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Paris: Clousier, 1790. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Good Condition. Later 1/4 leather, moderate foxing, heavier to title, old private library marks Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Inventory No: 046360.

Paris: François-Ambroise Didot L'Aîné, 1782. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Near Fine Condition. Half leahter over marbled boards, light surface wear. Mostly mild scattered foxing, otherwise fine internally. 11 1/2 x 9", wide margins, all edges gilt, printed on fine laid paper. One of 200 copies. 144ppThe first appearance of Didot's Garamond and an important book on English vs. French gardens - finely printed, a lovely production. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Gardening. Inventory No: 046862.

Lyon: Jan de Tournes, 1555. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Bound in full 19th century morocco by Niédrée, edges gilt, front hinge rubbed, but binding sound, cover decorations slightly discolored - a very attractive binding. Mild uniform age toning internally, light ruling to pages, otherwise clean and unmarked. Old small bookplate to added marbled pastedowns. (xxx), 650, (20)pp. A French translation of Lacantius' most famous work. First translated in 1541, all the 16th century French editions are rare. None are in Adams. Size: 16mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044727.

London: Putnam, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Jacket spine browned with a couple light stains, chipped at edges; still, an attractive example of a nicely designed jacket. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Inventory No: 048212.

Amsterdam: Henricum Wetstenium, 1692. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. 2 volumes in contemporary paneled calf, spines dry and hinges cracked but held by cords; corners bumped. Slight foxing, a few scattered minor stains, but generally quite bright and clean internally. With the extra engraved title and 25 plates in volume one. A fine scholarly edition in Greek and Latin. (xvi), 672pp; (ix), 590, (55)pp. Brunet II 720. Size: Quarto (4to). 2-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Philosophy; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045183.

New York: Will H Coleman, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. The work is anonymous but by Lafcadio Hearn who collected rather than authored the recipes. Quite worn at corners, worn at edges, a little shaken, joints tender, a few old dog ears and pencil marks, small hole and tear to pages 151-54 touching a few letters, but generally very good internally. In blue cloth, Blanck's state A. 268pp, Bitting 221, Blanck 7913. The first (along with The Creole Cookery Book also published in 1885) book of Creole cuisine, Hearn's compilation began to codify one of the great regional American cuisines. An interesting mix of Northern imports, home grown recipes and French influenced dishes (e.g. a proto-remoulade called sauce froide). A nice selection of drinks at the end. Size: 8vo. 1 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000690.

San Francisco: The Hicks-Judd Company, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Original emboseed cloth, wear at corners, a few surface marks and stains, front hinge rubbed in two spots. Binding a little shaken, bright internally with a few notes and recipes added in a contemporary hand. Old ownership label to pastedown, stamp to endpaper. 272pp. Just four copies in OCLC, Bitting 594 Pages 17-184 (there are memoranda pages interspersed that are unpaginated) are food recipes, the rest household hints. Johnny cakes, popovers, lots of egg recipes, soups, sandwiches, mushrooms dishes, vegetable "chili con-carne" that contains neither chile nor carne, lots of nuts, fruit salads, pies (sweet potato, rhubarb, squash) and some interesting vinegar and drink recipes. A fascinating book precisely because, unlike many vegetarian books of the period, it seems to be entirely non-ideological (no asceticism here, there's a recipe for a Manhattan) beyond presenting economical meatless recipes. Size:… Read More

Boston: Allen & Ticknor, 1833. Early Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Good Condition. 1/4 leather over marbled boards - edges of the boards are bumped heavily and worn with significant loss. Tear to page 40, lacking half of page 131/132, lacking blanks, otherwise complete. 156pp. Terrific engravings. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Education; History. Inventory No: 039785.

Calculla: W, Newman, 1891. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Drab printed boards, modest wear - fine internally. Scarce revised edition undated but 1891. 84pp Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Gardening; Inventory No: 047800.

London: Printed for the Author, 1809. Second Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary marbled boards, respined and recornered in leather. Modest foxing and browning, otherwise clean. The expanded second edition with an answer to The Dun Cow (also written anonymously but by his brother, Walter Savage Landow) published a year earlier in response to the first edition of the present work. 101, (5)pp. With corrigienda and a letter "to a certain provincial bookseller" at the end. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 046662.

New York: Bloomsbury, 2017. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 047502.

Antwerp: Martinum Nutium, 1638. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Contemporary rolled calf, quite worn, spine perished, boards rubbed with remnants of clasps but still attractive. Old library spine label and a few other marks. Device or vignette excised from first title page, scattered minor dampstains. Published posthumously, the year after his death, 360pp, index; 376pp, index; 335pp, index. With three separate titles. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Inventory No: 046518.

Paris: Étienne Chiron, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Some staining to covers, respined in green leather, light browning and foxing internally. An interesting wartime cookbook. 123pp with a 31pp appendix. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: CAT000339.

Paris: Louis Larmat, 1944. Second Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Folio edition in a red paper portfolio - Nouvelle edition, 40pp, illustrations and 8 colored folding maps. A bit of wear and old pencil marks to cover, slight age toning to text pages. Maps bright and fine. The first edition was 1942, but all editions published during the war are scarce. Maps measure ca. 18" x 24" Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Travel & Places. Inventory No: CAT000876.

Paris: Louis Larmat, 1949. Early Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. The quarto edition - it was published in folio in 1942 and 44. Cover worn and starting to pull away from text block. Fine internally with illustrations and 16 colored maps, six folding. Maps measure from ca. 12.5" x 23", to 12.5" x 9". One of 1500 copies. Size: 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Travel & Places. Inventory No: CAT000877.

Granada: Rene Rabut, 1581. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Later acid calf, modest wear at corners and spine ends. Lacking the title, with a later printed half title bound in (likely contemporaneous with the binding), preliminaries wormed along the top margin touching some letters, tremoine on first page, final index leaf chipped and worn at the edges with loss of a few words, a few scattered light stains but mostly clean otherwise and very attractively printed in black letter (with Roman type for the preliminaries and index) with historiated initials throughout. Provenance: with the stamp of Ricardo Heredia on the half title. (7), 96, (4) leaves. A very rare book on the cultivation of silkworms in the Yucatan printed in Granada, the center of the Spanish silk trade. Silk worms had been introduced to New Spain in 1523, and by mid-century there was a thriving silk industry. Palau II 84 ("Libro rarisimo") and Sabin 11290 ("excessively rare"). Catalogue de… Read More

First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. 3 volumes in contemporary acid calf, hinges cracked, rubbed at edges, but cords and bindings sound. Old signature to title, scattered foxing, generally very clean. An attractive copy of the first edition edited by Sterne's daughter. xx, 175, [1]; [2], 192; [2], 179, [1]pp. Published 7 years after his death and 8 after the final volume of Tristram Shandy was published. Though scrubbed of any mention of Eliza Draper, it includes correspondence with Ignatius Sancho (including Sterne's views on slavery), in volume 3. Size: Octavo (8vo). 3-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045404.

Paris: Capelle et Renand, 1808. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Contemporary tree calf, a few small wormholes to binding, light wear to spine and hinges, a few surface marks - an attractive binding overall. Frontis and title lightly soiled, small repair to the verso of one plate, one plate and one page with a short closed tear, small tear to another plate - light occasional browning; a very good copy. The classic text on hosting - from carving, to menus to how to conduct oneself. Frontispiece showing the mid-air carving that began with Il Trinciante and still persisted. 384pp, 16 plates and the frontis. Cagle 233, Oberle 135, Bitting 203, Vicaire 427, Simon 805.Though all of his books were published after the revolution, Grimod de La Reynière's adventures in gastronomy began much earlier. His endless dinner parties (where he locked the guests in his home and sold tickets to spectators) and fake funerals (one for himself), both mocked the huge banquets of the last days of the King and… Read More

Mexico: Vicente G Torres, 1848. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Original wraps, mild wear, a few light stains internally. Details a convoluted property dispute during the US occupation of Mexico City. 47pp. Rare. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 046752.

Paris: Capelle et Renand, 1808. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Rebound in 1/4 cloth over marbled boards. Early pages worn, light dampstain to the frontis and elsewhere, mostly the latter half of the book including the plates. A well used but survived example of his classic text on hosting - from carving, to menus to how to conduct oneself. Frontispiece showing the mid-air carving that began with Il Trinciante and still persisted. 384pp, 16 plates. Cagle 233, Oberle 135, Bitting 203, Vicaire 427, Simon 805.Though all of his books were published after the revolution, Grimod de La Reynière's adventures in gastronomy began much earlier. His endless dinner parties (where he locked the guests in his home and sold tickets to spectators) and fake funerals (one for himself), both mocked the huge banquets of the last days of the King and Queen, and presaged a more intimate, individual expression of the gourmet spirit. Size: 8vo (octavo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.… Read More