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Dearborn: Ford Motor Company, 1977. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown paper over board with gilt lettering and pictorial giltstamping, pictorial dust jacket. 176pp. Numerous small graphics. Fine/fine. First edition -- tight, handsome -- of one of the few automotive-related cookbooks you'll find! A sharp, lovely copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. Hardcover. Illustrations by Bill Greer. Small 4to. Green cloth spine with gilt lettering and yellow paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. x, 316pp, xvii. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgwear; nonauthorial gift inscription on inner flyleaf. A tight and quite attractive first edition.

Madison: Prairie Oak Press, 1994. Paperback. Illustrations by Nancy Lynch. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xvi, 178pp. Illustrations. Very good. Faintest of edgewear. A tight and handsome first edition of this charmingly-illustrated volume from the noted Madison, Wisconsin restaurant -- nicely signed and inscribed by the author in black fineline on the front flyleaf: "To [recipient's name obliterated] / Merry Christmas / Margaret Guthrie / October 1994.

Williamsburg: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1986. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 172pp. Color frontispiece, color illustrations, line drawings. Near fine. A tight and attractive 7th printing of the updated, enlarged edition of the popular 1971 collection of "Traditional and Contemporary Recipes.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1956. Hardcover. Illustrations by Tabea Hofmann. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. vi, 226pp. Line drawings. Very good/good plus. Jacket faintly age toned and soiled, with several archivally closed (on verso) edge tears, but overall attractive. A tight, quite nice 12th printing of this 1942 classic survey.

N.p.: Media Solution Services, 2003. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards with gilt lettering and decorative and pictorial giltstamping. 570pp. All edges gilt. Line drawings, full-page plates. Near fine. A tight and quite handsome facsimile reprint of the 1887 "New and Enlarged Edition," filled with "Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc." -- talk about throwing everything into the pot!

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2007. Hardcover. 4to. Red glazed paper over boards with wraparound price-clipped band. ix, 292pp. Extensive color illustrations, decorative endpapers. Fine. A superb and pristine first edition of this sumptuous study, heavily illustrated with White House menus and culinary-related presidential memorabilia -- this copy bearing a huge, bold signature and inscription from the author in blue fineline on the half-title page: "December 2, 2007 / For Donna -- / With admiration to one / of my new HEROES -- / I hope you enjoy / The President's Table / Barry H. Landau / The Franklin D. Roosevelt / Library." "Donna" was presumably a staffer or benefactor to this presidential library. Landau, self-styled "presidential historian," will best be remembered as a thief of presidential documents, for in 2012 he was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for having stolen thousands of presidential documents from an array of presidential libraries and universities -- including,… Leer más

Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1996. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xxv, 294pp. Illustrations (some color). Near fine/fine. A tight, attractive third printing of this collection from the oldest Spanish restaurant in Florida, the largest Spanish restaurant in the U.S.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue and green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 438pp. Extensive color illustrations. Near fine/fine. Later (5th) printing, tight and handsome, of this collection from the famed Tucson and Berkshire Mountains ranches.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1987. Hardcover. Illustrations by Christ Cart. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 477pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Tight, attractive first edition of this minister-turned-chef's third book.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1990. Hardcover. Illustrations by Christ Cart. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and beige paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 539pp, (4pp ads). Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/near fine. Kitchen-inspired (to put a good spin on it) visible but inoffensive dampstain near center of outer page edges. Tight, decent first edition of the Chicago television personality's sixth book.

New York: Times Books, 1987. Hardcover. Small 4to. Cream cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xix, 364pp. Very good/very good. Faint signs of use; red remainder mark on top page edges. A tight and nice second printing of this thirty-year compilation of "New York Times" recipes.

N.p.: RBA, 2005. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. 127pp. Extensive color illustrations. Near fine. Tight, handsome first edition of this "Meat and Poultry" recipe collection -- entirely in Spanish.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989. Hardcover. Illustrations by Christ Cart. Small 4to. White cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 525pp, (3pp ads). Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Tight, handsome fourth of this minister-turned-chef's fourth book.

Highland Park, IL: Noteworthy Publications, 1991. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 457pp, (2pp ads). Illustrations (some color). Very good/near fine. Nonauthorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. Later (6th) printing, tight and attractive, of this 1986 gathering.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 152pp. Line drawings. Near fine/near fine. Tight, handsome first edition. "A cookbook of easy, elegant and inexpensive recipes for chicken.

Minocqua, WI: Willow Creek Press, 1998. Hardcover. Wide 8vo. Green paper over boards with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 96pp. Color frontispiece, numerous color illustrations. Fine/fine. Superb, tight, pristine first edition of this volume in "The Game & Fish Mastery Library" series.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1984. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 388pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. A tight and handsome later (6th) printing of the first book by the minister-turned-chef (1939-2004) whose Chicago-based food show became an influential sensation in the 1980s -- signed and inscribed by him huge and sloppy in black fineline on the front flyleaf: "To Nancy / Feed him cold soup / & fish! / Jeff Smith / 1984." Front jacket notes, "More than 400 recipes from a rich assortment of international cuisines, together with invaluable cooking tips and techniques -- from the national Public Television series....

Little Falls, NY: Chr. Hansen's Laboratory, Inc, 1941. Paperback. Small 8vo.Pictorial wrappers. 30pp. Numerous color illustrations. Near fine. Tight, superb probable sole edition of this charmingly-illustrated recipe booklet published by Junket brand, maker of dessert ingredients. Mass-produced transmittal letter laid in.

Minneapolis: Occident Home Baking Institute, 1947. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff pink pictorial wrappers. 26pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Bit of funky if inoffensive edgewear. Probable sole printing of this photo-accompanied step-by-step baking guide.