Titles starting with H from Rabelais - Fine Books on Food, Wine & the Arts

n.p., 1966. Single folded sheet, announcement for a performance at Carnegie Hall, Thursday, December 1, 1966. Percussionist Max Neuhaus is joined by the 11 piece Hartt Chamber Players to perform music including Ives' Set for String Quartet Double Bass and Piano, Feldman's Durations 1, and Cage's Dream for Piano and Fontana Mix - Feed, as well as pieces by Netty Simons and Earle Brown. Some creasing to laid white stock and a bit of edge browning, otherwise very good. ... more information

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Macmillan Company, 1961. Octavo, 226 pages. Later printing, originally published in 1942. A classic work on herbs which includes sections on herb propagation and their use in cooking, beverages and dyeing, with recipes. A near fine copy in green cloth, in a slightly edge darkened, but otherwise very good publisher's dust jacket. ... more information

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The Viking Press, 1946. Thick octavo, 491 pages. First edition of Fisher's survey of literature dealing with food and drink. A near fine copy in publisher's blue cloth, with only a trace of edge darkening, in a near very fine dust jacket, with just a few short closed tears and a bit of edgewear. ... more information

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NAL World Publishing, 1968. Large octavo, 353 pages. First edition, stated first printing. With original art by Allen Atwell and Michael Green. A chronological account of a number of trips, syncopated with an account of the entry of psychedelics into American cultural. Small bookseller's sticker to half title, otherwise a near fine copy , in a price-clipped dust jacket with a small stain to the foot of the front panel of the otherwise very good jacket. ... more information

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Bibliotheque des Curieux, 1923. Large octavo, 237 pages. First ordinary edition, preceded by limited edition of fifteen copies only. Illustrated throughout with gruesome images of the clergy at work. A near fine copy, uncut, and with a near fine publisher's wrapper in black and red. ... more information

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Bibliotheque des Curieux, 1924. Large octavo, 244 pages. First ordinary edition, preceded by limited edition of fifteen copies only. Illustrated throughout, with substantial sections on Lucrezia Borgia and "the exterminating angel," Simon de Montfort. A near fine copy, uncut, and with a near fine publisher's wrapper in black and red. ... more information

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J. B. Lippincott, 1963. Small octavo, 254 pages. Illustrated. First edition of this study of the history of the use of wine in medicine. Includes considerations of the works of Hippocrates, Pliny, Galen, Maimonides as well as Osler, Anstie and others. fine copy in publisher's blue cloth, in a near fine dust jacket. ... more information

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G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1957). Octavo, 234 pages. First edition of this first book, a collection of seventeen short stories by a frequent contributor to Rod Serling's Twilight Zone. A near fine copy in publisher's grey boards. In a near very good tape-reinforced dust jacket, with a bit of darkening of the spine, and some general rubbing to extremeties. Still a handsome copy. ... more information

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