Search Results: Genre & Subject / Food & Drink from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Milan: Electa, 2003. 1 volume (316 pages), colour illustrations; 22 cm. + 1 CD-ROM. Issued in tinfoil take-away food tray. Firm binding, clean inside copy. The accompanying tray has light wear from opening & closing. The volume within is fine. . 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

Radnor, PA: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, 1994. vii, 232 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. CONTENTS: The Collectible Cookbook; Getting started: the collector and the cookbook; Early cookbooks: from ancient Rome to colonial America; The new America: Nineteenth-century cookbooks; Funds from food: charity and fund-raising cookbooks; The modern kitchen: Twentieth-century cookbooks; Ephemera and cookbook-related collectibles; The complete collector: hands-on collecting; Bibliographic listings with prices.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Artisan, 2011. Pictorial boards, xxiii, 280 pages, colour illustrations; 26 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top right corners lightly bumped. Stated First Printing. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "With insightful descriptions and an expert's knowledge, author Shax Riegler makes the case that the dinner plate is so much more than just a vessel to deliver food; it's a piece of art to be admired. These are plates created by storied masters such as Spode and Wedgwood, modernists like Russel Wright and Homer Laughlin, and even today's contemporary designers like Vera Wang and Diane von Furstenberg. With a timeline of plate highlights in history, sidebars showcasing the most popular designers, and a list of the top 100 patterns of all time, Dish will leave readers looking at the common dinner plate in a whole new way." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1981. 512 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Remainder mark/tail edge. "The story of American eating begins and ends with the fact that American food, by most of the world's standards, is not very good. This is a rather sad note considering the "land of plenty" the first American settlers found, and even sadder considering that with the vast knowledge of food we possess, we have still managed to create things such as the TV dinner and "Finger Lickin' Good" chicken. Nevertheless, America's eating habits, the philosophy behind these habits, and much of the food itself are deliciously fascinating. Waverly Root and Richard de Rochemont, in a style that is rich, tasty, and ironic, chronicle the history of American food and eating customs from the time of the earliest explorers to the present. In writing this chronicle on American food, Root and de Rochemont have in fact created a fresh and commanding history of the United States itself. Eating in… Read More

New York: Basic Books; Perseus, 2006. xxv, 338 pages, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author Brian Fagan, with a personalized inscription in the year of publication. A near-fine copy, edges lightly soiled. Fine DJ. "What gave Christopher Columbus the confidence in 1492 to set out across the Atlantic Ocean? What persuaded the king and queen of Spain to commission the voyage? It would be convenient to believe that Columbus and his men were uniquely courageous. A more reasonable explanation, however, is that Columbus was heir to a body of knowledge about seas and ships acquired at great cost over many centuries. Fish on Friday tells a new story of the discovery of America. In Brian Fagan's view, that discovery is the product of the long sweep of history: the spread of Christianity and the radical cultural changes it brought to Europe, the interaction of economic necessity with a changing climate, and generations of unknown fishermen who explored the North Atlantic in… Read More

New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers; A Panache Press Book, 2001. 399 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Sofcover in slipcase. Stated First American Edition. With 482 Illustrations.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: St. Martin's Press; Thomas Dunne Books, 2009. Cloth, 286 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "The Boozy Biography of the Four Greatest Actors to Ever Walk--Or Stagger--Into a Pub. Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Oliver Reed: On screen they were stars. Off screen they were legends! Hellraisers is the story of drunken binges of near biblical proportions, parties and orgies, broken marriages, riots, and wanton sexual conquests. Indeed, acts so outrageous that if you or I had perpetrated them we could have ended up in jail. Their mercurial acting talent and love from the press and the public allowed them to get away with the kind of behaviour that today's film stars could scarcely dream of. They were truly the last of a breed, the last of the movie hellraisers. This book traces the intertwining lives and careers of Burton, Harris, O'Toole, and… Read More

Los Angeles, CA: Korean-American Museum, 1997. 94 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Edition of 3000 copies. The glued binding is weak, a few pages loosening. Kimchi, a pickle of hot, spicy cabbage, is a ubiquitous side-dish in Korean cuisine. Features some leading Korean-American artists. Some of the art is quite engaging; much of it is conceptual.. 1st. Paperback. Fair. 8vo.

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2015. 246 pages, illustrations, maps; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. First paperback edition.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: HarperPerennial; HarperCollinsPublishers, 1992. 139 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Tiny remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. "In 1394, an elderly Parisian burgher married a girl of 15 and presented her with a book of moral and domestic instructions that he had written to guide her. Tania Bayard has newly translated the most interesting portions of the book, called by eminent medievalist Eileen Power the most exhaustive treatise on the subject. Illustrated with 40 medieval woodcuts." - Publisher. . Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company; A New York Graphic Society Book, 1983. viii, 132 pages, illustrations (some colour), map; 26 cm. 2nd printing, updated. First published to coincide with the European opening of the exhibition, Mouton Rothschild: Paintings for the labels, at the Royal Scottish Academy, 1983. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly cocked/lean. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Christchurch, New Zealand: Whitcoulls Publishers, 1980. Cloth, 95 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 x 25 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's name & bookplate/front free endpaper. Fine DJ.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Oblong.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1991. 32 leaves, all illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Clip-Art book unused & intact. Verified upon shipping.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc.; Dover Clip-Art Series, 1990. 32 pages, chiefly illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Clip-Art book unused & complete. Verified upon shipping.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1988. 32 leaves, all illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Clip-Art book unused & intact. Verified upon shipping. Copyright-free-designs, printed one side, hundreds of uses. Great for designing menus.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Los Angeles: Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2009. 235 pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. Near fine. Gently browsed, clean copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Traces the impact of tea from its discovery in ancient China to the present-day tea plantations of Assam, crossing oceans and continents in the process. This book examines the multitude of ways in which tea has figured in the visual and literary arts." - Publisher. CONTENTS: China, cradle of tea culture, by Beatrice Hohenegger; Tea in China: from its mythological origins to the Qing Dynasty, by Steven D. Owyoung; Learning pottery in Yixing, China, by Terese Tse Bartholomew; The way of tea in Japan, by Beatrice Hohenegger; Buddhist thought and the way of tea, by Dennis Hirota; Dissension in the world of tea: the fashion for Sencha and Chinese culture in early modern Japan, by Patricia J. Graham; The sacred and the profane: the role of women in Edo Period tea culture, by Reiko Tainimura; The… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 1992. 356 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, no dedication. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear/spine slightly faded, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "In an authoritative, wise and wholly original blend of social history, art, science and anthropology, Betty Fussell tells the story of corn in a narrative that is as uniquely hybrid as her subject. It is a story that can be told in the language of myth or industry, of sacred ritual or secular farming, but in any language it makes clear that all the civilizations of the Western Hemisphere have been built on corn. The great epic of this amazing grain and of the people who for seven centuries have planted, eaten, worshipped, processed and profited from it reaches into every corner of American life--not just its food but also its poetry, its commerce, its religion and, of course, its… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company; A Bullfinch Press Book, 1996. Pictorial boards, 80 pages, colour illustrations; 20 cm. Christie's Collectibles Series. Tight, clean copy.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo.

Madison, WI, and Cincinnati, OH: Guild Publishing; North Light Books, 2000. Cloth, 128 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "A vivid, enchanting book for artists and collectors. Teapots are complex objects steeped in world culture and art history. For the booming number of collectors, they offer a wonderful study in contrast and variety. For artists, they present irresistible possibilities within the context of design, decoration and scale. As a result, teapots have become objects through which potters, clay sculptors, metal artists, glass artists and others demonstrate the heights of their creative and technical abilities. Teapots Transformed highlights the colorful tale of this distinctive art form. From traditional, functional teapots to an eclectic mix of contemporary designs, more than 140 unique pieces are showcased in dramatic,… Read More

New York: Walker and Company, 1966. Cloth, 176 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Illustrated by Tomi Ungerer. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, foreedge lightly soiled. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar cover.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Ungerer, Tomi. 8vo.