The Birds' Christmas Carol
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. Hardcover. Green illustrated cloth covered boards, decorated in gilt. Very good. 91 pages. Beautifully illustrated Christmas tale with over 25 adornments by Katherine R. Wireman. Clean copy, boards lightly rubbed at corners and spine.
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La Varenne's PARIS KITCHEN
by Willan, Anne
New York: WILLIAM MORROW AND COMPANY, INC., 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth covered boards. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. 256 pages. 24 x 17 cm. Anne Willan and her faculty members of the famous La Vareene cooking school in France have created for this book a tempting short course in authentic French cuisine that is equivalent to several months of classes at the school. This book is designed both the help beginners get past the beginner stage... Read More
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[HORSE BREEDING] Sale Letter to Jasper M. Clark
by SPRINGER & WILLARD
Oskaloosa, IA: SPRINGER & WILLARD , 1891. Loose_leaf. Cream illustrated letterhead and envelope. Very good. 1 page. 28 x 21 cm. Typed, signed, letter on illustrated letterhead, dated Feb. 3 17, 1891 from Springer & Willard to Jasper M. Clark, South Dakota, stating the prices for Draft Horses/German Coachers - Signed by Springer & Willard. Includes envelope, stamp missing.
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[COOKERY-MANUSCRIPT] ALICE WILLIAMS COOK BOOK
by Williams, Alice
c. 1920's. Spiral_bound. Black boards, wrapped in light blue wax cloth. Good. Unpaginated. 19 .5 x 14 cm. Unique handmade cook book fashioned from a lined, tabbed, loose leaf binder, covered with heavy waxed wallpaper or waxed cloth. Alice has both typed the various recipes along with her hand written recipes. It appears Alice may have gone back and typed up some of the recipes she had written, but not all. Recipes include puddings, pickles, jams & jellies,... Read More
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[POLITICAL] [ETCHING] Prize Beef or Luxury in the Nineteenth Century
by Williams, Charles
S W Fores, 1802. Loose_leaf. Hand colored etching. Very good. Williams, Charles. A waggish sense of humor is presented here in this etching. A massive butcher presides in front of his stall, pointing out the benefits of a gargantuan joint of beef. His clientele, dressed in ostentatious costume look on as he points of the merits of his wares: "There is not such dignified Beef in the Market - believe me Right Honorable every Inch of it; Coronets... Read More
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[SHEET MUSIC] In the Shade of the Apple Tree
by Williams, Harry (words)
New York: Jerome H. Remick and Company, 1905. Sheet_music. Orig. color illustrated wraps. Good. 5 pages. 14 in. x 11 in. Owner inscription on cover in top right corner. Chipped. Disbound.
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The Education of Women
by Willystine Goodsell, PH.D.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. Red cloth covered boards. Very good. 21 x 14.5 cm. 378 pages. Signed by author on front free end paper. A comprehensive look at the education of women in America at the turn of the 20th century, arguing that women with higher education could be beneficial to the country as a whole. Examines arguments that are made to keep women out of higher education including women's possible predisposition to or against education,... Read More
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[HORTICULTURE] [PHOTOGRAPHY] IF I WERE TO MAKE A GARDEN
by Wilson, Ernest H.
Boston: THE STRATFORD COMPANY, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Green faux leather. Near fine, in good dust wrapper and slip case. 294 pages. 28 x 21 cm. Ernest Henry Wilson (1876-1930), better known as E.H. Wilson, was a distinguished British plant collector and explorer who traveled to China (four times), Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, India, Kenya, and South Africa. His contributions to the herbariums of the world number over sixteen thousand specimens; with over five thousand photographs;... Read More
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Memoirs of AN AMERICAN LADY: with sketches of MANNERS AND SCENES IN AMERICA,
by Wilson, James Grant
Albany: Joel Munsell, 1876. Hardcover. Blue embossed cloth covered boards. Good. 377 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Presentation copy from Joel Munsell to Professor Jonathan Pearson."Prof. Jonathan Pearson with the Sincear Reagards of J Munsell." Munsell, a printer in Albany, NY, published and edited numerous magazines, papers, and books. His personal collection of works on the craft of publishing was extensive and was purchased by New York State for the New York State Library. Professor Jonathan Pearson taught at Union... Read More
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Godforsaken Grapes
by Wilson, Jason
New York: Abrams Press, 2018. Hardcover. Illustrated white boards, red cloth spine. Near fine. 320 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. With nearly 1,400 known varieties of wine grapes in the world, on the whole, we drink wine made from only 20 grape varieties. Wilson looks at how that came to be and embarks on a journey to discover what we miss. Going far beyond the "noble grapes," Wilson hunts down obscure and under appreciated wines from Switzerland, Austria,... Read More
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JAPAN THE BEAUTY OF FOOD
by Wolf, Reinhart (photograpy) & Angela Terzani (text)
New York: RIZZOLI, 1987. Hardcover. Color photo boards. Very good. Unpaginated [166 pp.] 27 x 27 cm. "The delight that the severity, charm, simplicity and delicacy of Japanese objects and procedures calls forth among Western observers has its roots in a different sensibility and a different self-image. If it invites one, as do the food still life Reinhart Wolf has photographed, to contemplate things in isolation, one should never forge that each Japanese work of art is. never... Read More
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[WOMEN] THE SPECTRUM - 1932 - AN ANNUAL
by GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
Milledgeville, GA: GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, 1932. Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards, embossed, title in gilt. Near fine. Unpaginated. 27.5 x 21 cm. From the Alma Mater of Flannery O'Connor and Julia Roberts, the Georgia State College For Women prepared young women for teaching and business careers. Housed on a large campus in the center of Milledgeville, the former state capitol. This color illustrated year book is highly decorated in silver throughout with photographs, collages, and woodcut graphics. Former... Read More
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IMBIBE!
by Wondrich, David
New York: A PERIGEE BOOK, 2015. Updated and Revised. Hardcover. Illustrated boards. Fine, in find dust wrapper. 363 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Signed on front free end paper by the author: "HEALTH & TIPSINESS! David Wondrich". Cocktail expert and historian David Wondrich's Imbibe! presents the colorful, little-known history of the classic American cocktail - and the ultimate guide to classic American drink-making - in an engaging homage to Jerry Thomas, father of the American bar. This newly revised edition... Read More
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THE OXFORD COMPANION TO Spirits and Cocktails
by Wondrich, David (Editor-In-Chief) & Noah Rothbaum (Associate Editor)
New York: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2022. Hardcover. Gray boards, black spine. Fine, in fine dust wrapper. 834 pages. 26 x 18.5 x 6 cm. Alcohol has played a central role in nearly every society since the dawn of human civilization, but it is only recently that it has become the subject of serious scholarly inquiry. The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails is the first major reference work to cover the subject globally, providing a detailed, authoritative, enlightening,... Read More
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IMBIBE!
by Wondrich, David
New York: A PERIGEE BOOK, 2015. Updated and Revised. Hardcover. Illustrated boards. Fine, in find dust wrapper. 363 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Cocktail expert and historian David Wondrich's Imbibe! presents the colorful, little-known history of the classic American cocktail - and the ultimate guide to classic American drink-making - in an engaging homage to Jerry Thomas, father of the American bar. This newly revised edition has been thoroughly updated with more biographical anecdotes, more obscure but delightful old recipes... Read More
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CHINESE DISHES for FOREIGN HOMES
by Wong, Nellie C.
Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1935. Hardcover. Tan paper covered boards, bound with blue cords. Very good. 87 pp, plus 10pp appendix. 17 x 12. 5 cm. The author explains Chinese ingredients and techniques helping to bridge the gap between Chinese culinary practice and Western kitchens. Recipes for soups, vegetables, soups, rice and noodle dishes, meats, eggs, fish, tea, with an appendix and suggested menus. Some hybrid "Chinese- American" recipes include a couple of variations on chop suey and chow... Read More
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Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric Co. Complete Home Canning Guide
by Home Service Department Woonsocket
Woonsocket, RI: Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric Co, ND. Staplebound. Illustrated wraps. Good. 27 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Typed recipes for a variety of canning methods. Interior clean, covers rubbed and chipped.
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[RUSSIAN] Confectionary Products
by Wtamm, A.A.
Sverdlovsk: Central Ural Book Publishing House, 1979. Hardcover. Color illustrated paper covered boards. Good. 151 pages. 17 x 13 cm. Russian baking recipes with 80 typed of dough's and 280 recipes. Illustrated with color photographs. Text in Russian. Pages toned, covers rubbed.
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THE CHINESE BANQUET COOKBOOK
by Yin-Fei Lo, Eileen
New York: CROWN PUBLISHING, INC., 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards. Very good, in very good dust wrapper. 246 pages. 24 x 18.5 cm. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the front free end paper. Recipes and instructions for banquets from each of China's regions: Canton, Peking, Shanghai, Szechuan, and Hunan. In addition, Ms. Lo has included a vegetarian banquet, a seafood feast, a Hakka banquet, a traditional New Year's banquet. More than 100 recipes with detailed... Read More
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[POP-UP] (Popposites)
by Yoon, Jung-Hyun
Doring Kindersly, 1996. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards. Near fine. Unpaginated. 11 pages. 22 x 21.5 cm. This basic Chinese introduction to opposites features pull tabs, cut-outs, spinning parts, and other interactive paper mechanics. Well designed with clean movements, this book clearly illustrates concepts while staying engaging and entertaining.
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