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Chicago, IL: National Dairy Council, 1971. folded. White printed card, Good. 18.5 x 11.5 cm. This 5 panel foldout, gives nutritional advice for children in the format of the song Rockin' Robin, popularized by Michael Jackson. It reads across the top, "1 for your muscles, 2 for the glow, 3 to make ready, and 4 to grow." Each one correlates with a number of servings of a nutritional category to meet daily, (milk, meat and eggs, vegetables and fruits, and breads and cereals respectively) which are illustrated with some examples of foods one might could eat to fulfill them. Some staining along creases, small stain on milk page.

c. 1957. Cards. Color illustrated paper. Near fine. 16 x 17 cm. Fun look at the European cycling world of the 1950's. Folding illustrated beer glass accompanied by a list of the 101 best European Cyclists, listed by their last name and their team - including (1) Jesús Loroño and (2) Miguel Poblet. Damm beer is a Spanish brewery located in Barcelona. Clean, crisp and colorful.

New York: HarperCollins, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Cream boards, red cloth binding. Very good, in very good dust wrapper.. 356 pages. 23.5 x 16.5 cm. In this lively, sweeping account that spans the early seventies to the present day, David Darlington employs a sharp journalistic eye to profile a group of wine pioneers. A tale of vision and disillusion, brinksmanship and pragmatism, nature and business, politics and culture, An Ideal Wine is a fascinating look at an ever-evolving industry that reflects the values of our society and our civilization. In protective mylar cover.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First American Edition. Hardcover. Rust patterned boards. Near fine, in near fine dust wrapper. 244 pages. 21 x 15 cm. With an introduction by James Beard. Together in one volume, three early classics of cookery from England's most famous food writer, who inspired and influenced a whole generation of cooks - Elizabeth David. As James Beard points out in his forward - "she was a leader, and ahead of her time...challenging (her readers) to explore a different world of food." Very light staining to text block. Boards clean, dust wrapper very lightly scuffed. Covered in protective mylar.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First American Edition. Hardcover. Rust patterned boards. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. 244 pages. 21 x 15 cm. With an introduction by James Beard. Together in one volume, three early classics of cookery from England's most famous food writer, who inspired and influenced a whole generation of cooks - Elizabeth David. As James Beard points out in his forward - "she was a leader, and ahead of her time...challenging (her readers) to explore a different world of food." Interior clean, top edge yellow. Boards clean, dust wrapper clean. Covered in protective mylar.

New York: Viking, 1994. First American Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards. Fine, in fine dust wrapper. 413 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Published after David's passing in 1992 - David's final book, which was in the works for many years. A full history of ice and ices including sixteenth-century Italy and the splendor of the Medici banquets, snow pits in Persia, and the influential ice trade in Boston to the growth of the ice cream business in London. Pristine copy. Covered in protective mylar.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1985. Hardcover. Brown cloth covered boards. Near fine, in good dust wrapper. 160 pages. 28 x 23 cm. With more than 140 full-color pictures, this highly illustrated biography describes the life of Mary Ellen Best, revealing the artist's remarkable talent and her passion for depicting, in great detail, the people and places she knew well. Interior and boards crisp and clean. Dust wrapper price clipped with some closed tears. Covered in protective mylar.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Red boards, black spine. Very good, in good dust wrapper. 367 pages. 21 x 15.5 cm. Based in Berkeley, early 1960's, this is a story of three women and the different paths they took. Board and interior clean. Dust wrapper toned, chipped, with closed tears.

Hoboken, NJ: RB Davis CO., 1904. Staplebound. Dark blue illustrated wraps. Very good. 64 pages, 17 x 11.5 cm. The R.B. Davis ManufacturingÂ’s Dry Yeast Baking Powder Cookbook begins with a dedication to housewives who have been misled into a purchase of Baking Powder with Cream of Tartar and to those sufferers of BrightÂ’s Disease which they attribute to this same substance. The booklet is a combination jokebook, cookbook, advertisement for the Dry Yeast Baking Powder. It has a selection of jokes largely targeting marginalized groups, alternating with its simple recipes for sponge cake and roast beef for the average homemaker. 1 cm tear on front cover, some wear along corners and spine, pages crisp and clear.

Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Rust colored cloth, embossed with title in gilt. Near fine, in good dust wrapper. 349 pages. 26.5 x 19 cm. This lush cookbook brings together the ethnological background of the Luso-Afro-Indian populations through the lens of food. Traditional Brazilian recipes found the meals and flours native to the environment from the Indian population. The Portuguese contributed their codfish and the African slaves brought the dendê oil, condiments, spices and coconut milk. This book is filled with recipes including many featuring beans and rice, coconut, meats, patties, fish, soups, salads, and desserts. Beautifully illustrated by Carybé, better known for his woodcuts in Gabriel García Márquez's books. Interior and boards crisp and clean. Dust wrapper rubbed and chipped. Former owner's book plate pasted in. Covered in protective mylar.

New York: Random House, 1938. Hardcover. Red color illustrated boards. Very good. Unpaginated. 28.5 x 21 cm. Babar the King and his wife Celeste welcome triplets. Interior crisp and clean. Boards rubbed at corners with rubbing to head and tail of the spine, otherwise clean.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2017. Hardcover. Gray boards. Fine, in fine dust wrapper. 307 pages. 24 x 16 cm. "From 1874 - the year that Jennie Jerome, the first known 'dollar princess,' married Lord Randolph Churchill - to 1905, dozens of young American heiresses married into the British peerage, bringing with them all the fabulous wealth, glamour, and sophistication of the Gilded Age." Illustrated with photographs. Pristine copy. Covered in protective mylar.

Mexico: Editorial Cultura, 1937. Cream wraps. Good. 225 pages. 18 x 12 cm. Travel Guide. Cover and pages toned.

London: JOHN MURRAY, 1989. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth covered boards. Fine, in fine dust wrapper. 160 pages. 26 x 26 cm. Signed by the author on the front free end paper. Billed as "a celebration of Italy's most beloved food", author Julia della Croce takes us on a culinary journey into the world of pasta. Includes a history on the foodstuff's creation and development over the centuries, guides to selecting the right kinds of pasta and sauces, and plenty of easy-to-follow authentic Italian recipes for the home chef. Illustrated throughout. Interior and boards clean. Dust wrapper clean. Covered in protective mylar.

Muncie, Indiana: Ball Brothers Company, ND. Staplebound. Green illustrated wraps. Very good. 15 pages. 17.5 x 10 cm. Information on various methods of canning: The Open Kettle Method, In the Jar-Cooked Method, One Period Processing, Intermittent Processing, The Cold Pack, and The Hot Pack Method. Instruction and recipes included. From the cover illustrations, we believe this is from the 1930's. Covers lightly soiled, interior clean.

Paris: ALBIN MICHEL, 1929. Hardcover. Orange cloth covered boards, title in blue. Near fine. 374 pages. 18 x 12 cm. French cookbook with 290 recipes from writers, painters, actors, and politicians. Pages lightly toned otherwise clean. Boards clean as well. Text in French. From the culinary collection of Carl G. Sontheimer, the man who revolutionized American cooking by bringing the Cuisinart to the United States. Bookplate states: This book is a gift from THE SONTHEIMER FOUNDATION Greenwich, Connecticut.

Phoenix, AZ: Golden West Publishers, Inc., 2003. 3rd Printing. Ring_bound. Color illustrated cards, plastic comb spine. Very good. 101 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Everything in one place - all you need to know to grow, cook, and can peppers. Also included: recipes for freezing chiles, making chile powders, sauces, smoking, pickles, vinegars, oils, flavored liquors, and compound butters. Clean, crisp copy.

Paris: Alphonse LE SIGNE, c. 1890. Loose_leaf. Cream illustrated wraps. Near fine. 3 pages. 35 x 27 cm. A romantic scene of wine drinking highlights this French sheet music. The musician, Désiré Dihau, was best known as the bassoonist and composer who was painted by Edgar Degas in L'Orchestre de l'Opéra along with cellist Louis-Marie Pilet. Text in French. Clean, crisp copy.

1848-1851. Sewn binding. Brown leather, hand sewn binding. Good. 16 x 11 cm. This journal belonged to Laue Jensen Dixon (once written Lauety), who was a member of the 10th Infantry Battalion from 1848 to 1851, after which he became part of the Gendarmerie. Dixen appears to have traveled around Denmark and Germany and was most likely part of the First Schleswig War (1848 - 1851), also called the Three Years' War, between southern Denmark and Northern Germany - over the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, in which Denmark was ultimately victorious. Almost every page has a drawn-in margin on the top and left side. On the top, he writes the month, year, and some version of "Journal of Laue Jensen Dixon" along with his battalion and company number. Each entry is demarcated by what we believe is the first letter of the day of the week and the number of the day. Written in chronological order, Dixen changed companies a few times: 1848 to August 1849 he was with the 44th Company. August 1849 to… Read More

Albany: C. Van Benthuysen, Printer, 1851. Sewn binding. Printed paper wraps. Very good. 41 pages. 21 x 14 cm. An important address by Stephen A. Douglas, detailing the country's dependence on agriculture, not only for domestic consumption, but also for world trade, foreign exchange and important additions to international balance of payments to America. Topics discussed: Cotton, Indian Corn, Tobacco, Hemp, Rice, Silk, Wool, and Timber. Small stab holes & small piece of paper adherent to upper margin of front cover. Interior clean.