to 1025 copies this #IV of the first XXV. Preface by Georges Rozet Folio 330x250mm two volumes of loose folios in fours in publisher's original quarter bound folders brown cloth gilt lettered spine sepia printed boards illustrated with vine leaves internal cream covers cream Vélin D'Arches paper edges untrimmed. Volume 1 14 gatherings 44964pp 49 original chromolithograpic illustrations 36 black drawings; volume 2 suite of the 49 chromolithographic plates. Laid in as called for an original water colour by Pavil of a Burgundian village. Bookseller ticket of "Librairie Laurencier Bordeaux France" to front pastedown of volume 1; lacks its slipcase; edges faintly worn; faint foxing in several spots some faint offset toning in volume 1. Pavil was an illustrator draftsman humorist and poster artist active in the mid-twentieth century in France based mostly in Lyon. Rozet 1871-1962 was a native of Burgundy the author of a number of books on Burgundian wine and the historiographer of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin based at Clos de Vougeot. An anthology of 150 popular Burgundian sayings about vines and wines collated and grouped according to the twelve months of the year and humorously illustrated in Burgundian and monastic settings by Pavil. A very good copy. § OCLC records only 5 holdings all in France. § Oberlé Fritsch 568; B. Arnaud Éditeur unknown
1805ref. 8705Vernor and Hood and many others 1805. 8vo. Tenth Edition styled 'Ninth Edition' on title on laid paper free endpapers mildly browned title very lightly dust-soiled some mild and inoffensive age-staining principally at fore-margins and edges; nineteenth century cloth boards tan calf back with flat gilt bands second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt worn but wholly legible BY BIRDSALL OF NORTHAMPTON uncut sometime neatly recased with new endpapers to style a remarkably bright crisp copy. The bnding is signed on front paste-down. Charlotte Mason's important collection was first published in 1773. Maclean records a further seven eighteenth-century editions; Bitting adds a Dublin imprint of 1778 as a result of which subsequent copies are one edition later than that stated hence that with 'eighth edition' on title in actually the ninth Cagle 864 and the present issue styled 'ninth edition' is actually the tenth see Cagle pp. 621-3. The present edition retains the introduction to the first edition the advertisement to the sixth edition and the appendix on poultry the dairy the kitchen and fruit gardens. VERY SCARCE IN ANY EARLY EDITION. Vernor and Hood [and many others], hardcover
1919ref. 222921919. Gentile Maria. The Italian Cook Book: The Art of Eating Well 1919 documents the early transmission of Italian culinary practice into American domestic life following mass Italian immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Written in English with bilingual Italian headings the work presents Italian cuisine to an American readership at a moment when immigrant foodways were entering broader cultural circulation. As a female-authored cookbook produced in the immediate post-World War I period it identifies women's domestic labor as a central site for the preservation and adaptation of ethnic identity. The volume supports research into immigration history food studies and women's roles in shaping household economy and cultural continuity. Gentile Maria. The Italian Cook Book: The Art of Eating Well. Practical Recipes of the Italian Cuisine: Pastries Sweets Frozen Delicacies and Syrups. New York: Italian Book Co. 1919. First edition. Text in English with bilingual Italian headings. Single volume 92 pages. Bound in black pebbled boards with gilt title stamped to front cover 8vo. The book opens with a preface linking Italian domestic practice to wartime conditions stating that "the home of an Italian family. has proved more than once to be a model of food economy" and positions its recipes as "palatable healthy and economic." Contents include foundational dishes such as brodo polenta and risotti alongside pastries sweets and syrups reflecting both everyday sustenance and celebratory traditions. Recipes are written in a direct instructional style intended for practical household use. Published during a period when Italian cuisine was not yet fully integrated into mainstream American food culture this work contributes to the early documentation and dissemination of regional Italian cooking in the United States. The emphasis on frugality and efficiency reflects broader economic concerns of the postwar era while the inclusion of traditional dishes demonstrates the retention of cultural practices within immigrant households. Female authorship further situates the text within the gendered framework of domestic instruction and culinary authority in the early twentieth century. Spine replaced with black tape with text block intact and covers and pages clean; overall good to fair condition. This volume provides early evidence of Italian American culinary adaptation and the role of women in shaping American food culture. unknown
1961ref. 190930001Daughters of Utah Pioneers 1961. Paperback. Very Good. minor shelfwear excellent condition Daughters of Utah Pioneers paperback
1795ref. W1855Philadelphia: Printed for B. Davies and T. Stephens 1795. xxxvi 377 pages. First American edition. The first printing of this translation of selections from the French edition. The title of the book continues: "and containing an account of the various methods of engraving on brass copper and steel. Of the composition of metals. -- of varnishes. Of mastichs cements sealing wax. Of the glass manufactory. Various imitations of precious stones and French paste. Of colours and painting useful for carriage painters. Of painting on paper. Of compositions for limners. Of transparent colours. Of colours to dye skins and gloves. To colour and varnish copper-plate prints. Of painting on glass. Of colours of all sorts for oil water and crayons. Of preparing the lapis lazuli. To make ultramarine. Of the art of guilding. The art of dying woods bones &c. The art of casting in moulds. Of making useful sort of ink. The art of making wines. -- Of making vinegars. Of liquors essential oils &c. Of confectionary. Of preparing various kinds of snuffs. Of taking out spots and stains. Of fishing angling bird-catching and a variety of other curious entertaining and useful articles." A scarce title: OCLC locates only 14 copies in libraries worldwide. This copy has been professionally rebacked with brown leather to blend into the original leather covered boards. Red leather title patch. Pages browning. Some expert and unobtrusive paper repair of title page city of publication was cut off at some point. Occasional staining--2 pages 2/3 covered with dark brown stain but text is still completely readable. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book. Printed for B. Davies and T. Stephens hardcover
1880ref. 24201New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1880. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 226 pages. Brown cloth with black title and decorations to front and gilt title to spine. Good tight clean book. Edited by Henrietta De Condé Sherman. Axford page 18. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
1896ref. 26549Brooklyn NY: Lia Rand 1896. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 62 pages. Well known for her Philosphy of Cooking this is a very scarce title with beautifully illustrated front board depicting an Italian flower seller in traditional costume. Lia Rand Hardcover
1837ref. 019685London: Sherwood Gilbert and Piper 1837. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original cloth printed title paper label to spine. Engraved frontispiece damp-stained and spotted wood-engraved illustrations 24 pp. publisher's advertisements at rear lightly toned bookplate of Mary Chadsey to upper pastedown. Spine and part of the cover faded. corners bumped. Light spotting throughout the book. Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper hardcover
1860ref. e3229London: Routledge Warne & Routledge. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed and darkened. Later blue cloth spine. Some foxing. 1860. New Edition. Illustrated hardback board cover with blue cloth spine. 170mm x 110mm 7" x 4". 192pp. . Garnished with Anecdotes of Eminent Cooks and Epicures as well as Wise Saws in Gastronomy from the Great Masters. . Routledge, Warne, & Routledge hardcover
1860ref. 9560London: Houlston and Wright 1860. Second-hand hardcover. Redding Cyrus. French Wines & Vineyards REDDING Cyrus 1785-1870 French Wines and Vineyards; and the way to find them. London : Houlston and Wright MDCCCLX 1860. First Edition. Printed by H Tuck Aldersgate-Street London. Octavo 195x130mm publisher's original claret brown ribbon cloth boards blind ruled border title and spine in gilt pale yellow endpapers xv1240pp : A⸠B-Qâ¸. Board edges and spine lightly sunned corners gently bruised; owner initials to title-page in ink; a few marginal pencil and ink markings not affecting the text; pps 209-232 unopened; bottom edge pps 129-136 mistrimmed not affecting the text; a few folded corners. Redding was a British journalist and writer. Whilst working in Paris he broke the news of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. He worked tirelessly for a number of newspapers and magazines including the Monthly and the Metropolitan. His most influential work was his History and Description of Modern Wines 1833 with later editions in 1836 1851 and 1860; the text was based on careful personal observation and gleanings from many sources including Jullien and Chaptal. Here Redding provides a more detailed examination solely of the wine trade in France due to the importance and size of the trade with Great Britain which had been recently encouraged by a liberalisation of trade laws and the taxation applied to French wines. In addition to the expected description of the major producing areas and celebrated vineyards there is a detailed discussion of wine making practices viticulture soils the technical analysis of wine and distillation; comparative measurements taxation and consumer trends. The major part of the work is devoted to the wines of the Gironde and the greater Bordeaux area. There are also sizeable chapters on Burgundy Champagne and the Loire. There is also a significant amount of statistical information about French wine production alcohol levels pricing and taxation together with a very useful Alphabetical Table of the important French vineyards and their departments as of 1860. Scarce. An excellent copy and a cornerstone of any serious collection on the wines of France. Significant as a detailed record of French wine production and trade before the devastation of phylloxera. § Gabler G35830; Simon BV p.109; Simon BG p.121; Noling p.342; Bitting 391. Houlston and Wright unknown
1928ref. 520086London: Duckworth 1928. Hardcover first edition with clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Cecil Beaton and extremely rare. Jacket is tanned at spine and worn at edges including a number of nicks and tears but is all intact. Green cloth covered boards are lightly rubbed at edges and faintly marked. Page block is tanned endpapers are lightly foxed and very minor foxing throughout. Pages are clean text is clear spine is tight. AD. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Beaton Cecil. Used. Duckworth Hardcover
1819ref. 10590London: Samuel Leigh. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1819. Second Edition. Hardcover. This is the second edition which the author calls "improved. " Bound in gray/brown cloth. May not be original to the book but if not it is early. However auction records indicate the only other copy sold in the last ten years was also in cloth. ; 4 1/2x7 1/2"; 276 pages . Samuel Leigh hardcover
ref. 24934London and Totnes: Prospect Books Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Collection of 68 issues. Number 1 is a limited edition numbered 92 of 500 signed by Alan Davidson. Dated 1979-2001. A complete run of the first 68 issues of Petits Propos Culinaires the respected Prospect Books journal devoted to food history culinary scholarship and gastronomy. Issue No. 1 is the limited first edition numbered 92 of 500 and signed by Alan Davidson. The series runs from 1979 to 2001 covering early Prospect Books output and the foundational years of modern food-history publishing. All issues are in Very Good condition overall with light handling wear consistent with age. Interiors clean. Complete runs with the signed numbered first issue are increasingly scarce and sought after by collectors researchers and institutions. A rare opportunity to acquire a continuous set of this influential culinary journal. Prospect Books Paperback
1776ref. 028110London: R. Baldwin 1776. Book. Good. Full-Leather. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 382 pages plus index. For the use and ease of Ladies Housekeepers Cooks &c. Wrote purely from practice and dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton whom the author lately served as House-keeper: Consisting of near eight hundred original receipts most of which never appeared in print. Brown leather with raised bands to spine gilt title Front and rear boards detached. This edition is not mentioned in either Oxford or Cagle has fold-out. Boards are detached and pages are marked. It has clearly been well used and much loved. R. Baldwin Hardcover
1771ref. 028105London: R. Baldwin 1771. Book. Good. Full-Leather. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 384 pages plus index. For the use and ease of Ladies Housekeepers Cooks &c. Wrote purely from practice and dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton whom the author lately served as House-keeper: Consisting of near eight hundred original receipts most of which never appeared in print. Brown leather with raised bands to spine gilt title on red leather. This edition is not mentioned in either Oxford or Cagle but in fact should have three fold-out prints it only has 2 partial fold-outs. Boards are detached and pages are marked. It has clearly been well used and much loved. R. Baldwin Hardcover
