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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Yellow illustrated boards, green cloth spine. Very good, in good dust wrapper. 210 pages. 22 x 13 cm. The author brings to gardening a rare combination of style, imagination and good sense. Focusing on the well-grounded tradition in the architecture of plants. Includes suggestions for rockwalls and terraces, for borders, watercourses and kitchen gardens. Interior and boards clean, dust wrapper rubbed and chipped.

London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1957. First Edition.. Hardcover. Pink cloth covered-boards. Near fine , in very good dust wrapper. 148 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Chock full of wonderful recipes to be used for entertaining and every day meals. Each section of food is preceded by an illustration by Oliver Messel of that sections foods forming a human-like figure offering up an appropriately-themed dish, with 6 color plates in total. Some of the delightful recipes included are lobster mousse, deviled chicken, and veal catalane, among many others. Interior and boards clean, dust wrapper toned at edges.

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1843 and 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards, paper spine label. Very good. 196 & 154 pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. The Complete Cook highlights the art of carving, accompanied by illustrations. The Complete Confectioner contains one page of illustrations, featuring modeling tools - last ten pages filled with period advertisements. Pages tanned, edges rubbed, otherwise text clean, no markings. [LOWENSTEIN 302 & 320].

West Point, NY, 1846. Cream paper, creased. Good. 25.5 x 19 cm. Margaret (Stebbins) Scammon writes her brother from West Point, where her husband E. Parker Scammon is an officer with the United Army Corps of Topographic Engineers. Parker would later command the 23rd Ohio Regiment during the Civil War. Good Friday Morn. 1846 My Dearest brother, Parker fully intended to cover this envelope to you, but as he was about doing it the Quartermaster must needs send for him to come to the Library for some important briefings: and so he begs me to write for him and apologize to the best of my ability for the non-appearance of your beer. You must have thought him very neglectful and tho' it is rather an awkward task I will tell you the whole truth. If you will have patience to wait till the end of this month, it shall then be forthcoming. He expected to order it on the 1st but our cook took it into his head to go back to the city to live, and as we had, at his own request, kept back the quarter part of his… Read More

Berkeley: SEAL PRESS, 2016. Hardcover. Black illustrated boards. Fine. 355 pages. 23.5 x 18.5 cm. The fearless women who broke rules and created lasting legacies. Scelfo is a New York Times contributor, and former Newsweek Correspondent. Beautifully illustrated throughout. Includes: Artists, Musicians, Myth makers, Icons, Educators, Politicos, Preservationists, Counterculturists, Intellects, Loudmouths, After Hours, Grocers, Restauranteurs, Taste makers, In-Crowd, Aunties, Ushers, and Wisecrackers. Pristine

Paris: Chez l'auteur, 1896. First Edition. Paperback. Cream wraps. Good. 140 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. A scarce title featuring the most famous regional recipes from the Hungarian and Austrian cuisine including soups, Polish-style borscht, carp, pike, game, goulash, and the famous Viennese pastry. One chapter is devoted to eastern Asian recipes as well as French and Austrian pastry. The author, Antoine Scheibenbogen (1836-1902) was an Austrian subject and the former first aide to Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Introduction by Pierre Lacam and preface by Ferdinand Grandi. [BITTING 420]. From the culinary collection of Carl G. Sontheimer, the man who revolutionized American cooking by bringing the Cuisinart to the United States. Bookplate states: This book is a gift from THE SONTHEIMER FOUNDATION Greenwich, Connecticut. Interior lightly toned. Covers heavily rubbed. Stamp on title page: EXPOSITION CULINAIRE, Diplôme d'Honneur.

Berlin: Berlag von Carl Friedrich Umelang, 1849. Hardcover. Green embossed cloth covered boards. Very good. 445 pages. 19 x 12 cm. Lovely engraved frontispiece with tissue guard. An essential handbook for aspiring housewives, housekeepers and cooks. Written in "old' German script, or Fraktur. Marbled edges. Interior lightly foxed, otherwise clean. Boards lightly rubbed. From the culinary collection of Carl G. Sontheimer, the man who revolutionized American cooking by bringing the Cuisinart to the United States. Bookplate states: This book is a gift from THE SONTHEIMER FOUNDATION Greenwich, Connecticut.

New York: Schocken Books, 1982. Hardcover. Light brown cloth covered boards. Fine, in very good dust wrapper. 262 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Drawing from four diaries, the author provides a unique first-hand portrait of the integral role women shouldered during the gold rush. Includes 48 photographs. Interior and boards clean and crisp. Dust wrapper lightly rubbed.

Davis, Ca.: Agricultural History Center University of California, Davis, 1975. Staplebound. Green wraps. Very good. 116 pages. 27.5 x 21 cm. With an emphasis on secondary source material this bibliography strives to give voice to the countless unnamed laborers that existed in this country until the mass migration toward the city in the twentieth century. This collection largely deals with labor, agriculture, education, financial status, with lesser material on politics and home life. The compilers relied on collections at Tennessee Valley Authority Library, Fisk University, Howard University, The Library of Congress, Southern Regional Council in Atlanta and the United States Civil Rights Commission. Interior crisp and clean, covers lightly soiled, spine strip missing.

Sears, Roebuck and Co. , c. 1960. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps, string bound. . Unpaginated [20pp.] 22 x 28 cm. Sewing instructional book filled with completed assignments. Handwritten instructions along with completed pieces of work, pinned in to the pages. A wonderful example of the various home economics courses that made up most high school curriculum in the 1950's - 1970's.

Baltimore: Thos. J Sheubrooks, 1896. Staplebound. Illustrated wraps. Good. 30 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Featuring illustrated local Baltimore advertising throughout. Introduction by Mr. Seidewitz, followed by six days of concerts by the 5th Regiment Orchestra, with Charles Weber - Musical Director. Rules of Governing the competition, award amounts and a full page listing the Patrons and Patronesses of the show. Covers rubbed at edges and lightly toned. Mr. Seidewitz was one of the foremost florists in Maryland, ex-Mayor of Annapolis (1899-1901), former president of the Rotary Club and the President of the Baltimore Florists' Exchange. This Exchange was said to be the first organization in America dedicated to the exchange of trees, plants, flowers, and seeds in addition to the general sharing of horticultural knowledge among horticulturists and tradesmen who bought and sold flowers. Oddly enough, after Mr. Seidewitz was successful in ushering this Exchange into fruition, even propelling the construction… Read More

Evansville, Indiana: Servel, Inc., 1942. Staplebound. Black illustrated wraps. Near fine. 47 pages. The Servel Company (formerly Servel-Electrolux) was an American producers of heating and cooling appliances founded in 1922 by Colonel William McCurdy. This recipe book includes various dishes made possible by electric cooling and advertises for ServelÂ’s Electrolux home refrigerator. Black and white illustrations and food photographs mixed with recipes throughout. Clean, crisp copy

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards. Fine, in near fine dust wrapper. 403 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. Presentation copy - inscribed to Joe McGrath, a friend and longtime secretary to Prescott Townsend, a well known Boston Brahmin, also featured in this book. The author explores the nature and expression of sexual identity at America's oldest university during the years of its greatest influence. The Crimson Letter follows the gay experience at Harvard in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing upon students, faculty, alumni, and hangers-on who struggled to find their place within the confines of Harvard Yard and in the society outside. Laid in: 16 pages of photo copies with the author's annotations, a photo copy of the first page designs inscribed to Joe McGrath, copy of the cover art, and a photo copied review of the book from the Boston Globe. Presentation on the front free end paper: "For Joe McGrath, My old friend from Tindal Place! With the best wishes of… Read More

Baltimore: Bacchus Press, nd (1992). Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Full Burgundy bonded leather gilt. Fine. xv, 540, (24 index) pages. Octavo. One of 500 copies. A very attractively bound facsimile edition of the 1864 second edition (expanded and considerably revised from the 1863 first edition), printed on acid-free paper and retaining the folding plates that appeared in the original. Shaw was a Scottish wine merchant who was almost single-handedly credited with bringing about a reduction in the tax on wine coming into Great Britain and Ireland. Andre Simon called this title "one of the most interesting books we have on the subject." A must have for any serious wine collector. [GABLER G38330] - (referring to the second edition).

New York: Random House, 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Tan boards, illustrated in gilt. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. 205 pages, 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Here is a charming and comprehensive collection of cakes, cookies, candies and confections from all the countries that celebrate Christmas. Interior and boards clean and crisp, dust wrapper lightly soiled. Former owner's book plate on verso of cover. Covered in protective mylar.

New York: William Morrow, 2004. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Gray boards. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. 240 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Mimi Sheraton, one of the most renowned food writers and restaurant reviewers in the country brings us backstage, to see what it took to get to the top of this profession. Eating My Words is both a memoir and an exploration of her life - from a kid from Brooklyn to her rise to fame in Manhattan. Interior crisp and clean, boards sunned to top edge. Dust wrapper lightly sunned at top edge. Covered in protective mylar.

Rockland, ME: COURIER-GAZETTE, INC., 1968. Fourth Edition. Spiral_bound. Color illustrated wraps, black plastic combs. Very good. 187 pages. Recipes furnished and attributed by community members from York County, Kennebec County, Sagadahoc County, Penobscot County, Knox County, Oxford County, Somerset County, Washington County, Aroostook County, and Cumberland County. Interior clean and crisp, wraps lightly toned.

Philadelphia: Universal Book & Bible House, 1950. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards. Very good. 494 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Recipes attributed to members of the community. The author, Mary Emma Showalter, a professor of Home Economics at Eastern Mennonite College in Harrisonburg, Va. thanked the 125 women located in Mennonite communities throughout the United States and Canada who generously contributed to this book. A full roster of recipes demonstrating the multitalented women of the Mennonite community. Drawings by Naomi Nissley. Illustrated throughout with color photos. Interior clean and crisp. Color illustrated boards lightly rubbed.

New York: International Center of Photography, 1984. Staplebound. Black photo illustrated wraps. Very good. Unpaginated [pp.16]. Catolog for the International Center of Photography show featuring unearthed photos by Larry Silver from the 1950's along with a written history of Muscle Beach. Interior clean, covers lightly rubbed.

London: Duckworth, 1926. Hardcover. Red cloth covered boards. Very good. 273 pages. Simon points out the most interesting period in English history are, on one hand, the extraordinarily drunken habits of rich and poor alike as well as the invention of the corkscrew. Illustrations throughout includes a black and white frontispiece, 47 black and white plates and 3 textual illustrations. Former owner's bookplate on verso of cover. Clean and crisp interior. Spine sunned.