Food History
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Provence A-Z
by Peter Mayle
The ultimate "dictionary" for lovers of Provence: Peter Mayle's personal selection of the foods, customs and words he finds most fascinating, curious, delicious, or just plain fun.Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. In more than 170 entries, Peter Mayle--bestselling author of A Year in Provence--writes about subjects as wide-ranging as architecture and zingue-zingue-zoun (in the local patois, a word meant to describe the sound of a violin). And, of course, he...
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Exciting Food For Southern Types
by Pellegrino Artusi
Pellegrino Artusi is the original icon of Italian cookery, whose legendary 1891 book Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well defined its national cuisine and is still a bestseller today. He was also a passionate gastronome, renowned host and brilliant raconteur, who filled his books with tasty recipes and rambunctious anecdotes. From an unfortunate incident regarding Minestrone in Livorno and a proud defense of the humble meat loaf, to digressions on the unusual history of ice-cream, the...
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The Household Searchlight Recipe Book 14th Printing Revised And Enlarged
by Zorada Titus, Harriet Allard, Irene Nanemaker Ida Migliario
Food History Books & Ephemera
Provence A - Z - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
by Mayle, Peter
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1400044421 . A stunning first American edition/first printing in As New condition in alike dust jacket; Peter Mayle has long been overwhelmed by anything hinting of Provence so now he compiles all his information, folklore, pop culture, trivia, etc. into a highly entertaining sourcebook. Whether you're interested in French food or architecture or matchbooks, Mayle has the address and phone...
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$70.00
Ettiquette For Women: A Book of Modern Modes and Manners
by Devereux, G. R. M
London: C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd. c.1902. 8vo. 121, (4) pp., Bound in Illustrated red cloth. Some fading to the board and spine with wear to the spine ends. Some worm damage to the rear board, effecting the endpapers up to the index. Binding slightly shaken with darkening to the edges of the leaves. Publisher's catalogue to the endpapers and bound to the rear. . Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1902.
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$63.57
Woman's Journal: July to December 1949
by Various Contributors
London: [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd] 1949. 4to.Magazine / Journal. Six issues bound in red cloth. Minor rubbing head of the spine and the back board. Issues complete with covers in excellent condition and illustrated throughout in both colour and black and white. Each magazine a collection of essays, short stories, recipes, adverts and more. . Very Good. Cloth. 1949.
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$63.57
The Amateur Cook
by Burrill, Katharine; Booth, Annie. M
London: W & R Chambers [1905]. Small 4to.Illustrated. viii, 296 pp., Illustrated green cloth binding with gilt decoration. Boards are generally unmarked with slight rubbing to illustration and wear to corners. Spine is worn and faded, but binding firm. Minor foxing throughout. An early title illustrated by Mabel Lucie Atwell, with title, four plates (including frontis), tailpieces & cover art by the illustrator. Previous owners lists of favourite recipes from the book on the reverse of the title...
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$76.28
The Art of The Table: Including How to Wait at Table, How To Fold Napkins and How to Carve
by Senn, C. Herman
London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited [circa 1928]. 8vo. 128 pp., Illustrated tan cloth binding with dustjacket. Jacket is edge worn with some loss to the edges and slight sunning to the spine. Boards clean with slight lean to the binding and slight spotting to the foredge. Illustrated throughout with 80 black and white illustrations. A guide to table service and the hospitality industry. . Very Good. Cloth. 4th Edition. 1930.
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$44.50
The Book of Perfumes
by Rimmel, Eugene
London: Chapman and Hall 1865. 8vo. xx, 266 pp. Beautifully bound by Bone and Son in very pretty gilt-stamped green cloth, with a lot of delicate floral block prints, all edges gilt, with a rather lovely crest depicting a censer and other smell-disseminating equipments, the motto to which is 'Non cuique datum est habere nasum', meaning 'it isn't given to everybody to have a nose', which is rather splendid. Front inner hinge partially split and some detachment along top half of...
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$381.42
Food in England
by Hartley, Dorothy
London and Sydney: Macdonald and Jane's 1979. Large 8vo. xii, 13-676 pp. Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust jacket. Some fading to the spine of the jacket.. Illustrations. History of English food. 0356006069 . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1979.
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$57.21
The French Cook
by Ude, Louis Eustache
London: John Ebers 1822. 8vo. xlvii, 402, (2) pp. Recent quarter brown calf with green morocco title & author labels over original boards. Wear to boards and corners. Scattered spotting and staining. One leaf loose. With eight plates. Binding firm. . Very Good. 1/4 Calf. Seventh Edition. 1822.
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$317.85
The New Taste of Chocolate
by Presilla, Maricel E
Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good +. Large 8vo. x, 198 pp. Bound in brown cloth in brown, illustrated dust jacket. Full-color illustrations throughout. Very Good, rubbing and wear to extremities of binding, light soiling to top edge of text block, tiny tear to lower edge of front cover, in Very Good+ dust jacket with light wear to extremities.
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$30.00
Happy Moments in the Kitchen a Cook Book Fundraiser for Chicago Junior School, Fox River Country Day School, Elgin IL
by Tree Town Friends
This spiral bound softcover is sound/usable but has many stains. The front wrapper has a large crease. There is a slit in the spiral spine and a tear in the plastic overlay.
Appears to be mid century since some of the many advertisers' phone numbers start with letters and it was published before zip codes. The names of the recipe contributors are listed.
The Chicago Junior School was
founded in St. Joe MI. in 1913 and moved to Elgin, IL. in 1923. It "provided a home and a school for boys and girls of... Read more about this item
Appears to be mid century since some of the many advertisers' phone numbers start with letters and it was published before zip codes. The names of the recipe contributors are listed.
The Chicago Junior School was
founded in St. Joe MI. in 1913 and moved to Elgin, IL. in 1923. It "provided a home and a school for boys and girls of... Read more about this item
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$39.99
Storied San Francisco. A Special Edition of Fireman's Fund Record Commemorating the United nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco. Vol. LXVIII. May, 1945. Number 5
by Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
San Francisco: Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.. Very Good. 1945. Softcover. Paper wraps with tri-color printed cover. Staple binding. 7.7" x 5". Pp [54]. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Decorative, colored end papers. Rub along the spine and edges and some light creasing. There is a small spot of wear on cover. Overall a clean, presentable copy. ; 8vo .
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$15.00$10.50
The True History of Chocolate
by Coe, Sophie D., and Coe, Michael D
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996. Cloth, 280 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap. "'The food of the gods': Delicious indulgence or cause of migraines? Aphrodisiac or medicinal tonic? Religious symbol or Mesoamerican currency? This tale of one of the world's favorite foods draws upon botany, archaeology, socioeconomics and culinary history to present for the first time a complete and accurate...
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$12.50
Baking & Cooking Monographs (Calumet Baking Powder Co. Chicago)
by Helen Harrington, Downing Director of Home Economics
Contains announcements to home economics teachers with how to order the lessons along with revised score cards of Miss Bevier University of Illinois and references such as The Boston Cooking School. No writing in the notes pages. Includes: 1. A Lesson on Modern Cake Baking 1921 (Cover discolored) 2. Modern Biscuit Baking 1923 3. A Monograph on Muffins 1923 (large stain on back cover of #2 and cover of #3. 4. Deep Fat Frying A Lesson in Monograph Form 1923 5. A Lesson on Waffles and Griddle Cakes...
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$200.00
The Gourmet Cookbook Volumes 1 and 2 (2 volume set)
by Gourmet New York
Gourmet New York, 1970. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. These two volumes are both in good, close to very good condition without dust jackets. A little light foxing to the title pages only, and light rubbing to the spine. Otherwise very good clean copies.
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$50.86
The Complete Art of Cookery, Exhibited in a Plain and Easy Manner, With Directions for Marketing; The Seasons for Meat, Poultry, Fish, Game, Etc.
by Reynolds, M. A
London: Newman & Co. 1850. 16mo. 256 pp. c. 20th century half calf. Frontis illustration and title-page illustrated borders. In-text wood-cut illustrations. Copac only records copies of this impression at The Wellcome and Leeds. Binding firm. A VG copy. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1850.
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$158.92
Manners for Men
by Humphry, Mrs
London: James Bowden 1897. 8vo. (iv), 160, (4) pp. Original pictorial boards, about two-thirds the width of an average 8vo. Light wear to extremities. Slight darkening to spine. Light rubbing and air bubbles to boards. Internally clean. . Very Good. Pictorial Boards. 5th Edition. 1897.
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$120.78
Oxford Food: An Anthology
by Aylmer, Ursula
Ashmolean Museum, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Condition close to near fine/fine. Jacket spine is sunned.
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$8.90
More Up-to-Date and Economical Cookery
by Groome, Dora and May Little
London: Jarrold and Sons N.d. [1914]. 8vo. 242 pp. Original pictorial brown cloth. Cloth clean. Internally clean. Binding firm. . Very Good. Pictorial Cloth. 1914.
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$57.21
Al Dente: Madness, Beauty and the Food of Rome
by Winner, David
London: Simon & Schuster. 2012. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very good condition. 293 pages. An exploration of Roman food, history and culture. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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$9.99
Perfume : Joy, Obsession, Scandal, Sin: A Cultural History of Fragrance from 1750 to the Present
by Stamelman, Richard
New York: Rizzoli 2006. 4to. 384 pp., illustrated in colour. A pictorial account of the evolution of perfume throughout the past three centuries evaluates its significant cultural impact, in a volume that explores such topics as Napoleon's erotic fascination with perfume, the product's significance as a luxury industry in France, and the art movements that inspired the designs of perfume bottles 0847828328 . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 2006.
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$108.07
Lot of 19 Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book Collection from the 1970's
by Better Homes and Gardens
All are first editions except for Meals in Minutes which is a second revised edition. The printing number and ISBN will be listed individually. 19 Better Homes and Gardens Cook Books published between 1972 - 1978 ships as one by Media Mail. Priority, International, & Drop Shipping NOT available. Most have some wear to hardcover edges and corners. A couple have slightly cocked spine. Two have sticker pulls. A couple of stains, a scratch on the Barbeque book, a water spill on the Menu Cook Book. Paper has...
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$65.00
The Cook's Paradise
by Verral, William
London: Sylvan Press 1948. Small 8vo. 139 pp., Orange cloth with pictorial binding. Jacket is edgeworn with some tears to the head of the spine and minor marks to the boards. Internally fresh. A reprint of the 1759 text 'William Verral's 'Complete System of Cookery'. . Very Good. Cloth. 1948.
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$38.14
2000 Useful Facts About Food, #23: Encyclopedia Of Cooking 24 Volume Set Series
by Berolzheimer, Ruth (Editor)
Chicago, Illinois: Consolidated Book Publishers - Culinary Arts Institute. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1950. First Edition: First Printing. Stapled Wraps. 48 pages: 6 x 8.5 in.: 0.6: Vol. 23: KB#016792: Covers and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for small cover edge nicks). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Content Chapters include: Labor, Time and Money-Saving Hints, Advice and Suggestions * Tables of Equivalents * Definitions * Varieties...
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$11.00
The Exhibition Cookery Book; Containing Practical Recipes for Plain and Superior Household Cookery
by An Expert Chef
London: Langsford Press [1900]. Small 8vo. [ii], 118, ix, xiv pp., Red decorative publishers cloth. Some marks to the boards and sunning to the spine with chipping to the ends. Some shaking to the binding shaken and internally clean. Advertisements bound to the rear. . Good. Publisher's Cloth. 1900.
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$50.86
The True History of Chocolate
by Michael D Coe
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Chocolate - `the food of the Gods' - has had a long and eventful history. Its story is expertly told here by the doyen of Maya studies, Michael Coe, and his late wife, Sophie. The book begins 3,000 years ago in the Mexican jungles and g
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$14.25
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