Search Results: Entertaining from Carnegie Hill Books

NY: Abbeville Press, 1988. First edition. Square quarto. 246 pp; color photographs throughout. Red cloth with dustjacket, Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; rear cover of jacket shows light scuffing. A fascinating book with menus and recipes contributed by well-known hosts and hostesses. It is illustrated with fine examples of American decorative arts from Winterthur's vast holdings, arranged in some of the museum's over 200 period rooms.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Random House, 1976. Second printing. Octavo. viii, 208 pp; 5 color & numerous b/w photographs. Cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, top & bottom of spine a bit sunned; unclipped jacket has narrow sunned strip on both sides of spine, short slit in center of front panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Bloomsbury, 2003. First printing. Octavo. 198 pp; bibliography. Cloth with gilt-lettered spine with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has tiny tear at head of jacket spine, else fine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Octopus Books, 1973. Octavo. 97 pp; 89 color & b/w illustrations. Illustrated cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG. This book traces the history of playing cards from the earliest cards in China, India, and Persia to the present day. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992. Second printing. Octavo. Unpaginated, color illustrations throughout. Hardcover with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with minor wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. First edition. Square quarto. 144 pp; color photographs throughout. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, small tea stain! on bottom edges, else a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with small tear at base of spine. A very attractive book featuring the origins of tea drinking in countries around the world, as well as indigenous tea foods for those countries, including Africa, the Caribbean, China, France, India, Japan, Morocco, Russia, and of course England.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.