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Bantam, New York, (1995), reprint.. 928 pp, PB. Includes: over 1,200 recipes including Pillsbury Bake-Off winners, menu and entertaining ideas for today's busy lifestyles, nutritional information, etc. Interior - previous owner's address label on inside of front cover, otherwise cle. an and tight. Exterior - minor edgewear, soft crease at bottom of rear cover, spine flat with very faint creasing - a nice, clean copy. VG. ... more information

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(Foxy, Forty and Fit, Portage la Prarie, Manitoba, 1986), 3rd edition.. 152 pp. + section called Wine Our Way and index, large 8vo, card covers with cerlox binding. Chapters: The Warm Up - Hors d'Oeuvres, Soups, Salads; The Work Out - Meats, Vegetables, Casseroles, Luncheon Dishes; Fit Foods For Fitness Freaks - Muffi. ns, Breads, Cookies, Snacks; The Cool Down - Desserts, After Dinner Drinks; Wine Our Way (inclues Caloric and Nutritional Values). Interior - clean with no previous ownership marks... more information

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Michelin / News Chronicle, London, 1958, Ist edition.. 194 pp, 10 1/4" H, soft cover. Profusely illustrated in black, white, brown and blue with maps, drawings. Contents: Some Statistics on Switzerland; Abbreviations and Conventional Signs; Map of Chief Things to See and Tourist Areas; Map showing pr. incipal places to stay (summer and winter); The Swiss Cantons; Useful Information; Brief Vocabulary for Tourists; Switzerland (General Appearance of the Country: geographical features - Historical N... more information

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Publications Interantional, (Lincolnwood, Illinois, 1993), Ist printing.. 224 pp, 4to, HC (pictorial boards - no dust jacket). Over 100 full-color photos. "Over 300 zesty recipes from America's leading food companies (Dole, Uncle Ben's, Velveeta, Lipton's, Hershey's, Lawry's, Hellmann's, Ortega, Pace, etc.) are sure to . inspire you...page after page of south-of-the-border specialities, including cheesy quesadillas, luscious enchiladas and festive fajitas..." Interior - ... more information

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Michelin / Dickens Press, London, 1963, Ist edition.. 170 pp, 10 3/16" H, soft cover. Profusely illustrated in black, white and brown with maps, plans, drawings. Contents: Foreword; Burgundy; Abbreviations and Conventional Signs; Fishing; Map of Chief Things to See and Tourist Areas; Introduction to. the Tour (Relief characteristics - Formation of the land - Region of Burgundy: geographic and economic aspects - Historical facts of interest - Art in Burgundy: Gallo-Roman art, Romanesque art, Goth... more information

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Michelin / Dickens Press, London, 1962, Ist edition.. 218 pp, 10 3/16" H, soft cover. Profusely illustrated in black, white and colour with maps, plans, drawings. Contents: Foreword; Austria; Abbreviations and Conventional Signs; A Short Vocabulary for Tourists; Map of Chief Things to See and Touris. t Areas; Useful Information; Detailed Maps; Introduction to the Journey (Appearance of the country - Mountaineering and skiing - A few facts of history - The Austrian Republic - The economy - Salt an... more information

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Broadview Press, Peterborough, Ontario, 1990.. 182 pp, 8 15/16" H, soft cover with self-flaps. ISBN 0921149514 "From The Ship Inn in St. John's to the Six Mile Pub near Victoria, this book will take you to hundreds of the most interesting and delightful drinking spots in the country. The guid. e includes all brewpubs in Canada (at time of publication), and a wide range of pubs serving an interesting selection of Canadian, British and imported beer. Also included is a subjective selection... more information

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Unwin, London, (1986), reprint.. 224 pp, small 8vo (7 3/4" H), soft cover. "(Alexandra David-Neel) spent many years in the East and especially in Tibet, a closed, awesome, icy and mysterious world. (This book) records her fascinating travels and discoveries she experienced in thi. s forbidden country. One of the most distinguished of women explorers, the author brings a commonsense and sceptical eye to the practices and beliefs of the magicians and mystic masters of this ancient dreamland Ti... more information

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Stein and Day, New York, (1977), Ist edition.. 230 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. B&w maps. "...describes all the Appellation Controlee wines of the Rhone, the areas that produce them, historical background, and producers. Vintage information and suggested food accompaniments are also noted." M. inor edgewear to boards, very slight sun fading to top edges. Dust jacket is price clipped, has minor edgewear/rubbing. VG/VG. ... more information

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Tundra, Montreal, 1975.. 96 pp, 11" H, soft cover. ISBN 0912766301 Profusely illustrated in b&w and color with photographs and reproductions. Contents: Acknowledgements; Foreword; The Victorian Era, 1837-1901; No shortage of spirit(s); The Victorians loved them; Romanci. ng at Christmas; The children's day; Politics at Christmastime; Remembering the needy; Santa comes to Canada; Canada's first Christmas cards; Gifts and toys; Markets and shops overflow; Ah, those Victorian feasts!; B... more information

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Stackpole, Mechanicsburg, PA, 2002.. 288 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H), soft cover. ISBN 0811727548 B&w drawings. "This practical guide to North American edible plants explains where to find them, when and how to gather them, and how to prepare them. Detailed drawings and descriptions allow f. or accurate identification of each plant discussed. More than 500 recipes are included, from common to exotic dishes, using plant seeds, flowers, fruits, leaves, stems, and roots." Interior - clean and... more information

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Comerford & Miller, West Wickham, 1998, 2nd enlarged edition.. 96 pp, 8 1/4" H, soft cover. ISBN 1871204100 Monotone illustrations. Not just a collection of Cockney recipes, this book also contains stories about Cockney life and lore. Fine. ... more information

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Kodansha, Tokyo, 1984, first edition.. 128 pp, small 4to (10 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0870116533 Map endpapers. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs, reproductions, drawings. "Here is an expert's guide to types, tasting, and brewing methods, with a . detailed list of Japan's best sakes and a no-nonsense approach to the misleading maze of ranks and gradings and labels. Here is a home entertainer's guide to serving - warm, but not hot, please, ... more information

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Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York, n.d... 60 pp + colophon, 12mo (7 3/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Green and white illustrations. A lovely depiction of the old customs and traditions of Christmas as celebrated at Bracebridge Hall. Small Christmas gift inscription on free front endpa. per, light browning to endpapers, corner crease on page 7/8, light edge wear, book slightly cocked, tiny mark on fore-edge of textblock, minor soiling, one tiny corner bump. Dust jacket is price clipped... more information

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University of Texas Press, Austin, 1997, third printing.. 279 pp, 8vo (8 15/16" H), soft cover. B&w maps. ISBN 0292738617 "Completed in 1653, Father Bernabe Cobo's 'Historia del Nuevo Mundo' is an important source of information on pre-conquest and colonial Spanish America. Though parts of the work are. now lost, the remaining sections which have been translated offer valuable insights into Inca culture and Peruvian history. 'Inca Religion and Customs' is the secon... more information

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Frederick Muller, London, 1980, first edition.. 176 pp, small 4to (10 3/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0584955383 B&w illustrations. "You may take delight in the cooking and eating of sumptuous meals or be a devotee of the writings of Charles Dickens - either way this book will allow y. ou to indulge both passions at the same time. Working through Dickens' descriptions of food and drink, eating and quaffing, Brenda Marshall has researched authentic nineteenth-century recipes t... more information

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Collins, London, 1986.. 445 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0002165481 Pictorial endpapers, b&w illustrations. "Until the appearance of this book, the British Navy in the eighteenth century presented one of the greatest puzzles of history. If,. as the stereotype has it, it was a floating hell, manned by miserably paid wretches cowed by the lash and solaced by drink, how did it achieve a fighting record of brilliant successes and a reputation for formidable effic... more information

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Robert Hale, London, 1958, first edition.. 197 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs, map. The author "did several hundred miles of his Bavarian journey on foot: in the gentle walking country of Frankische Schweiz and the sterner region of Fichtelgebirge; in the Ba. varian Forest whose magnificent ridge-walks run close to the Czechoslovakian frontier; along the Bavarian Alps from Berchtesgaden to Lindau; up the Romantische Strasse to Wurzburg; and finally in the l... more information

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Odhams, London, 1955, first edition.. 175 pp, 8vo (9" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Color frontispiece, 16 pages of b&w plates, 80 line drawings. "Iris Brooke, who is well-known for her many authoritative books on English costume through the ages, has gathered together in these pages. , a charming record of the pleasures that beguiled the hours of bygone generations that knew neither radio nor television, neither cinema nor jazz. The book, which covers the period from the mid-fifteenth ... more information

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Folio Society, London, 1994.. 125 pp, lg 8vo (8 15/16" H), hard cover in black slipcase with title in gold on front. Bound in full purple cloth with gothic design in black by Peter Forster; black endpapers. B&w full page illus, small designs and tailpieces, plus decorated titl. e page by Forster. "Peacock's...novels, better called satires or conversations, are among the most pleasureable books in existence. Pleasure is their topic: ease, health, leisure, walking, fine weather, comp... more information

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