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Chicago, IL: Adventures in Good Eating, 1938. 251 pages of text. Original paperback binding with minor creasing and shelfwear, and moderate discoloration (soiling/staining). Several pages with small creases at the corner. Several of the Chicago selections have pencil checkmarks. Previous owner's name neatly on the front endpaper. The top corner of the final 75 pages have a minor stain at the top corner, causing minor discoloration, but absent of any odor. Early pre-War edition; Fifth edition.. Fifth edi... more information

New York, NY: Macmillan Company, 1951 xix, 366 pages of text including an index. Yellow hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear and soiling, protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Lacks the dustjacket. One page creased at margins. Previous owner's bookplate neatly on front endpaper. Contains hundreds of recipes, and is illustrated with eight pages of black & white photographs. A book published to fulfill the requests for recipes used in the Antoinette Pope School of Fancy Cookery in Chicag... more information

New York, NY: Macmillan Company, 1951 xix, 366 pages of text including an index. Yellow hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear and soiling, protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Signed (autographed) by Francois Pope on front endpaper. Lacks the dustjacket. Minor browning to a few pages from old newpaper recipe. Contains hundreds of recipes, and is illustrated with eight pages of black & white photographs. A book published to fulfill the requests for recipes used in the Antoinette Pope School... more information

New York, NY: Macmillan Company, 1949 xix, 366 pages of text including an index. Yellow hardcover cloth binding with moderate shelfwear and soiling, with a few tiny tears to top of spine; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Lacks the dustjacket. Several page creases, and minor spotting scattered throughout, and previous owner's bookplate on rear endpaper. Illustrated with numerous black & white photographs. Contains hundreds of recipes. A book published to fulfill the requests for recipes used... more information

New York, NY: Macmillan Company, 1951 xviii, 366 pages of text including an index. Yellow hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear and moderate soiling. Price-clipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear, including a few tiny tears, creases and chips, with sunning to spine; protected in archival mylar. Printings of the first edition are rarely found with an intact dustjacket. Previous owner's name neatly on front endpaper. Illustrated with numerous black & white photographs. Contains hundreds of re... more information

Paducah, KY: American Quilter's Society, 1987 143 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. No dustjacket. Contains approximately 200 color photographs, and sketches and line-drawings.. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition. Quarto (4to). ... more information

New York, NY: Rizzoli, 1990 240 pages including an index. Hardcover cloth binding. Unclipped dustjacket with a couple of small closed tears, and overall minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated in full color with photographs by Jean-Bernard Naudin. Includes many recipes. Cooking, Dining, Regional, Ethnic.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition/Very good+ condition (DJ). Quarto (4to). ... more information

London, 1739 English history; sugar; Americana; dis- bound; law.. Paperback. ... more information

London, 1733 English history; beer; dis-bound; in the seventh year of reign of George II.. ... more information

Nurnberg: Christoph Kiegelischen, 1780. [vi], 260 pages of text. Original quarter leather binding is quite worn and soiled, but remains intact. Quarto (9.25 inches/235mm). Illustrated with a frontis depicting the four seasons and at least twelve large in-text plates representing each month of the year. Title page is creased, with loss to the lower corner. Text is moderately foxed, with several small tears. Previous owner's bookplate (Bilharz) on front paste-down endpaper. . First Edition. Hardcover. Goo... more information

Johnstown, PA: Mafex Associates, 1983. [iv], 344 pages of text, followed by several pages of index. Spiral bound paperback, with minor soiling and shelfwear. Several pages slightly soiled. Illustrated with photographs. Author's mother was Romanian, from Radauti. Contains 550 kosher recipes. A pictorial history of those who brought the recipes to America. First edition.. First Edition. Paperback. Very good+ condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information

Belfast: H. R. Carter Publications Limited, 1949 118 pages of text. Hardcover binding: blue cloth spine and paper-covered boards. Minimal shelfwear to extremities, and previous owner's name neatly on front cover (and on front endpaper). Contains hundreds of names of firms engaged in the textile industry, including new firms not yet in production, research and development organizations, textile societies, educational establishments with textile departments, trade organizations, worker's organizations... more information

Chicago: Woman's World Magazine Co. Inc., 1927 Three different publications by the same publisher. Each has fifty pages, is indexed, illustrated in black & white and color, and has beautifully color-illustrated covers. Minor shelfwear.. First Edition. Paperback. Very good condition. Quarto (4to). ... more information

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. xii, 244 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket is moderately sunned on the spine, with a few small tears and creases, and minor to moderate soiling and discoloration; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with drawings/sketches by Hamilton Greene. Dustjacket drawing by Pelagie Doane. Menus and Favors by Verna Breen. . Early edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition/Very good- condition (DJ). Octavo (8vo). ... more information

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1946 243 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear and soiling. Unclipped dustjacket with several chips, creases and tears, moderate soiling, and minor staining; protected in archival mylar. Minimal soiling to a few page edges.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good condition/Good+ condition (DJ). Octavo (8vo). ... more information

New York: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 2005 199 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear, in almost new condition; protected in archival mylar. Signed and inscribed by one author on a front endpaper in brown marker "To Phylis Have fun with this Book, enjoy the recipes and remember: SHARE...Cheers [signed] Michael R." Contains over 60 recipes. Photography by Maren Caruso.. Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cond... more information

Janesville, WI: Gazette Publishing Company, Printers, 1880 65 pages, followed by one page of index, and eight pages of local and regional advertisement. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Original hardcover binding is stained and worn, with minor fraying to extremities. Pages are in some cases stained on the edges, and/or soiled, with minor chipping and tearing. Paper is overall somewhat brittle. Although there is no handwriting in the text, there are dozens of printed and handwritten recipes and notes s... more information

Hamburg: Magdeburgschen Hausmuttern, 1803. Volume I of a two volume set. xxxii, 359 pages of text. Hardcover binding; half leather, with marbled paper-covered boards; minor to moderate rubbing and shelfwear. Illustrated with a frontis. Minor to moderate foxing scattered throughout text, with minor staining to corners of final 50 pages.. Early edition. Hardcover. Very good- condition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1964. 246 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with a tiny chip at the top of the spine, and a few small tears and creases; protected in archival mylar. Signed "Johnny Kan" with his red woodblock stamp in Chinese on the front endpaper with no further inscription. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition, 3rd printing.. Signed. First edition, 3rd printing. Hardcover. Near fine condition/Very good con... more information

New York, NY: M. Evans & Company, Inc., 1999 xii, 276 pages including an index. Hardcover binding with a brown simulated leather spine with gilt lettering, and tan paper covered boards. Unclipped dustjacket in about new condition; protected in archival mylar. Contains over 100 recipes, including North American sources for indigenous Peruvian foodstuffs. Illustrated with drawings by Guaman Poma de Ayala, a Peruvian prince, reproduced from his seventeenth century mansuscript. South America, Ethnic and Reg... more information