London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, Circa 1897. Leather bound. 584pp, with ads at front and rear. Octavo [20 cm], attractively rebound in half red leather over marbled boards, with raised spine bands and gilt-stamped spine title and devices. Faint shelfwear. Interior is unmarked. B&W and color plates..... More
Minneapolis, MN: Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, 1933. 6.25” x 9”. 224 recipe cards with a spiral binding. Introductory descriptions for each recipe category are included. Some blank cards for notes at at the rear (periodically filled in by previous owner). Housed in a lovely art deco brushed aluminum steel case..... More
Editora Boccato / Gourmet Brazil, 2006. Portuguese text. Hardcover. Quarto [30.5 cm] Illustrated paper covered boards. Very good. The edges of the covers are bumped. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Lightly scratched and bumped. Includes recipes for Kue Mang Kook, Nan Khatais, Cramique, Scottish Gooseberry Bread, Melkert..... More
New York: Clarkson Potter, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. 335pp. Quarto [26cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. No dust jacket, as issued. "Just as Julia Child brought French cooking to twentieth-century America, so now Melissa Clark brings French cooking into the twenty-first century. She first fell in love with France and French..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1859. Third British edition. Leather bound. 547pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] 3/4 olive green leather with green and brown marbled paper over boards, raised bands, and a red gilt stamped title label and gilt tooled ornamental designs on the spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Good. The extremities..... More
New York: Random House, 2008. Ben Fink (Photography). Later printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 280pp. Quarto [26cm]. Printed paper covered boards. Corners are moderately bumped. Mild edgewear to dust jacket. Celebrity chef Bobby Flay tackles the grill in this "NY Times" bestselling recipe book. More
North Ryde, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1991. First Australian edition. Hardcover. 367pp. Quarto [32 cm] Blue cloth-effect paper over boards with the title stamped in white ink on the backstrip. Good. Gently bumped and rubbed at the spine ends and along the edges of the covers. The text block..... More
New York: Viking, 1993. Oliver Strewe. First American edition. Hardcover. 400pp. Quarto [31 cm] Forest green cloth-effect paper over boards with a white ink stamped title on the backstrip. Very good condition. The spine is slightly rolled, and the edges of the spine and covers are lightly rubbed. There is..... More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1998. First edition. 550pp. Octavo [24cm]. Green paper over red boards, with title stamped in yellow on spine, and blind stamped design on front board. Textblock has very slightly dropped, causing light darkening to foot of textblock. "When Diana Kennedy first came to Mexico..... More
New York: The Servel Corporation, 1926. First edition. Paperback. 31pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] in stapled wraps. Light creasing to wraps, two small perforations through wraps and textblock. Color illustrations. The 1920s advent of in-home refrigeration revolutionized cuisine, shopping habits, and attitudes. It also brought aspics, mousses, and other elegant fare..... More
Johnstown, NY: B. Knox Gelatine Co., Inc, 1924. Later printing. Paperback. 41pp. Sextodecimo [17 cm] in stapled wraps. Light soiling to wraps, short tear to spine at foot. With numerous recipes illustrated in full color. Subjects include Laying the Table for Dinner or Luncheon, To Mold and Unmold Gelatine Mixtures..... More
LeRoy, NY: The Genesee Pure Food Company, 1924. Paperback. 18pp. Oblong vigesimo-quarto [11 cm x 15.5 cm] in stapled wraps with hanging cord loop. Light discoloration and a few short tears to wraps. The vibrant cover illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Contains an insert for Jell-O Ice Cream Powder. More
Santa Fe, New Mexico: Provecho Press, 2018. Reprint. Hardcover. 159pp. Quarto [26cm] Pictorial paper over boards. Forward by Terry Tempest Williams. Photographs by Eric Swanson. From publisher website: Our own story recounts the tale of a Buddhist-based restaurant becoming a community anchor in a small Mormon town. Blake Spalding and Jen..... More
HBG Press, 2017. Revised, later printing. Hardcover. SIGNED: 264pp. Oblong Quarto [26cm]; quarter red cloth over illustrated boards with embossed details. Gilt stamped title on spine. Signed by authors Blake Spalding & Jennifer Castle on half title. From publisher's website: This Immeasurable Place: Food and Farming from the Edge of Wilderness..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2008. Paperback. 244pp, 25cm. Pictoral wraps with blue-green spine. From the publisher: Cool Cuisine Taking the Bite Out of Global Warming is a smorgasbord of scientific fact and culinary art where the reader learns new ways to look at the climate crisis. It is..... More
London and New York: Sotheby's Publications, 1988. Second updated impression. Hardcover. 346pp. Large octavo [25.5 cm] Olive green cloth effect paper over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Pale yellow endpapers. Very good condition. The covers are just a little bit warped. Occasional yellow highlighting on the..... More
Hoboken, NJ: WIley Publishing, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 247pp. Quarto [29.2cm]. White cloth boards with gold lettering atamped on the spine. Spine slightly rolled. Boards bumped on the back tail edge. Illustrated dust jacket, spine faded. Presented in this body of culinary artistry, this atelier is a glimpse of the..... More
New York: The Saalfield Publishing Co., 1899. New and enlarged edition. Hardcover. 590pp. Quarto [25 cm] in white painted cloth with black decorations, all edges marbled in black with hints of red. Soiling and wear to boards, dark cloth visible beneath painted surface at joints and spine tips; soiling and..... More