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Gould, Mary Earle . EARLY AMERICAN WOODEN WARE AND OTHER KITCHEN UTENSILS
Springfield 1948 revised, Pond-Ekberg. Unusual topic by leading expert: wooden boxes of all sorts, buckets, shellers, troughs, mortars, pestles, tubs, yokes, churns, kegs, washtubs, looms, baskets, etc. Octavo, 243pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, spine faded, in Good DJ. (a10356)
$20.00Kinne, Helen. EQUIPMENT FOR TEACHING DOMESTIC SCIENCE
Boston 1913 3rd. 8vo., 96pp., photo illustrations of kitchens, cooking equipment, classrooms, index, hardcover. Owner signed. VG. (a1090)
$25.00 Finance, Charles . BERUFSKUNDE FUR DIE HOTELLERIE UND DAS GASTWIRTSCHAFTSGEWERBE BAND I DIE FACHKUCHE
Basel 1947 Pictura. In German. Sm.4to., 504pp., color and monochrome photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. One of 3 volumes in series but each volume complete in itself. (a13487)
$20.00 Sternberg, Dr. Wilhelm . DIE KUCHE IN DER KLASSISCHEN MALEREI
Stuttgart 1910 1st Von Ferdinand Enke. A history of the kitchen using historical paintings. In German. Sm.4to., 148pp., 30 textabbildungen, hardcover. Good, some foxing on final pages. (a197)
$22.00(cooking). TWO ORIGINAL MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHS AND ONE PRINTED PROGRAM OF DER SECTION NEW YORK DES INTERNATIONALEN VERBANDES DER KOCHE
The program is for the Erst Stiftungsfest der Section New York des Internationalen Verbandes der Koche. Dinner was held at the Lexington Opera House Terrace Garden in New York City, November 1906. In German. Sm.4to., 4pp., original printed green wraps. Each of the original photographs is a 6x8 inch group photo of 2 dozen German chefs. The original photographs are mounted on stiff cardboard with titles printed below: The first photo is Zweite Generalversammlung der Sektion New-York des Internationalen Verbandes der Koche 1907; and the second photo is the same for Dritte Generalversammlung der Sektion New York Des Internationalen Verbandes Der Koche 14. Oktober 1908. Photos are in Near Fine condition, the boards are worn and stained. The dinner program for 1906 is splitting at spine and rear cover has long closed tear; minor chipping to edges of cover. Program text is VG. 3 items: (a214)
$45.00Balzli, Dr. Med. Hans. GASTROSOPHIE
Stuttgart 1931 1st Walter Hadecke. Ein Brevier fur gaumen und gesit. Neue wege zu tafelfreude unde geselligkiet. In German. 8vo., 124pp., illustrations, hardcover. VG, front hinge tender, original plain paper dj ( dj is Good Plus.) (a241)
$32.00Lemcke, Gesine. EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN CUISINE
NY 1902 Appleton. Recipes. Hardcover. Octavo, 613pp., cloth. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked, light wear and toning. light spotting fore-edges. (a245)
$29.00Porcher, Ch.. LE LAIT DESSECHE
Lyon 1926 2nd Le Lait Revue Generale. In French. Sq.8vo., 298pp., 9 text drawings, 8 monochrome photo illustrations (most of milk machines), wraps. Good, rebound in later wraps. (a250)
$30.00Hopkins, Dennis. SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE CAKE DECORATING
Chicago 1925 1st Bakers' Helper. Oblong Hardcover 4to., 143pp., monochrome photo illustrations on glossy stock. Some amazing cake decorations. Fair, quite worn, shaken, lettering worn off cover, light staining on some pages, no DJ. (a251)
$22.00Macfadden, Bernarr (foreword). DEBATE-SUBJECT: IS MEAT ESSENTIAL TO HEALTH?
NY 1946. Held in New York City, October 1946. Debaters: Drs. Maxwell and Gian-Cursion v. Thomas Gaines and Professor Frank Sauchelli. Sm.8vo., 48pp., green printed wraps. VG text beginning to brown. (a275)
$23.00Wickizer, V. D. and M. K. Bennett. THE RICE ECONOMY OF MONSOON ASIA
Stanford 1941 1st edition. Food Research Institute. Hardcover octavo. Bright red cloth with gilt lettering. 358pp., foldout maps, charts. end paper maps. Near Fine (faint soiling on top closed page ends.) in Good Plus dj,(djt lightly worn and rubbed , a few tiny closed tears ) (a282)
$75.00 Pernot, Jules . HANDLEXIKON DER MODERNEN KOCHKUNST
Norhausen n.d (c. 1930) 3rd edition. Sm.8vo., In German. 8vo., 675pp. Good, first three leaves trimmed at right margin with slight loss (last letter on most lines) on just foreword page and table of contents-very minor o/w VG. (a32633)
$29.00 (patent medicine) . JOHNSTON'S FLUID BEEF IMPROVED COOKERY OR THE SCIENTIFIC PREPARATION OF FOOD
Montreal n,d. (c.1880). Sm.8vo., 4pp., illustrations. Flyer advertising this beef extract called Johnston's Fluid Beef for use in cooking. VG. (a37121)
$20.00 Williams, E.W. . FROZEN FOODS BIOGRAPHY OF AN INDUSTRY
Boston 1970 Cahners. 8vo., 215pp., index, hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Williams. Fine in VG DJ. (a4255)
$24.00 Mitchell, J. Douglas . SUCCESSFUL CANTEEN MANAGEMENT
London 1946 Practical Press. 12mo., 108pp., hardcover. Good in Fair DJ, a bit worn. (a48497)
$20.00 Zanolini, Carla . DIE REZEPE DER GROSSMUTER
Locarno 1958. Translated into German from the Italian. 8vo., 124pp., decorated wraps. VG. (a48799)
$24.00 Aikin, Jesse . THE CITIZEN'S TUTOR, CONTAINING A VARIETY OF VALUABLE RECEIPTS FOR THE CURE OF THE DIFFERENT DISEASES OF MAN AND BEAST; ALSO, FOR COLOURING WOOL, COTTON, AND HATS
1831 Printed in Mountpleasant (Ohio). Real home medicine, eg, "Phthisic. Take rackoons fat morning and evening, the quantity accoriding to the age, say a table spoon full at a time. Or: "Polypus in the Nose. Take the blood root, called precoon root , dried and powered fine, use it as a snuff." or: "Preserve lightning. Bore holes in the bottom of the bedstead feet and put the necks of beer bottles in the holes." Hardcover. Octavo, 106pp., index, 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Some staining on top end of entire book. Much scribbling on end papers. Fair, cover edges rounded, boards worn. Binding secure. Rare. (a51654)
$600.00 Brooklyn Methodist Home . A COOK BOOK SPONSORED BY THE MANAGERS OF THE METHODIST HOME BROOKLYN NEW YORK
1939 first edition. Recipes in reproduced handwriting of donors, with donor's name given. 8vo., 320pp., illustrations, wraps with metal spiral binding. VG. (a52470)
$37.00 Armster, Sophie . NEUES AUF VIELJ�HRIGE ERFAHRUNG GEGR�NDETES KOCHBUCH F�R ALLE ST�NDE, N�HMLICH ALLE GATTUNGEN FLEISCH, GEFL�GEL, FR�CHTE, KAFFEH, U.S.W. IN VOLLER FRISCHE MEHRERE JAHRE ZU ERHALTEN. ODER: GR�NDLICHE ANWEISUNG ZUR KOCHKUNST WIE AUCH ZUR BEREITUNG DER BACKWERKE, CREMES, GELEES, GETR�NKE ... F�R HAUSFRAUEN, HAUSH�LTERINNEN UND ANGEHENDE K�CHINNEN BESTIMMT
Stade 1846 Pockwitz . In German. Hardcover. Small octavo,, 632pp., original marbled paper covered boards with cloth spine. Good, text toned, some old dry water stains throughout, spine chipped. Binding secure, hinges intact. Scarce. (a60852)
$249.00 (anon) . RACCOLTA DI LEGGIADRISSIME CANZONETTE ANACREONTICHE SOPRA DIVERSI SOGGETTI ALL'ILLUSTRISSIMA SIGNORA ELISABETTA CIAPPELLONI NE' RICCI
Livorno 1752 first edition. Gio. Paolo Fantechi. In Italian. Unusual collection of poetry, several poems of which are on gastronomic topics such as chocolate tobacco and fish. La Cioccolata a Fille by Pietro Metastasio (pp. i-v) is listed in Lord Westbury's Handlist of Italian Cookery Books as appearing in 1783 so this 1752 considerably earlier. Nestis Il Tabacco a Clori Cantata and other poems by Medesimo including La Pesca' (xli-xliv); Occhi di Bella Donna' del Marcantonio PIndemonte; other poems by Antonio Conti, Innocenzo Frugoni (La Rosa), Gio Battista Ricchieri, Tirsi Lecasio, Pompeo Figari Geneovese (Riso e Pianto), Lorenzo Magalotti Fiorentino Vivanda Inglese Nominata Contento (lxxi-lxxvii); Jacopo Antonio Bunofanti. Small Octavo, 82pp., plain wraps (contemporary pigskin?). VG. Very scarce. (a61021)
$690.00Donovan, Holly Richardson, Peter W. Donovan and Harvey Mole. A GUIDE TO THE CHINESE CUISINE AND RESTAURANTS OF TAIWAN
1977 Authors. Text mostly in English with sections in Cantonese. 4to., 283pp., red wraps printed with black ink. VG, light wear. (a65170)
$29.00Wolberg, Lewis Robert M.D.. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EATING (signed by Wolberg)
NY 1936 1st McBride. Hardcover. Octavo, 321pp., orange cloth. Signed by Wolberg. VG, spine faded, no DJ. Pictures available on request. (a65765)
$45.00Watson, Clarissa. THE SENSUOUS CARROT AND OTHER DELIGHTS THE COUNTRY ART GALLERY ARTISTS' COOKBOOK
Glen Cove 1972 1st Stevenson. Favorite recipes of 71 artists from America and abroad. Hardcover. 4to., 152pp., index, cloth. Fine, no DJ. (a66789)
$22.00 Lebault, Armand . LA TABLE ET LE REPAS A TRAVERS LES SIECLES
Paris 1910 1st Lucien Laveur. Distorie de l'Alimentation, du mobilier a l'usage des repas du ceremonial et des divertissements de tables chez les peuples anciens et les Francais predecee u'une etude sur les moeurs gastronomiques primities et sur le role du repas dans la Civilisation. In French. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 718pp., 116 illustrations, original printed wraps bound in 3/4 maroon cloth with marbled boards and gilt decoration and lettering on spine. Tiny owner bookplate inside front cover of Fr. R. Cebts. Near Fine, very light wear. Beautiful condition.* *Gastronomic Classic. (a72002)
$550.00 Hanish, Dr. O. Z. A. . MAZDAZNAN KOCHBUCH
Leipzig 1928 Mazdaznan. In German. Octavo, 160pp., limp bright orange cloth covered boards. Near Fine. (a73324)
$22.00 Just, Rudolf . DAS JUNGBORN-KOCHBUCH NAT�RLICHE ERN�HRUNG UND KRANKENKOST
Leipzig 1939 zweite auflage, Verlag der Dreschen. In German. Octavo, 186pp., original decorated wraps. VG, cover lightly soiled and lightly worn. (a74425)
$23.00 Stark, Lewis M. . THE WHITNEY COOKERY COLLECTION
1946. Article at pp.103-126 in Bulletin of the New York Public Library, original cover in bound in later wraps. Several additional articles in this issue as well. Sm.4to., Good. (a75108)
$20.00 Tolleson, Kitchie . BOURBON COUNTY REMEMBERED COLLECTED RECIPES (signed)
c. 2000. The Joys of a Kentucky Childhhod and Subsequent Discoveries. 4to., 145pp., original spiral bound stiff wraps. ** Inscribed and signed by Kitchie. Near Fine. (a77430)
$66.00 (women) . THE NEW FEMALE-INSTRUCTOR OR, YOUNG WOMAN'S GUIDE TO DOMESTIC HAPPINESS...TO WHICH ARE ADDED, ADVICE TO SERVANTS; A COMPLETE ART OF COOKERY AND PLAIN DIRECTIONS FOR CARVING (ETC)
London 1818 Thomas Kelly. Octavo, 528pp., full page frontis, 6 addiional plates, index, original leather boards, later paper spine with original leather remounted. Good, some stains in text; a few pages quite foxed, especially some of the plates, boards worn and rubbed. Good reading copy. (a79455)
$115.00 (cooking) . THE WATERTOWN COOK BOOK THIRD EDITION
NY 1891 Hungerford. Contributed recipes compiled by the Woman's Auxiliary Society of the Young Men's Christian Association of Watertown, New York. Hardcover. Small octavo, 154pp., advertisements, printed black cloth. Many of names of recipe donors given. Good plus. Rare. (a79600)
$75.00Deckman, Josef H. and Friends. A PHILOSOPHY OF GRACIOUS LIVING AND RECIPES (signed)
c. 1950 no place (but likely Maryland). Deckman attended the University of Maryland, Class of '31 and was elected to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1965. Typescript copy of cookbook put out by Deckman. 4to, wraps. **Inscribed and signed by Deckman. LAID in: 12 more typed pages of recipes. VG. Possibly unique copy. Pictures available on request. Interesting recipes including "Orange Duck Deckman". (a79697)
$285.00 Lemcke, Gesine . EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN CUISINE
NY 1897 Appleton. Recipes. Hardcover. Octavo, 613pp., cloth. Good plus. (a80115)
$45.00 Jensen, H. R. . THE CHEMISTRY FLAVOURING AND MANUFACTURE OF CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONERY AND COCOA
Philadelphia 1931 1st Blakiston's Son. Hardcover. Octavo, 406pp., illustrations, index, maroon cloth. Residue of spine label, a few institution name stamps in text margins. Good , inner hinges cracked. (a80815)
$100.00 Bootle, Valerie and Philip Nailon . A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HOTEL & CATERING OPERATION
London 1970 first edition New University Education. Hardcover. Octavo, 252pp., red cloth. VG in Good DJ. (a83247)
$28.00 Gabler, James M. . WINE INTO WORDS A HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WINE BOOKS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Baltimore 1985 First edition Bacchus Press. ISBN 0-9613525-0-7. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 403pp., cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. In original publisher's unopened cellophane bubblepack seal. Gift quaiity. (a83262)
$24.00 Schlesinger, Dr. Wilhelm . VORLESUNGEN UBER DIAT UND KUCHE
Berlin 1917 Urban and Schwarzenberg. In German. 8vo.,168pp., hardcover. VG.. (a8573)
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