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London: JG Press, 1996. Large octavo, 400 pages. Remainder edition. With over 2000 entries from Aaslsuppe to Zymase, master chef Jean Conil presents the A to Z of the world of food. In blue cloth, with illustrated dust jacket with slight edge wear. Text clean and very fine.

Surrey and New York: Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles and Farnham & Larchmont, 1966. Octavo, 1146 pages plus advertisements. First edition. Auction record for book sales from 1958 to 1963. Red boards and text in fine condition.

New York: Cuisinarts, 1970. Duodecimo in wrappers (17.5 x 11 cm.), 59 pages. Facsimile edition of the 1831 London Cadell edition of Kitchiner's famous work. Includes a new biographical portrait of the author, as well as a new index and glossary of unfamiliar cooking terms in the original. Fine in publisher's black-titled brown, limp cloth wrappers.

Metuchen, NJ and London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc, 1979. Octavo, 125 pages. FIRST EDITION. A study, conducted between 1975-76, that surveys, identifies, and analyzes important U.S. collections of printed materials on the culinary arts. In teal cloth; fine.

New York: Blackwell Publishers, 1985. Octavo (23.5 x 15.5 cm.), xii, 380 pages. Plates. Index. FIRST EDITION. "Examines methods of cooking, the history of writing about food, and the history of the education of our palates" (jacket copy). Spotting to text black edges, otherwise clean in publisher's black cloth. Near very good in fine dust jacket.

Indianapolis: Holcomb & Hoke Manufacturing Co, 1914. Popcorn box, in its original folded state (26.5 x 16.7 cm.). Yellow, blue, and red printed original popcorn container with circus illustrations and featuring imagery of the Butter-Kist Pop Corn Popper Machine. Box flaps include recipes for Butter-Kist Breakfast Food, Pop Corn Balls, and Dainties, as well as information about Holcomb & Hoke's trademarks. Unused and in its original folded form. Some edgewear and rubbing, small chip out of upper flap, else good.

Chicago: The Grocery Trade Publishing House, 1934. Octavo, 96 pages. First edition. Photographic illustrations throughout. A thorough buying guide for consumers on topics such as fats and oils, fresh fruits, canned fish, meat products, bakery goods, and more. In red cloth with mild edgewear and bumping and slight discoloration to endpapers, otherwise very good.

Metuchen, NJ and London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc, 1979. Octavo, 125 pages. FIRST EDITION. A study, conducted between 1975-76, that surveys, identifies, and analyzes important U.S. collections of printed materials on the culinary arts. In teal boards with slight foxing to front cover and minor bumping to spine, otherwise fine throughout.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1944. Octavo (19.3 x 13.4 cm.), 125 pages. Illustrated. Index. Third Printing. A detailed guide to carving, from the Upper East Side caterer, author of Of Cabbages and Kings, and diner with Lucius Beebe, Edward Arnold, Ivar Keuger and others. Chapters include Carving and Its Utensils, Roasting and Pre-Carving Preparations, Beef, Lamb, Pork, Veal, Poultry & Game, and Fish. The descriptive illustrations are clear and accompany each section. Some age-toning, but otherwise fine, in publisher's red cloth. In bright red dust jacket, titled and illustrated in black and white. Unclipped, with some edgewear and a small stain to the rear panel. Early ownership signature in ink to free front endpaper.

Bull Shoals, Arkansas: The author, 1970. Octavo-size booklet (22.5 x 15.5 cm.), [vi], 42, [ii] pages. Illustrated. Photo-reproduction of typescript. "Index" is actually a table of contents. Title from cover. Compiler and place of publication from prefatory note on page [i]. Date of publication estimated from newspaper notices circulating in 1971. ~ Evident FIRST EDITION. A cookbook offering recipes that "yer Maw or Grannie used to whop up," from the Ozark Plateau region of north-central Arkansas. With some one hundred twenty entries, including: Sassafras Tea, Peanut Soup, Corn Pone, Flat Dumplings, Spiced Grunts, Skillet Catfish, Coon, Skunk, Rattle Snake, Poke Sallet, Hoppin' John, Leather Britches (beans dried in their pods and then reconstituted), Corn Cob Jelly, Sheepshire (i.e., Oxalis) Jelly, Sweet 'Tater Jelly, Chokecherry Jelly, Paw Paw Cookies, Mulberry Pie, Sheep Sorrel Pie, Farkleberry Pie. ~ Porch Ice Cream is homemade ice cream that is kept on the porch until it freezes. But a dose such… Leer más

New York: Newcomen Society, 1954. Octavo, stapled in wrappers (23 x 15.5 cm.), 24 pages. Second printing. The Newcomen Society of North America was chartered in 1961, following the earlier establishment in 1923 of the Newcomen Society in England. The focus is on "material history, as distinguished from political history". This includes education, business, banking, railroads, utilities, insurance, & other enterprises contributing to the progress of society. Some oxidation to staples, and a bit of age-toning to edges of wrappers, otherwise fine.

Philadelphia: C. Wilkinson's Sons, 1904. Billhead (15.5 x 22 cm.). Printed in red and black, for C. Wilkinson's Sons , "commission merchants, fruits, and produce" with cranberries as their specialty. Addressed to C.E. Cowen of Marion, billed for "45 Be CB". Slight creasing, else fine.

New York: Sotheby's, 1986. Quarto, unpaginated [136] pages. Illustrated throughout. Auction catalogue with four hundred ninety-eight lots, for property from various owners, including Marcus and Elizabeth Crahan Collecion, Willametta Keck Day Collection, and Prof. Dr. Arnold Heertje. In wrappers with creasing and rubbing text. Very good.

Nairobi: Kenway Publications/East African Educational Publishers Ltd, 1993. Octavo, 152 pages. Text illustrations by David Carnegie. Later printing. The recipes in African Cookery Book represent a cross section of communities in East Africa - Ugandan, Tanzanian and Kenyan and also Asian and European recipes from local ingredients. Tips are given on kitchen storage; nutrition and diets; marketing and storing food and cooking and hygiene. Special consideration is given for individual members of the family including infants, children, adolescents, expectant mothers and the elderly. Bookseller's ticket pasted into back cover. Slight bumping along outer edges, otherwise fine copy.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1980. Octavo, 406 pages plus 96 plates. Unabridged and corrected republication of original 1946 edition, published in two volumes. Extensive text on history and technique of bookbinding. In wrappers with some creases and edge-wear. Text has some foxing to edges, else in very good condition.

New York: Newcomen Society in North America, 1953. Octavo in stapled wrappers (23 x 15.5 cm.), 24 pages. Second printing. An address by H.B. Nicholson, Chairman of the Coca-Cola Company, given at a dinner of the Newcomen Society, and introduced by John Collyer, Chairman of the B.F. Goodrich Company. The Newcomen Society of North America was chartered in 1961, following the earlier establishment in 1923 of the Newcomen Society in England. The focus is on "material history, as distinguished from political history". This includes education, business, banking, railroads, utilities, insurance, & other enterprises contributing to the progress of society. A bit of age-toning to edges, otherwise fine.

Staunton, Va: R.L. Stratton & Co, 1918. Flat box template (21 x 19.5 cm.). White board with blue, red, and gold ink. A box for "Hygeia" Brand toothpicks that boast "two flat polished points" and are "strictly high grade". Slight rubbing and creasing, else good.

Metuchen, NJ and London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc, 1979. Octavo, 125 pages. FIRST EDITION. A study, conducted between 1975-76, that surveys, identifies, and analyzes important U.S. collections of printed materials on the culinary arts. In teal boards, very fine throughout.

London: Mallinckrodt, 1967. Octavo, 312 pages. Facsimile of the 1669 edition; volume VI in Mallinckrodt Collection of Food Classics. Early English cookbook with information on foods and methods of preparation. Wrappers with some rubbing. Lacking slipcase. A near very good copy.

1918. 21 x 19.5 cm, flat box template. White board with blue ink. A box for "Our Bond" Brand toothpicks who guarantee that theirs are made from "Selected State of Maine White Birch" and are "packed under most sanitary conditions". Slight rubbing, else very good.