Amsterdam: Lecturis, 2015. 4to. 551 pages. Color photographs. Original pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. An exquisite book designed by Irma Boom. "This impressive book is a combined cultural history of the Peranakan Chinese in 20th-century East Java and a survey of their culinary traditions. Compiled by Koo Siu Ling, the recipes.....
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1955. 8vo. 274 pages. Original cloth-backed boards; printed dust jacket. FIRST EDITION of Hines's memoir, SIGNED by Duncan Hines on the dedication leaf which reads "This book is dedicated to those to whom good eating is a joy and the preparation of food one of.....
Paris: Maison des Rêves, 2009. In French and English. 12 pamphlets, pictorial wrappers, laid as-issued with a branded pencil in debossed cloth folding case with cloth ties. FIRST EDITION. A lavish trade catalogue designed by Thierry Teyssier, each with often poetic titles: Bucolic stroll in the garden; Feet in water;.....
Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1925. Folio (30 x 22.5 cm). 153, [1] pages. Original double-page color lithograph by Wilson signed in pencil (tissue guard preserved) and full-page color illustrations by Wilson throughout. Quarter vellum paper, brown boards, gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. First edition, deluxe limited issue, number 93.....
New York: Stone Street Press, 1988 [copyrighted November 1986]. 4.25 x 2.75 inches. [16] pages. Original decorated paper wrappers, printed title label on front cover. Initialed by the author. "This special Boston Tea Party edition was brought out on the 16th day of December, 1988, the 215th anniversary of this.....
A fine collection of vintage menus from restaurants in the United States and Europe, generally in excellent condition, some with occasional soft creasing, several with some ink annotations. A visually appealing collection, reflecting widely-traveled culinary adventures. Comprising: 1. Anntony’s Caribbean Café, Charlotte, NC. 2. Auberge de Mirandol, Sarlat en Perigord. 3. Aux.....
New York: Covici Friede, 1934. 8vo. 301 pages, with indices. Original red cloth. Early owner's name on half-title. FIRST EDITION. Providing readers with a different restaurant choice for every day in the year (unless it's a leap year...). Ross notes in his introduction that there were estimated to be 19,716.....
New York: M. Barrows & Co., Inc., 1942. 8vo. 241 pages. Illustrations by Eleonora Sense. Orignal cloth; dust jacket. First edition, insctibed "with Stina's blessing and the best wishes of Stina's boy, Herman Smith." Above this authorial inscription is taped a note "Just a small gift from the dishwasher -.....
New York: Rizzoli, 1987. Square 4to. Glazed pictorial boards; slipcase. FIRST EDITION.
