Rochester, NY: American Public Health Association, 1890. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's maroon blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xi,[3],viii,188pp. Some biopredation to cloth sizing, rear cover a bit soiled, corners bumped, textblock uniformly toned due to poor paper stock, front hinge cracked but holding. About Very Good only. "The Lomb Prize..... 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

Paris: Tchou / Princesse, [1977?]. Quarto (24cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated paper-covered boards; 445pp.; color photographs throughout. Boards a bit rubbed, board lamination starting to bubble, spine a shade sunned, else Near Very Good and sound. Text entirely in French. More

New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, [1992]. First Edition. Folio (31.5cm.); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 304pp.; color photographic illus. throughout. Light wear to jacket extremities, crease to jacket spine, corners gently bumped, else Very Good, internally fine. 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

Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, [1987]. New Edition. Oblong octavo (15x23cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 222pp.; illus. throughout by the author. Wrappers a bit worn at extremities, including small crease at bottom fore-edge corner of upper cover, else Near Very Good. Review copy with promotional author photograph laid in. Originally..... More

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011. First Edition. Cookbook focusing on recipes that celebrate eating locally in the upper Midwest. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind to front cover; dustjacket; xviii,260,[2]pp. Signed and dated by the author on the..... More

New York: Quadrangle / The New York Times Book Co., 1976. Quarto; goldenrod cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xxx,529pp. Some very faint foxing to text edges and endpapers, else Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, price-clipped, with some light wear..... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. First Edition. First printing. Quarto. Pictorial glazed boards (Hardcover); dustjacket; 336pp; illus. Tight, fine copy in crisp, unclipped dustwrapper - a new-appearing 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

Paris? Établissement Nicolas, 1930-1932. First Edition. 1. Blanc et Rouge... Plaquette No. 1: La Belle au Bois Dormant. Text by Georges Montorgueil consisting of a "Dialogue au cabaret élégant entre deux fervents de monseigneur le vin." Ten full-page illus. 2. Rose et Noir...Précédé d'un dialogue moderne en trois temps et..... More

Barcelona: Juan Francisco Piferrer, 1827. Nueva Edicion. Two volumes bound in one; small 12mo (15cm.); full contemporary sheep, marbled endpapers; xvi,150; [2],xv,[1],156pp. Boards a bit scuffed with some brief peeling of leather, corners bumped, else Very Good, internally fine. Contemporary owner's brief ink and pencil notes to final leaf of..... More