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2008Best.-Nr. 22441San Francisco:: Chronicle Books 2008. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in illustrated boards. Alice Waters created a revolution in 1971 when she introduced local organic fare at her Berkeley California restaurant Chez Panisse. Twenty-five years later she and a small group of teachers and volunteers turned over long-abandoned soil at an urban middle school in Berkeley and planted the Edible Schoolyard. The schoolyard has since grown into a universal idea of Edible Education that integrates academics with growing cooking and sharing wholesome delicious food. With inspiring images of the garden and kitchenand their young caretakers Edible Schoolyard is at once a visionary model for sustainable farming and childhood nutrition. Richly illustrated with color photographs by David Liittschwager. Chronicle Books, hardcover
2002Best.-Nr. 25649New York::: Harper Collins 2002. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a hit of sunning to the spine. Alice Waters and the cooks at her restaurant Chez Panisse focus on the exuberant flavors of fresh fruit in creating memorable dishes. Chez Panisse Fruit draws on the exuberant flavors of fresh ripe fruit to create memorable dishes. In this companion volume to Chez Panisse Vegetables discover more than 200 recipes for both sweet and savory dishes featuring fruit. Glorify the late-summer peach harvest with Peach and Raspberry Gratin and extend the season with Grilled Cured Duck Breast with Pickled Peaches. Enjoy the first plums in Pork Loin Stuffed with Wild Plums and Rosemary. Preserve the fresh flavors of winter citrus with Kumquat Marmalade or Candied Grapefruit Peel. Organized alphabetically by fruit -- from apples to strawberries -- and including helpful essays on selecting storing and preparing fruit this book will help you make the very most of fresh fruits from season to season. Illustrated with beautiful color relief prints by Patricia Curtan. The authors provide over 200 recipes for both sweet and savory dishes featuring fruits. Harper Collins,, unknown
2002Best.-Nr. 24359New York::: Harper Collins 2002. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a hit of sunning to the spine. Alice Waters and the cooks at her restaurant Chez Panisse focus on the exuberant flavors of fresh fruit in creating memorable dishes. Chez Panisse Fruit draws on the exuberant flavors of fresh ripe fruit to create memorable dishes. In this companion volume to Chez Panisse Vegetables discover more than 200 recipes for both sweet and savory dishes featuring fruit. Glorify the late-summer peach harvest with Peach and Raspberry Gratin and extend the season with Grilled Cured Duck Breast with Pickled Peaches. Enjoy the first plums in Pork Loin Stuffed with Wild Plums and Rosemary. Preserve the fresh flavors of winter citrus with Kumquat Marmalade or Candied Grapefruit Peel. Organized alphabetically by fruit -- from apples to strawberries -- and including helpful essays on selecting storing and preparing fruit this book will help you make the very most of fresh fruits from season to season. Illustrated with beautiful color relief prints by Patricia Curtan. The authors provide over 200 recipes for both sweet and savory dishes featuring fruits. Harper Collins,, unknown
1890Best.-Nr. List2833Shasta County and Siskiyou County 1890. Fifteen photographs approximately 4 ½ x 7 ½ inches. Each mounted on heavy cardboard backing approximately 5 ½ x 8 ½ inches which is mounted on heavy cardboard of approximately 8 x 10 ½ inches. Unknown if photographs are stamped verso due to mounting. Some with recent captions on the largest mount; some captions likely incorrect see description. Fine contrast overall fine condition. Raper James Waters 1856–1937 was a professional photographer from Sacramento California. He was first active as a photographer in Gold Hill Nevada in the 1880s. Following this he returned to California and had studios in Berkeley and San Francisco between the late 1880s and mid-1920s. Offered here is a collection of fifteen of Waters’ photographs from around Mount Shasta likely from the late 1880s or 1890s. The photographs are mainly from places in Siskiyou County where Mount Shasta is located including shots of the towns of Sisson now Mount Shasta and Dunsmuir Sisson and Dunsmuir are on the Siskiyou Trail an ancient Native American footpath running from the San Francisco area to Portland Oregon. The Central Pacific Railroad Company completed a train line along the Siskiyou Trail in 1887; one shot from an unknown location shows railroad tracks rounding a curve among felled trees. Just outside of Dunsmuir is the Shasta Springs resort mislabeled here as Shasta Bottling Works famous for its springwater – the fountains of water in the photograph are from pressurized pipes coming from the springs. Other captioned photographs show Castle Crags hikers summiting Mount Shasta Mossbrae Falls and Castle Lake mislabeled as Crystal Lake. Photographs also show campers with their tent small houses a canoe on a lake and snowy winter scenes. Overall a striking set of photographs. unknown books
1890Best.-Nr. List2833Shasta County and Siskiyou County 1890. Fifteen photographs approximately 4 ½ x 7 ½ inches. Each mounted on heavy cardboard backing approximately 5 ½ x 8 ½ inches which is mounted on heavy cardboard of approximately 8 x 10 ½ inches. Unknown if photographs are stamped verso due to mounting. Some with recent captions on the largest mount; some captions likely incorrect see description. Fine contrast overall fine condition. Raper James Waters 1856–1937 was a professional photographer from Sacramento California. He was first active as a photographer in Gold Hill Nevada in the 1880s. Following this he returned to California and had studios in Berkeley and San Francisco between the late 1880s and mid-1920s. Offered here is a collection of fifteen of Waters’ photographs from around Mount Shasta likely from the late 1880s or 1890s. The photographs are mainly from places in Siskiyou County where Mount Shasta is located including shots of the towns of Sisson now Mount Shasta and Dunsmuir Sisson and Dunsmuir are on the Siskiyou Trail an ancient Native American footpath running from the San Francisco area to Portland Oregon. The Central Pacific Railroad Company completed a train line along the Siskiyou Trail in 1887; one shot from an unknown location shows railroad tracks rounding a curve among felled trees. Just outside of Dunsmuir is the Shasta Springs resort mislabeled here as Shasta Bottling Works famous for its springwater – the fountains of water in the photograph are from pressurized pipes coming from the springs. Other captioned photographs show Castle Crags hikers summiting Mount Shasta Mossbrae Falls and Castle Lake mislabeled as Crystal Lake. Photographs also show campers with their tent small houses a canoe on a lake and snowy winter scenes. Overall a striking set of photographs. unknown
1946Best.-Nr. LFA-1267149803e et 4e Trimestres 1946 : 120 pages, format 170 x 240 mm, illustré, broché, bon état
1946Best.-Nr. LFA-126720996Une revue de 128 pages, format 170 x 240 mm, brochée, illustrée, Librairie Dardel, bon état
2005Best.-Nr. 284788New York: New International 2005. Paperback. 309p. wraps illust. in very good condition. New International paperback books
2005Best.-Nr. 284787New York: New International 2005. Paperback. 216p. wraps illust. in very good condition. New International paperback books
1884Best.-Nr. 16161Paris, A. Quantin, 1884, deux volumes in-8 ; demi-maroquin à coins orange, dos lisse décoré en long d’une succession de sept rectangles dorés entrecoupés au tiers supérieur d’une grande pièce de titre bleu foncé, le tout dans un encadrement de filet doré, filet à froid sur les plats, couverture illustrée conservée, tête dorée, tranches non rognées ("reliure exécutée pour la Librairie Louis Conard") ; XXXII, 382 pp. ; XIX-410 pp. ; en tout, 26 gravures dont le portrait de Poe, dessiné et gravé par Chifflart ; eau-forte de Abot d’après Vierge ; 2 héliogravures d’après les dessins de Férat et Herpin ; 9 dessins et eaux-fortes de Wögel ; pour le tome II : frontispice dessiné et gravé par Chifflart ; 4 héliogravures d’après les dessins de Meyer, Férat, F. Méaulle et J.P. Laurens ; 8 eaux-fortes d’après Wögel.
1924Best.-Nr. 14699Paris, Lapina, 1924 ; 2 tomes in-4 (le second contient les suites), broché, couverture crème rempliée, chemise-étui bleu (moderne) ; 76 eaux-fortes de Gaston Balande dont 12 hors-texte.
1975Best.-Nr. 129091975 Sans Lieu, Editions Volcans, 1975, grand in 8° relié pleine toile illustrée éditeur, 246 pages ; importante iconographie.
1874Best.-Nr. 819331874 Lyon, Imprimerie Louis Perrin et Martinet, 1874, in 8° broché, 158 pages ; couverture fanée.
Best.-Nr. 55708Sans nom, ni lieu, 1932, in 12 relié pleine percaline bleue de l'éditeur, 127 pages ; illustrations.
Best.-Nr. 65289Clermont Ferrand, Mont Louis, sans date (vers 1900), in 12 cartonnage illustré de l'éditeur, 306 pages et 32-32 et 48 pages de publicités sur papiers de couleurs ; cartonnage légèrement terni.
Best.-Nr. 201610504Paris, J-b bailliere et fils / librairie agricole, 1909 ; in-8, 45 pp., br.
Best.-Nr. 3735326Likely Saratoga Springs: Journal Steam Print.ers ca. 1885. 3 1 pp. bifolium. 6¼ x 4 inches. Small losses and tears to edges; very good. In this promotional brochure a single sheet folded once to form three pages the Saratoga Flat Rock Spring is described as “one of the oldest of the many mineral fountains of Saratoga” with Dr. Chandler’s analysis stating the water supports digestion and helps kidney conditions. An internal date of 1884 appears alongside mention of Reuben Merchant the property owner and John B. Hall “a veteran spring digger.” unknown
Best.-Nr. 49981748. 3 pp. in 4 déreliées (mouillures marginales)
1963Best.-Nr. 50429New York: McGraw-Hill 1963. First edition. SIGNED on the title page by cartographer Shelia Waters who provided the maps for this book. Near fine with some bumping and a light mark along the spine. In a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with minor shelfwear mostly confined to the spine ends and corners. McGraw-Hill unknown
1868Best.-Nr. 252925New York: Moorhead Simpson & Bond 1868. First. hardcover. very good-. By an Officer of the U. S. Army. 4 plates. xv 219pp. 3pp. of publiisher's ads. 12mo modern black cloth small light dampstain to some top margins a few pages with light foxing to margins upper right corner margin chipped on last page of publisher's ads. New York: Moorhead Simpson & Bond 1868. First Edition Presentation copy from the author William E. Waters. The inscription is on the front flyleaf which was dampstained but the inscription is not smudged and is legible. William E. Waters was an assistant Army surgeon who kept a diary while traveling from St. Louis to Camp Douglas near Salt Lake City and while being stationed at Camp Douglas in 1867. This book is based on that diary and a series of letters he wrote while in the Utah territory. Pages 106 to 202 are his impressions of the Mormons their Church doctrines and polygamy. The first half of the text is a narrative ".of an Overland Expedition which crossed the plains from Leavenworth via the Black Hills and Bridger's Pass to the Salt Lake Valley." Eberstadt 106:323. Howes W-157. Moorhead, Simpson & Bond unknown books
1868Best.-Nr. 252925New York: Moorhead Simpson & Bond 1868. First. hardcover. very good-. By an Officer of the U. S. Army. 4 plates. xv 219pp. 3pp. of publiisher's ads. 12mo modern black cloth small light dampstain to some top margins a few pages with light foxing to margins upper right corner margin chipped on last page of publisher's ads. New York: Moorhead Simpson & Bond 1868. First Edition Presentation copy from the author William E. Waters. The inscription is on the front flyleaf which was dampstained but the inscription is not smudged and is legible. William E. Waters was an assistant Army surgeon who kept a diary while traveling from St. Louis to Camp Douglas near Salt Lake City and while being stationed at Camp Douglas in 1867. This book is based on that diary and a series of letters he wrote while in the Utah territory. Pages 106 to 202 are his impressions of the Mormons their Church doctrines and polygamy. The first half of the text is a narrative ".of an Overland Expedition which crossed the plains from Leavenworth via the Black Hills and Bridger's Pass to the Salt Lake Valley." Eberstadt 106:323. Howes W-157. Moorhead, Simpson & Bond unknown
2000Best.-Nr. 443260Philadelphia 2000. Unbound. Near Fine. One leaf folded to make four printed pages. A couple of tiny spots on the first page else near fine. Inscribed by Congresswoman Maxine Waters to the African-American journalist Justine Rector. Waters was the Keynote Speaker for the event. unknown books
2000Best.-Nr. 443260Philadelphia 2000. Unbound. Near Fine. One leaf folded to make four printed pages. A couple of tiny spots on the first page else near fine. Inscribed by Congresswoman Maxine Waters to the African-American journalist Justine Rector. Waters was the Keynote Speaker for the event. unknown
1966Best.-Nr. 33703San Francisco. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Postcard. Postcard for the Muddy Waters concert at the Fillmore Auditorium November 4-6 1966. Art by Wes Wilson. Near fine but for crease to upper left corner. City Lights Bookstore was one of the places tickets could be purchased. ; 4 5/8" x 7 7/8" . unknown books
1722Best.-Nr. 228517Charlestown Middlesex Masachusetts 1722. 31 x 19.5 cm. 12 x 7.25 inches. Folio. Fine. 31 x 19.5 cm. 12 x 7.25 inches. Folio. Witnessed and signed by "Edwd. Larkin" and "Rebekah Chambers." Alos signed by Charles Chambers Justice of the Peace. unknown books