Rare books from Books for Cooks

Paris, France: Ernest Flammarion, 1939. Second-hand hardcover. Ali-Bab (pseud). Gastronomie Pratique: etudes culinaires... (Septieme Ed) Ernest Flammarion: Paris, 1939. 4to (280x220mm) HC Qtr Bnd Cloth Bds [8],1281,[3]pp. VG/- edges marked, front hinge starting, bds lightly scuffed; 2 cnrs bruised (In French)

Millers Point, Australia: Murdoch Books, 2012. Second-hand hardcover. Shewry, Ben. Origin: the food of Ben Shewry. [FIRST EDITION] Murdoch Books: Millers Point, Australia 2012. 4to (320x295mm) qtr bnd black cloth, dec emb bds xii,[1],288,[2]pp. (photography by Colin Page) [SIGNED with dedication] Near Fine/- light edge wear Shewry, Ben. Origin: the food of Ben Shewry [FIRST EDITION] Sydney, Australia: Murdoch Books, 2012. 4to (320x290mm) HC Half Bound Black Gilt Embossed Cloth, decorative pictorial blind stamped boards xiii,[1],288,[2]pp. (photography by Colin Page; design by Reuben Crossman) Near Fine/Fine.  very discrete rub marks to several cnrs. Winner Australian Book Design Awards Illustrated Book 2013. Ben Shewry is the chef patron of Melbourne's award-winning restaurant Attica and is one of Australia's most significant and influential chefs.  Under his direction, Attica has become one of Australia's best restuarants repeatedly winning awards,  Attica was ranked for a number of years in… Read More

Melbourne: E W Cole Book Arcade, 1889. Second-hand hardcover. Payne, A G (ed). Cole's Popular Cookery. E W Cole, Book Arcade: Melbourne, Australia [ca.1889] 8vo (190x125mm) HC dec red cloth bds, gilt lettered [4],iv,[2],360,[10 adverts]pp.  PAYNE, A G [Arthur Gay (1840 - 1894)] (ed) Cole's Popular Cookery Melbourne : E W Cole Book Arcade, [1889].  Printed by Cassell & Co, Limited, La Belle Sauvage, London Octavo (190x125mm)  red cloth, black decorated with plates, bowls and a jug, and gilt lettered, boards, ii-v,[1],iv,[2],360,[10 publisher's catalogue - Cassell & Co]pp. Four colour plates, including the frontispiece. Light offset/age-toning to front and rear end-papers. Spine faintly sunned, some faint flecking to the boards; a small blemish and folded corner (not affecting the text) to p.315 (plum cake recipe). Else an uncommonly fine copy with no other signs of use. Although undated, the publisher's advertising is marked 8/89 and the printer's mark on p.360 "200/789" suggest a date of… Read More

London, UK: The Leadenhall Press, 1892. Second-hand hardcover.
Mew, James & Ashton, John. Drinks of the World. [FIRST EDITION] The Leadenhall Press: London, 1892. 8vo (225x145mm) dark blue cloth, gilt lettered bds, [2],362,[14 advts]pp. bds lightly rubbed & bruised; eps & a few pps lightly foxed; owner name to pd.
MEW, James (1837 - 1913) and ASHTON, John (1834-1911)Drinks of the World London: The Leadenhall Press, 1892. First Edition. Octavo (225x145mm) dark blue cloth, gilt lettered boards, [10 incl prelims],7-362,[14 publisher catalogue]pp. Frontispiece, one hundred illustrations.Lacks dust jacket (if issued); spine head and foot gently pushed; light shelfwear; corners lightly bruised; endpapers and pastedowns moderately foxed. Top edges a trifle dusty. Small closed marginal tear to p.90. Previous owner name to front pastedown.An exhaustive, intriguing, uncommon, somewhat magpie like history and discourse on all forms of beverages including beer, cider, wine, cocktails, coffee, tea, spirits,… Read More

York: G Peacock, 1790. Second-hand hardcover. Speechly, William. A Treatise on the Culture of the Vine. G Peacock for the author: York, 1790. 4to half bnd red morocco, marbled bds, xvi,[4],224pp. SPEECHLY, William (1735-1819) A Treatise on the Culture of the Vine: exhibiting new and advantageous methods of propagating, cultivating, and training that plant, so as to render it abundantly fruitful. Together with new hints on the formation of vineyards in England. York: printed for the author by G Peacock; and sold by G Nicol, bookseller to his Majesty, Pall-Mall; J Debrett and J Stockdale, Piccadilly; and E Jeffery, near Carleton-Place, London, 1790. First edition. Quarto (275x220mm) half bound, red straight grained morocco, marbled boards and end-papers, label to front board, spine and label lettered, ruled & decorated in gilt, xvi, [4 subscribers list],224pp; five steel engraved plates, three folding; four of the plates are signed by James Basire, engraver. Three plates are after originals by… Read More

Gainsborough, UK: H Mozley, 1803. Second-hand hardcover. Raffald, Elizabeth. The Experienced English Housekeeper...: a new edition in which are inserted some celebrated receipts by other modern authors. H Mozley: Gainsborough, 1803. 8vo (180x110mm) half calf marbled bds, frontis, vi,[2],364pp, 3 folding plates. RAFFALD, Elizabeth [Whitaker, (1733 - 1781)] The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the use of ladies, housekeepers, cooks &c. Written purely from practice; dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, whom the author lately served as housekeeper: consisting of several hundred original receipts, most of which never appeared in print.... A New Edition: in which are inserted some celebrated receipts by other modern authors. Market-place, Gainsborough: H Mozley, 1803.  Printed by H Mozley, Market-place, Gainsborough. Octavo (180x110mm) later half bound calf over marbled boards; spine in 7 compartments ruled in gilt, raised bands, black title and author labels in gilt; all edges red;… Read More

London: David Bogue, 1846. Second-hand hardcover. [Audot, Louis-Eustache]. French Domestic Economy, combining elegance with economy...in twelve hundred receipts. [FIRST EDITION - UK] David Bogue: London, 1846. 8vo (170x105mm) rebound qtr calf, tan cloth, gilt lettered xi,[1],339,[1]pp. [AUDOT, Louis-Eustache (1783-1870)] French Domestic Cookery, combining elegance with economy; describing the new culinary implements and processes; the management of the table; instructions for carving; French, German, Polish, Spanish and Italian cookery; in Twelve Hundred Receipts. Besides a variety of new modes of keeping and storing provisions, domestic hints &c. Management of Wines &c. with many engravings. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION London: David Bogue, 1846. Printed in London, by J Unwin, Bucklesbury Octavo (170x105mm) quarter bound calf, tan cloth, gilt lettered spine (erroneously dated 1866), new end-papers, xi,[1],339,[1]pp.  Approximately 70 engravings mostly of kitchen equipment.  A few very small signs of… Read More

Le Jas du Revest-Saint-Martin par Forcalquier: Robert Morel, 1964. Second-hand hardcover. Delteil, Joseph. La Cuisine Paleolithique. [FIRST EDITION] Robert Morel: Le Jas du Revest-Saint-Martin par Forcalquier, France 1964. 8vo (185x140mm) HC oatmeal cloth, red dec bds w/ ring, 108,[4]pp. (photography by Vera Cardot et Pierre Joly) (in French) DELTEIL, Joseph (1894-1978) La Cuisine Paléolithique Le Jas du Revest-Saint-Martin par Forcalquier: Robert Morel, 1964. First Edition. Photography by  Vera Cardot et Pierre Joly. Octavo (185x140mm) beige/oatmeal heavy cloth/canvas boards, green book cloth end-papers, red initials to cover, blue lettered spine, short ribbon marker with a brass ring, 108,[4]pp. In French. Four black and white photographs. Canvas boards a trifle soiled & worn; top edges dusty; faint age-toning to top edges of some pages. Delteil was a French writer and poet, associated with the early French surrealist movements of the 1920s.  After an illness he 'retired' to near… Read More

Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1831. Second-hand hardcover. Dalgairns, Mrs. The Practice of Cookery adapted to the business of every day life. (4th Ed) Robert Cadell: Edinburgh 1831. 8vo (170x110mm) rebound brown cloth, gilt lettered bds xxxviii,[2],546,2,[2]pp. owner name to title-page; handwritten recipes to rep DALGAIRNS, Mrs [1780s-1844 (Catherine Emily Callbeck)] The Practice of Cookery, adapted to the business of every day life. Fourth Edition. Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1831. Printed by Ballantyne and Company, Paul's Work, Canongate.  Octavo (170x110mm) brown calico-texture cloth, gilt lettered spine;  xxxviii,[2],546,2,[2]pp. Neatly recently rebound, new endpapers. Owner name "Mary Montgomery" to title-page; three handwritten cordial recipes to the original rear endpaper. Sporadic faint foxing; one or two faint signs of kitchen use (mostly in the preserving section); edges a trifle age-toned/lightly soiled; a few small corner folds to bottom edges. Pages lightly buckled.  Overall a clean… Read More

Paris, [1926]: Chez L'Auteur et Chez J Meynial. Second-hand hardcover.
Nignon, Edouard. Le Plaisirs de la Table. [FIRST EDITION] Chez L'Auteur et Chez J Meynial: Paris [1926]. 4to (225x185mm) half bnd morocco, marbled bds, a.e red xiv,[3],18-333,[1]pp. [SIGNED with personal dedication]

NIGNON, Édouard (1865-1934)

Le Plaisirs de la Table: où sous une forme nouvelle, l'auteur a dévoilé maints délicieux secrets et recettes de bonne cuisine, transcrits les précieux avis de gourmets fameux et de fins gastronomes, conseillers aimables et sûrs en l'art de bien manger

Paris: Chez L'Auteur et Chez J. Meynial, [1926]. Printed by Jacoub & Aulard, Paris. Preface by M Robert de Flers. Illustration by P F Grignon. First Edition

Quarto (225x185mm) half bound burgundy morocco, marbled paper boards; all edges speckled red, xiv,[3],18-333,[1]pp. Spine in six compartments, gilt stamped and ruled. Verge Antique paper. Original wraps bound in.

Edges lightly rubbed; page edges lightly age-toned;… Read More

[Copenhagen] Denmark: Politikens Forlag, 2006. Second-hand hardcover.
Redzepi, Rene & Meyer, Claus. Noma Nordic Cuisine. [FIRST ENGLISH EDITION] Politikens Forlag: [Copenhagen] Denmark 2006. 4to (285x215mm) pict bds 183,[1]pp. (photography by Ditte Isager) + Danish Edition
REDZEPI, René (1977 - ) and MEYER, Claus [Claus Meyer Nielsen (1963 - )]Noma Nordic Cuisine/Noma Nordisk Mad
FIRST EDITION, first printing in English together with Danish third impression, SIGNED and with laid in ephemera

Both volumes ~ Quarto (285x210mm) pictorial hardcover boards, 183,[1]pp. Printed by the Narayana Press, [Odder] Denmark. Foreword by Claus Meyer, introductory essay and edited by Henrik Kerrn-Jespersen; photography by Ditte Isager; and with recipes by René Redzepi.

The English edition is the first edition, first printing, published December 2006. The Danish edition is the first edition, third printing, published 2007, signed and inscribed in English by René Redzepi "Dear Friends, Happy to see you in Cph,… Read More

London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1871. Second-hand hardcover. Gouffe, Jules. The Book of Preserves. [FIRST EDITION - UK] Sampson Low, Son, and Marston: London, 1871. 8vo (230x150mm) qtr bnd GOUFFÉ, Jules (1807-1877) The Book of Preserves (Le Livre de Conserves): containing instructions for preserving meat, fish, vegetables, and fruit and for the preparation of terrines, galantines, liqueurs, syrups, petits-fours &c. London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston: London, 1871. First English edition (first published in French 1869).  Printed by Spottiswoode & Co, London. Translated by Alphonse Gouffé. Octavo (230x150mm) quarter bound, gilt decorated and lettered green calf, maroon cloth boards, viii,333,[3 index to illustrations]pp. Frontispiece and 34 woodcut illustrations. Extremities of boards rubbed, spine rubbed, corners gently bruised; front joint showing some wear; front hinge starting, rear hinge neatly repaired. Binder's ticket "Bound by Burn & Co" to rear paste-down; top edges a trifle… Read More

Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1854. Second-hand hardcover. Brillat Savarin. The Physiology of Taste; or transcendental gastronomy. Lindsay & Blakiston: Philadelphia, 1854. 8vo (190x130mm) rebacked, original boards, t.e gilt (translated by Fayette Robinson) BRILLAT SAVARIN [Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)] The Physiology of Taste: or, transcendental gastronomy illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1854. First US Edition and first edition in English. Octavo (200x135mm) blind stamped, gilt decorated original publisher's brown cloth boards, top-edge gilt, xx (pps. ix-x out of sequence),[1],26-347,[1 blank],[4 publisher advertisements]pp. Translated from the last French edition by Fayette Robinson. Recently professionally re-backed in tan cloth, new end-papers. Very faint foxing to preliminaries. Owner name 'John S Cunningham' neatly stamped and inked to half-title, title-page and contents page; several… Read More

London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Melbourne, Sydney and New York: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1894. Second-hand hardcover. Muskett, Philip E. The Art of Living in Australia. Privately bound, with white metal monogram to upper board. First Edition. MUSKETT, Philip E [Edward (1857-1909)] The Art of Living in Australia: (together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs H Wicken, lecturer on cookery to the Technical College, Sydney). London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Melbourne, Sydney and New York: Eyre and Spottiswoode, Her Majesty's printers [1894]. First Edition. Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode. Octavo (185x130mm) full forest green morocco-grain padded leather over boards, white metal monogram "P E M" to upper board, spine in five compartments, raised bands, gilt lettered; all-edges gilt; double gilt-ruled turn-in, marbled end-papers, coloured headbands, [half-title],xxix,[1 blank],431,[1 advertisement],[2 blank]pp. Upper joint lightly rubbed, top front hinge… Read More

London: A Millar & Ors, 1760. Second-hand hardcover. A Lady [Glasse, Hannah]. The Art of Cookery Made Plain & Easy. (7th Ed) A Millar, J & R Tonson, W Strahan, P Davey & B Law: London, 1760. 8vo (200x130mm) rebacked contemporary calf, [2],vi[24],384,[24]pp. VG/- bds cnrs rubbed, printed signature to p1; A LADY [GLASSE (née Allgood), Hannah (1708-1770)] The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy; which far exceeds anything of the kind yet published. Containing, I. How to roast and boil to perfection every thing necessary to be sent up to table. II. Of made-dishes. III. How expensive a French cook's sauces is. IV. To make a number of pretty little dishes for a supper or side-dish, and little corner-dishes for a great table. V .To dress fish. VI. Of soops and broths. VII. Of puddings. VIII. Of pies. IX. For a Lent dinner; a number of good dishes, which you make make use of , at any other time. X. Directions to prepare proper food for the sick. XI. For Captains of Ships; how to make all useful things… Read More