Oroville, CA: The George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation, Inc., 1977. First Revised Edition. Octavo (21cm.); white pictorial paper wrappers; 101pp. Text block edges have some toning and soiling, with additional light soiling and handling wear throughout. Sound, Very Good. Wrappers are foxed on front panel, with sunning very evident on rear..... More

Philadelphia: Troutman & Hayes, 1851. Reprint of a popular cookbook, including recipes for food and household needs as well as multiple crafts and trades: the title page mentions calico printing, farriery, painting, pickling, tanning, and more. "A New American, from the latest London Edition." Octavo (23.5cm). Modern half black leather..... More

Carnation Company, 1955. Octavo (20cm); spiral binding with pictorial boards; [3],4-47,[1]pp; color illustrations throughout. Modest shelfwear, with lower spiral missing; Very Good. Created by Mary Blake and her daughter, Margie, and intended for young children to learn how to cook, including safety and cleanup. The cook book is from Margie's..... More

Palermo: Sellerio Editore, 1984. Quarto (34cm). Black cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine and front cover, with applied pictorial label; 61pp text, 120 unnumbered pages of plates. Illustrated in b&w in text, 61 leaves of plates containing 187 color reproductions. Publisher's price sticker inside rear cover. Mild external wear;..... More

[Beijing]: Foreign Languages Press, 1999-2000. First Edition. Eight volumes; small oblong quartos (19.5x21cm.); uniformly bound in glossy photo-illustrated spiral-bound boards; color illus. throughout. All in Fine condition. Nearly complete set of the series, lacking only the "Family Banquet" volume. Bilingual text in Chinese and English. More

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, [1976]. First Edition. Slim quarto (24.75cm.); publisher's paper-covered boards in cream pictorial dust jacket; 119pp.; illus. throughout. Small closed tear at bottom edge of upper jacket panel, a hint of shelf wear, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else Near Fine. "Drink Me" Soup..... More

London: Putnam, 1959. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards in dust jacket, faint red topstain to textblock; xv, 217pp. Old bookseller label to rear pastedown. Dampstain to bottom corners of boards, affecting foredge. Text unaffected. 0.25" indentation to rear cover board, mild soiling to boards, else a tight, clean, unmarked copy..... More

New York: Random House, 1996. Second Printing. Quarto. Paper-covered boards; dustjacket; 318pp; illus. Remainder dot to top edge, else a tight, Near Fine copy in barely edge-rubbed jacket, near fine. Second Printing, in same year as first. By the proprietors of the renowned River Cafe in London. More

Boston? n.d., ca. 1898. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's pale green staplebound wrappers printed in dark blue; [8]pp.; illus. throughout, including photographs. Extremities toned and a bit brittle, else Very Good or better. Promotional pamphlet issued by the newly reopened historical tavern, featuring "Low-studded, quaint old rooms...with droll little stairways..... More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1996]. Reprint. Large octavo (26cm.); publisher's boards in silver photo-illustrated dust jacket; xv,[1],443pp.; illus. Light shelf wear, else Very Good to Near Fine. More

Fort Lauderdale: Ashley Publishing Co, 1992. First Edition. Signed by the author on front endpaper. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 382pp; illus. Tight, clean and unmarked, fine but for mild corner-creases to a few pages; in the pictorial dustwrapper with small scuff at base of front panel, else Near Fine. More

New York: Gourmet Magazine / MacAusland, 1948. Octavo (19cm); softcover; [iv],[1],2-369,[9]pp; black and white illustrations throughout. Modest shelfwear with creases to covers, and some silverfishing and creases to text; Good. Distributed by Garden City Publishing Co., Inc. in Garden City and published, compiled, and edited by Gourmet The Magazine of..... More

[Phoenicia, N.Y.]: Woodstock Editions, [2001]. First Edition. One of 500 copies signed by Gissinger, of which this is no.123. Folio (43.5cm); printed cloth-covered boards, with titling in white and black on spine and front cover; marbled endpapers; [6],7-194,[6]pp; colorful photographs and illustrations throughout. A Fine copy. French text followed by..... More