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Marshalltown, Iowa: The Light Draft Harrow Co. , c. 1920. Staplebound. Black and white illustrated wraps. Good. 31 pages. 25 x 17 cm. Illustrated catalog featuring FORKNER Spring Tooth Tillers. Shown with both horse and tractor. Two page illustrated promotional supplement laid in. Front cover split at head, not affecting text or illustrations.

New York, 1908. Sewn binding. Cream stiff paper, title in gilt, white yarn binding. Very good. Unpaginated. Oversized catalogue. Sixteen illustrated pages, with description, each separated by tissue paper. Covers rubbed, chipped, with some water stains. Faint writing in pencil on cover. Interior clean.

Paris: Mouillot, 1891. Staplebound. Illustrated wraps Near fine. 56 pages. Copiously illustrated, with prices, this pamphlet presents the assortment of trades of the times. A growing "ready to wear" branch of consumer goods accessible to a larger population. Includes merchandise for the home. Text in French. Pages lightly toned.

Paris: Mouillot, 1890. Sewn binding. Illustrated wraps. Very good. 52 pages. A year after the 1889 Paris Exhibition, including 14 fabric samples tipped in. Copiously illustrated, with prices, this pamphlet presents the assortment of trades of the times. A growing "ready to wear" branch of consumer goods accessible to a larger population. Includes merchandise for the home. Printed, addressed envelope laid in. Text in French. Wraps chipped and toned with closed tears.

Washington DC: United States Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary, 1906. Circular No. 21.. Staplebound. White card, Very good. 20 pages, 14.5 x 23 cm. Following the collaboration of members of the Departments of the Treasury, Agriculture, and Commerce and Labor on this document, the Food and Drugs Act was released to the Secretaries of these Departments October 16th, 1906 for its review and eventual adoption by January 1st 1907. These new regulations include some about packaging, labeling, and ingredients. One large crease down the middle. Some staining along the bottom right corner.

Paperback. Large format gray warps. Very good. Weber, J.M. Erich. Liittyy Suomennoksena Saksankieliseen Loistoteokseen “Pra-Ko-Ku” (Praktische-Konditorei-Kunst) Dresden-Radebeul: Weber, c. 1921. 68 pages. Illustration mounted on cover. Over 600 products for confectionery and bakery operations aimed at Finnish market.

Paris: L'Union , c. 1935. Wraps. Cream illustrated wraps. . 135 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Title translation: Fish Pond - this work was composed by the NATIONAL UNION OF PONDS TRADE UNIONS and edited by THE NATIONAL LIVESTOCK COMMITTEE. 150 Recipes by Master Chef Philéas Gilbert. Intriguing publication focusing on the fish farming industry in France during the early 1900's. Includes: the history of ponds, care for ponds, livestock management, harvesting, transportation, and selling. A list of fish found in ponds, along with black and white photos of fish and some action photos of work on ponds. Text in French. In the rear of the book is an extensive list of the various union offices and where they are located. Interior pages toned, spine heavily rubbed.

c. 1920. Loose_leaf. Color illustrated broadside. Near fine. 28 x 20 cm. Illustrated broadside put forward in the summer of 1920 to urge their Policyholders to be proactive about the dangers of flies. Crease to center, otherwise clean.

London: Cresta Books. Hardcover. Red cloth covered boards. Very good, in good dust wrapper. 270 pages. 22 x 15.5 cm. This Calendar Book is comprised of twelve sections - recipes along with an essay on wine - an ideal gift-book for any food & wine enthusiast. Elegant illustrations by T. B. L. Huskinson. Pages lightly toned, previous owner's notes written in pencil on end paper, otherwise clean. Dust wrapper rubbed and toned. Covered in protective mylar.

Paris: Mongin, 1902. Pamphlet. Tan illustrated wraps. Very good. 16 pages. 31 x 23 cm. Large format, fully illustrated lithographed trade catalogue of Butchers Guns (knife sharpener) with elaborate handles. Also, a selection of “fusils de table,” excellent for carving table-side in the home. Covers lightly toned, interior clean

Paris: Nicolas, 1929 - 1973. 1st Printing. Collection of thirty-five lavishly produced wine catalogs issued by the famous wine merchant Établissements Nicolas Maison from 1929 to 1973. The catalogs are issues in three variant formats. This collection represents the complete set of catalogs published by Nicolas, all protected by modern mylar. In the years 1937, 1940-1948, 1952 and 1968 no catalogs were published. Design by Alfred Latour and, starting in 1966, by his son Jean Latour. All issues printed by Drager Frères. This collection contains the rare catalogs of 1929 (showing a tipsy bottle of wine printed in gold, framed with red type), 1930, 1931 and 1972. Nicolas' catalogs were illustrated and designed by famous artists and typographers, e.g. A.M. Cassandre, Georges Darcy, Paul Iribe, Louis Legrand, Henri Fantin-Latour, Demetrios Galanis, André Diginimont, Bernard Buffet, roger Chapelain-Midy, Francois Kollar, Bernard Lorjou, Kees van Dongen and others. The illustrations are rendered in… Read More

New York: PHAIDON, 2011. Hardcover. White color illustrated boards. Near fine. 383 pages. From elBulli to your kitchen - The Family Meal. What is the family meal? the family meal is the dinner eaten every day by the 75 members of staff at elBulli restaurant. Working in restaurants, the staff becomes a family of sorts, and the family meal is an important moment when everyone sits down together to eat. This book is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in the fundamentals cooking. Illustrated throughout with color photography. Interior clean, boards lightly bumped at corners.

Netherlands: Valiz, 2013. First Edition. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Near fine. 232 pages. 23 x 17 cm. Farming the City project began in November 2010, as an initiative of the Amersterdam-based organization CITIES, bringing city dwellers and urban farmers together to explore inspirational ways of producing, storing, cooking, preserving, distributing and sharing food. Since then, it has fostered urban farming projects all over the world. Illustrated with color photographs with 20 short essays.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Red boards. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. 336 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. The iconic, passionate novel that explored some totally new territory - a highly sexual intellectual woman, a writer, and the craziness and misery of the war between the mind and the body. Interior and boards clean and crisp, wraps lightly rubbed. Covered in protective mylar.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards. Fine, in good dust wrapper. 198 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Decorations by J. E. Laboureur. A charming volume designed to be a guide for the hostess - with recipes, entertaining history, and delightful anecdotes. Xavier Marcel Boulestin (1878-1943) was a restaurateur, chef, and food writer. His London restaurant - The Restaurant Boulestin, was well respected, albeit expensive. Boulestin, who brought French classic food to British cooks became, in a way, a food celebrity. Among those influenced by Boulestin was the English food writer Elizabeth David. The French artist J. E. Laboureur was well know for his etching, lithography, and engraving. Interior pristine, dust wrapper rubbed with chips. In protective mylar cover.

Philadelphia: J. J. Woodward, 1829. Hardcover. Orig. brown leather, red leather title. Good. 546 pages. 22.5 x 14 cm. If one wants to live off the grid, this is the book for you. This book literally has EVERYTHING under one cover, including, How to make any type of paint, paper hanging, dying, brewing, distillation, engraving, wines, cookery, medicine, husbandry, horticulture, pottery, and much more. Covers rubbed, chipped, and stained. Hinges split but holding. Interior toned and foxed.

London: Grant Richards, 1903. Hardcover. Red cloth boards, illustrated. Very good. 243, (19) pages. Brimming with wit and humor. A fantastic collection of 19th century cocktails and quotes, compiled by Edward Spencer on the heels of his popular title, Cakes and Ale. Twenty informative chapters display the diversity of drink from centuries past. Originally published in 1899, this edition is from 1903. Cover board art by Phil May, British political cartoon and caricaturist. Interior clean. Professionally rebacked.

Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Cream illustrated wraps. Near fine. 105 pages. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Signed by author and artist Keith Mchenry. This mighty volume is a combination of Social Justice, Food History, Practical Advice, and Cookbook. Howard Zinn writes in the Forward: "The message of Food Not Bombs is simple and powerful: no one should be without food in a world so richly provided with land, sun, and human ingenuity...Even before the recent collapse of the Soviet Union, it was an absurd and immoral policy to spend hundreds of billions of dollars each year to support a nuclear arsenal, that if used, would bring about the greatest genocide in human history." Part treatise and part workbook - everything you need to know to start your own local chapter of Food not Bombs. Interior clean and crisp, wraps very lightly soiled.

Madras, 1950. Third Edition. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards. Very good. 332 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. First published in 1933 by the Friends In Need Society (assisting the aged, infirm, and destitute European and Anglo-Indian Christians), this Anglo-Indian cookbook was written for British women in India who wanted to recreate their home environs while living in the colony. Written in two languages - English and Urdu, side by side. Last 12 pages filled with local ads. Some pencil annotations, covers rubbed.

Dayton, OH: Frigidaire Corporation, General Motors Corporation, 1932. Reprint. staplebound. Teal printed wraps, Very good. 47 pages, 23 x 15.5 cm. With the company's formal crest emblazoned across the front cover, this corporate cookbook ushers you quickly back a time when your refridgerator was as much of a status symbol as your diamond earrings. The book features over 40 pages of recipes interspersed with images of these well-off women posing using their Frigidaire, while dressed and made up impeccably. All recipes in the book were tested and approved by the home economist of Frigidaire Miss Verna L. Miller. Some light stains on the cover