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[RADIO] Fun Fare
by Fisher, Helen Stevens - "Little Lady of the House"
N.D.C., 1939. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. Very good. Youngren, Max. 30 pages. 20 x 14 cm. Written by one of Chicago's women of the "Golden Age of Radio," Helen Stevens Fisher, best known as "The Little Lady of the House" who was featured on The National Farm and Home Hour (NBC) - one of the most popular... Read More
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AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY GARLAND
by Fisher, Louise B.
Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg, 1951. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards, gilt decorations. Near fine. 91 pages. 25 x 19.5 cm. Fisher, a passionate gardener, focuses on the art of flower and fruit arrangements as practiced in Colonial Williamsburg, providing both historical context and practical guidance on recreating these arrangements. Fisher uses only flowers and fruits documented in historical records or... Read More
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Not Now but Now
by Fisher, M. F. K.
New York: THE VIKING PRESS, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards, blind stamped on cover and in gilt on spine; top edge red. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. 256 pages. 21 x 14 cm. The second (and last) novel from the first lady of food writing (the first was written under the pseudonym Victoria... Read More
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As They Were
by Fisher, M.F.K.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Cream boards, cream cloth spine, title in gilt. Very good, in good dust wrapper. 261 Pages. 22 x 15 cm. A collection of twenty of Fisher's essays. "The enticing places, the memorable ( sometimes mysterious) encounters that have lighted her path over the years - interlaced with new reflections and sides."... Read More
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Dubious Honors
by Fisher, M.F.K.
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Mauve cloth covered boards. Near fine, in near fine dust wrapper. 212 Pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. A collection of Introductions, by our first lady of food writing, M.F.K. Fisher - to both her own books and books by other authors. Light spot on one page, otherwise crisp and... Read More
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Lucky Little Lena
by Marjorie Flack
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. First Edition. Cloth binding. Pictoral Boards. Very Good. Unpaginated. 21.5 x 16.5 cm. Lena is a dachsund that belongs to a couple of children. The children are sad that Lena cannot accompany them on various adventures, but Lena is more than happy to go to the park with them in her small... Read More
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Baking Powder and Other Leavening Agents
by Foot, F. N.
New York: The Spice Mill Publishing Company, 1906. Hardcover. Green boards, title and illustration in gilt. Very good. 86 pages, A byproduct of the baking powder wars, fought at the end of the 20th century. After a stable rising agent was established, baking powder became a profitable commodity with over hundred manufacturers popping up across the country. To... Read More
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[TRIBUTE PUBLICATION] The Cobina Wright Dinner
by The Friends of the Beaudette Foundation
Beverly Hills, California, 1964. Spiral bound wraps. Gold wraps, cutout with black and white photo, white plastic combs. Very good. Unpaginated. This tribute to Cobina Wright Sr. begins with a letter from Mary Pickford thanking Cobina Wright for her "humanitarian nature and interest in science by supporting her favorite project, the Beaudette Foundation for Marine Biology Research."... Read More
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[PROGRAM-MENU] Kuwait-America Foundation 2008 GALA DINNER
by Kuwait-America Foundation
Washington DC: Kuwait-America Foundation, 2008. Sewn binding. Cream fibrous handmade paper, raffia bound. Fine. 22 x 15.5 cm. Annual Gala Dinner held at the Residence of the Ambassador of the State of Kuwait in Washington DC. This particular Gala's focus was Stand for Africa - for Malaria No More. The honorary patrons were President George W. Bush and... Read More
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THE SAGA OF JOHN GLENN
by Fowler, Ira E.
New York: Exposition Press, 1963 . First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth covered boards. Good, in good dust wrapper. 63 pages. 21 x 14 cm. A volume of poetry based on the verse story of John Glenn's historic flight. Other poems find their background in historic southern Maryland and West Virginia. Clean, crisp copy. Board shows water stain to... Read More
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The ROYAL CONFECTIONER: English and Foreign
by Francatelli, Charles Elme
London: Chapman and Hall, 1866. Second Edition. Hardcover. Maroon embossed covers, decorations in gilt. Good. 422 pages. 20.5 x 13 cm. Chromolithograph frontispiece of a wedding cake, with tissue. Five wood engraved plates, and eight chromolithograph plates. Francatelli was a renowned chef who served as the maître d'hôtel and chief cook to Queen Victoria. The Royal Confectioner focuses on the... Read More
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[ALCOHOL ABUSE] [GERMAN] Von dem greüwlichen Laster der Trunckenhayt...
by Franck, Sebastian
[Augsburg, Heinrich Streiner, 1533?]. Hardcover. Early 19th century shell-marbled boards. Very good. 38 leaves, (6 pp. manuscript). With large and unusually detailed woodcut (10 x 12 cm.) on title-page revealing an extravagant banquet and a man vomiting, by H. Weiditz, with decorated woodcut initials. Set in schwabacher types with incidental fraktur. A treatise on the excesses of eating and drinking... Read More
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A QUART OF OYSTERS: and other Bon Mots of Bon Homme Richard
by Franklin, Benjamin
New York: [The Printing Week Library], 1972. Hardcover. Mustard yellow paper-covered boards. Fine, in very good glassine dust jacket. 55 pages. 18.5 x 10 cm. A beautifully produced keepsake produced in connection with the Celebration of Printing Week in New York, 1972, commemorating the 266th birthday of Benjamin Frankin, Printer, January 17, 1972. "This is a small but... Read More
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Herbs FOR THE MEDIAEVAL HOUSEHOLD
by Freeman, Margaret B.
New York: THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, 1979. Seventh edition. Hardcover. Illustrated paper covered boards. Very good, in good dust wrapper. 48 pages. 26 x 20 cm. Beautifully illustrated with eighty-five different herbs - handsome reproductions of woodcuts from the fifteenth and sixteenth century herbals. Fascinating information about herbs - herbs for cooking, herbs for healing, sweet-smelling herbs for laying... Read More
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The Mary Frances' First Cook Book
by Fryer, Jane Eayre
Washington DC: Jane Eayre Fryer (Self Published), 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Color paste-down front cover illustration. . 175 pages. 24 x 17 cm. This particular copy is a bit of an anomaly - from what we can gather, since this was a self published book, there are two different covers. Also, the title varies - our previous copies were titled:... Read More
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Dining With My Friends
by Gaige, Crosby
New York: Crown Publishers, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards. Very good, in fair dust wrapper. 292 pages. 21.5 x 14.5. cm. This copy was a gift from Ann Seranne, a food consultatnt and former editor at Gourmet magazine to Doreen Feng Bedell, the best-selling cookbook author of The Joy of Chinese Cooking. Signed on the front free end... Read More
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[MANUSCRIPT] Journal - 2 Volumes
by Gallant, Rosella Mae "Rose" Thomas (1856-1939)
Delaware, Ohio, 1929-1930 & 1937-1939. This particular set of journals, was, at first glance, an archetypal account of small town living in the midwest. The overlooked aspect of the detail accounts that Rose shares is the considerable amount of social connection that was present at the time. There is not a day that goes by that Rose is not... Read More
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[SHEET MUSIC] MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL
by Gannon, Kim (lyrics) & Roberts, Lucky (music)
New York: Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. , 1942. Loose_leaf. Color illustrated wraps. Good. 5 pages. 30 x 23 cm. Light rubbing to cover. Interior pages lightly toned.
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Nouveau DICTIONNAIRE DES MÉNAGES, De Santé, De Cuisine Et D'Économie
by Gardeton, César
Paris: Chez Corbet Ainé, 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Coated paper covered boards, red morocco label. Good. 696 pages. 17 x 10.5 cm. César Gardeton's New Dictionary of Households, Health, Cooking, and Economy reflects the growing interest in domestic science and public health during the early 19th century. It combines traditional knowledge with emerging (at the time) scientific understanding, providing a... Read More
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![[SHEET-MUSIC] Golden Pippin Schottisch](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/711/872/1446872711.0.m.jpg)
[SHEET-MUSIC] Golden Pippin Schottisch
by Garland, E. (composer)
St. Louis, Missouri: Balmer & Weber, 1858. Sewn binding. Color lithograph wraps. Very good. 6 pages. 34 x 25 cm. Illustrated cover - lithographic inset depicting a young gentleman picking apples from a tree for four young women while they gather them in their aprons. A Schottisch is a German dance for couples in 2.4 time. Lithograph by... Read More
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[GASTRONOMY] [POSTER] CUCINA E. CANTINA
by G.B. Paravia & Co.
Turin: G.B. Paravia & Co., c.1880. Very good. 690 x 960 mm. Colored lithograph wall chart comprising a central picture of a kitchen and cellar surrounded by 108 numbered imges of kitchen and cellar ware, with the names of each listed at the bottom. A wonderful gastronomical wall chart portraying a busy kitchen and wine cellar surrounded... Read More
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Knox Gelatine
by Charles B. Knox Gelatine
Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine, 1936. Staplebound. Yellow illustrated wraps, Very good. 55 pages, 11 x 16 cm. The Knox Dainties Recipe Book has been expanded in this 1936 edition to include Frozen Dishes with the growing population of households owning electric refridgerators. They mention in the forward of the book that all mechanically refridgerated mousses and... Read More
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Vitality Demands Energy
by General Mills, Inc.
General Mills, Inc., 1934. Staplebound wraps. Color illustrated wraps. Near fine. PH. 52 pages. Beginning with an endorsement by Raymond Hertwig, Secretary of the Committee on Food of the American Medical Association, stating: "Bleached White Flour Wholesome," letters of recommendations by two doctors, and a forward by "Betty Crocker," this recipe book is filled with fascinating ways in... Read More
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[NEW ZEALAND] [WINE] THE WINES OF NEW ZEALAND
by George, Rosemary
London: Faber and Faber, 1996. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards. Very good, in very good dust wrapper. 330 pages. 22 x 15 cm. New Zealand is the newest of the world's great wine-growing countries and has rapidly established itself at the cutting edge of the world of wine. Ten years ago its wines were barely exported; today demand is so... Read More
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[ART HISTORY] Louis Moeller N.A. (1855-1930)
by Gerdts, William H.
New York: Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc., 1984. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. Near fine. 32 pages. Monograph outlining the exhibit at Grand Central Art Galleries - November 13 through December 1st, 1984. During the 1880s and 1890s Louis Charles Moeller enjoyed critical fame and the enthusiastic support of a number of distinguished American collectors. Essay by William H. Gerdts. Illustrated... Read More
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