Cooking

St Louis. MO, 1940. One page autographed letter signed, from Irma Rombauer, author of The Joy of Cooking, and a major figure in the history of American cooking. Addressed to Louise [Diallo],The last name was supplied by the seller and is not indicated on the letter itself. In black ink on cream colored stationery printed in brown, "Mrs. Edgar Rombauer - 5712 Cabanne Avenue - St. Louis - Mo. The letter contains regrets for not staying longer at an event and, most interesting, a full recipe. The recipe, for "Bran Biscuit," appears in very close form in the 1936 edition of the Joy of Cooking and in later editions, and contains both the ingredients list and the step-by-step instructions. With one fold, otherwise fine. Rombauer manuscript material is very rare, and we have not been able to locate another record of it entering the marketplace.

Coventry: Merridew & Son, 1812. Book. Good. Three-Quarter Leather. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 372 pages. Improved system of domestic economy; containing above eight hundred valuable receipts, many of which are entirely original; the whole forming a most useful economical companion. Rebound with three quarter leather and marbled boards..

London: Michael Joseph, 1960. Book. Illus. by Renny, Juliet. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 493 pages. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt on red ground, pictorial design to upper board in red, red top-stain. With the rare dust jacket which has been professionally restored. Pages 247-250 have been re-stitched by a professional bookbinder. First edition, first impression of the author's most influential work, some light staining to bottom edge. David (1913-1992) taught herself Mediterranean-style cooking while living abroad during the early 1940s, and began writing a food column for Harper's Bazaar in 1949, to her amazement the only place you could buy olive oil in England at that time was the chemist!.

Portland, Maine:: Rebecca Goodale,, 2016.. Edition of 5. 7 x 9.25"; 20 pages. Pop-ups. Flutter book construction. Monotype silkscreen prints and monotype gelatin plate prints. Handcut and handcolored with ink and colored pencil. Handwritten text. Cloth bound flat-backed case with an onlay beneath the cloth on the front cover. Rebecca Goodale: "After years of walking in the woods, studying, and eating mushrooms, this is my first book about some of the most delicious mushrooms in my town."

Oppenheim: Par Iean Theodore dé Bry marchant libraire & bourgeois d'Oppenheim qui est sur le Rhin, 1619. Small quarto (19.5 x 14 cm.), [7], 8-72 pages, five plates engraved on copper, one folding. ~ FIRST FRENCH LANGUAGE EDITION and FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. The first book on individual heating using stoves. A rare work on improvements in fireplaces and stoves, featuring five plates of ornate examples. It was published by the copper engraver and publisher Jean Theodore de Bry (1561-1623), born in Strasbourg, who settled in Oppenheim in 1609. The text was published by the same publisher the previous year in German as part of a larger work by the author and titled Holzsparkunst. Franz Keslar or Kessler (circa 1580 - circa 1630) a painter from Frankfurt, describes several models of heating previously unrecorded in France. Keslar's innovation was a response to the dwindling supply of wood for heating and cooking throughout the Continent, promoting a transition from the use of hearths to the more efficient… Read More

New York: Knopf Video Books, 1985. SIGNED BY AUTHOR and world-acclaimed chef Julia Child in blue marker "Bon Appetit ! Julia Child". A SCARCE poster promoting "The first complete home-video cooking course". Distributed in limited supply at the ABA trade show in 1985, fewer yet SIGNED, Near Fine, faint creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 21" w x 3O"h.

Madison, Tenn: Kitty's Cook Book Co, 1964. Softcover in good condition. Photo portrait of Wells on front cover, 34 pages, 28cm tall, quarto, recipe index. Includes 2 articles illustrated with photos of Wells, Johnny Wright, and family. Kitty Wells signature on front cover. Covers have separated from publisher's single spine staple, light soil and small corner crease to the covers.

New York : Crown Publishers, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Fascinating volume captures the essence of the Yoga approach to food. Rare.

Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1937. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Approved recipes from the MIRRO Test Kitchen. 284 pp. Text with black and white photos is clean and unmarked with light tanning. No owner attribution. Very good copy of this scare early cooking title.

Meredith Corporation, 1973-74. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket as Issued. All volumes have clean, unmarked text. No owner attribution. Volumes 1-5, 1973 stated second printing, special edition; Volumes 6-8, 10-15 and 17-19 1974 stated second printing, special edition; and Volumes 9, 16 and 20 stated first printing, special edition. The Complete Encyclopedia Set has over 2,500 pages, over 4,200 recipes, over 1,500 photographs (many in full color), hundreds of "how-to" illustrations. A classic, rare example of Better Homes and Gardens' most complete cookbooks. Scarce, Out of print. Large multi-volume set will require extra shipping.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, NY U.S.A., 1950. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Ninth Printing. 1st hardbound edition, bound red cloth boards with white Pennsylvania Dutch design in white. 463 pp. including index. Loose-leaf pages in 5 ring metal binder with heavy stock and metal text protectors front and back. Card stock yellow tabbed dividers (20) are crisp and unbent. Text is clean and in like new condition. Recipe note added in pen on page 189. No previous owner attribution. Brown end pastedowns with white decoration. Illustrations on almost every page, mainly line drawings, B&W photographs and several full color photographs. This is General Mills first hardcover cookbook, published in 1950, which quickly became a national best seller and is now a family heirloom for many. This book contains illustrations and unique tips to "dress up food for eye appeal" fitting for dinner parties of the 1950s. A First Edition in this condition is rare. Note: pictures… Read More

McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. , New York, Toronto and London and General Mills, Minneapolis, 1950. The rare First edition, third printing is the first collaboration of General Mills with McGraw-Hill Book Company in printing this book. 463 pp including index. Text is glossy, clean and unmarked. Chapters separated with yellow paper. Color drawings, b/w photos and full color photographs illustrate this book. No owner attribution. Brown pastedown endpapers with white decoration. Dust Jacket is brightly colored on front. Light sunning to rear dust jacket with picture of Betty Crocker along with her biography. Dust jacket has small one-inch tear at top rear hinge. Otherwise, fully intact as protected by mylar cover. This book in Fine Condition, despite its age. The pictures attached to this posting are of the actual book and not stock images.

[Santa Barbara; Cambridge, 2003. A convolute of correspondence, photographs, and other materials documenting the relationship between American icon Julia Child, and Beverly Jackson, reporter, novelist, collector, and a legend of the social circles of Santa Barbara. The two were long-time friends, and neighbors in Santa Barbara's Montecito. ~ Contents: Fifteen original notecards or postcards, typed or handwritten, signed by Julia Child; one TLS; one fax, and one TLS in photocopy. Some on Child's Montecito Shores, Santa Barbara stationery, some on notecards of Julia Child Productions (SB), and some on notecards from the Irving Street, Cambridge home. Most of the correspondence is short, polite "thank yous" and quick inquiries, for visits, meals shared, etc. ~ Eight original photographs (various sizes & dates), including black and white press print by Alan Berliner (of Julia with Robert Mondavi and Robert Balzer); Julia with Reginald Faletti (1978) by Jackson; color snapshots of Julia in her kitchen,… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1973. Uncommon. Near Fine, tiny spots top and bottom edge of boards, in a Near Fine dust jacket, scall crease head of spine and fore edge of rear flap. A quite handsome copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

RARE OCTOBER, 1908 HARPER & BROTHERS. UNEXPURGATED FIRST EDITION. INCLUDES THE WATERMELON PAGE. COLOUR PRINTS. ILLUSTRATED BY PETER NEWELL. HOLE-DRILLED. ANTIQUARIAN. Good condition/ No DJ Included. USED. Front paper past-down is scuffed. Binding is tight and all plates look in good shape. Finger marks noted. 7 3/8 X 8 7/8. This is so much fun! Like watching animation go by one frame at a time. And we're off, like a shot!