Le Cuisinier Parisien, ou L'Art de la Cuisine Francaise au 19ieme siecle, traite elementaire et pratique des entrees froides, des socles et de l'entremets du sucre, suivi d'observations utiles aux progres de ces deux parties de la cuisine moderne by M A Careme - 1828

Paris: L. Cellot 1779. 12mo. 392, 400 pp. Chipping, with loss of leather, to the head of both spines and to the base of volume 2, also some scraping to the leather on the front of volume 1, otherwise very good and bright in tight binding. Gilt stamped title on gilt-banded spine. This edition is not in Cagle, Bitting of Vicaire. An asterisk marks the new recipes in this edition, which was published 'Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roi'. . Very Good. Speckled Calf. 1779.

New York: Atheneum, 1974. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket/Very Good. Illustrated by the Author. Signed and inscribed to a named individual by Richard Olney on the title page. Clean and bright except for one light fingerprint on the foreedge of the page block and one faint gray spot on the red topstain; square, secure binding, full white cloth hard cover modestly softened and rubbed at corners and spine ends, otherwise excellent. Dust jacket bears a tiny, closed tear at the top front, lines of mild toning around the top and bottom rear, a long crease to the front interior flap, very shallow crimping at spine ends, and gentle shelfwear at spine ends and corners, otherwise clean and lovely, not priceclipped, now protected in a clear sleeve.; Signed by Author.

Millers Point, Australia: Murdoch Books, 2012. Second-hand hardcover. Shewry, Ben. Origin: the food of Ben Shewry. [FIRST EDITION] Murdoch Books: Millers Point, Australia 2012. 4to (320x295mm) qtr bnd black cloth, dec emb bds xii,[1],288,[2]pp. (photography by Colin Page) [SIGNED with dedication] Near Fine/- light edge wear Shewry, Ben. Origin: the food of Ben Shewry [FIRST EDITION] Sydney, Australia: Murdoch Books, 2012. 4to (320x290mm) HC Half Bound Black Gilt Embossed Cloth, decorative pictorial blind stamped boards xiii,[1],288,[2]pp. (photography by Colin Page; design by Reuben Crossman) Near Fine/Fine.  very discrete rub marks to several cnrs. Winner Australian Book Design Awards Illustrated Book 2013. Ben Shewry is the chef patron of Melbourne's award-winning restaurant Attica and is one of Australia's most significant and influential chefs.  Under his direction, Attica has become one of Australia's best restuarants repeatedly winning awards,  Attica was ranked for a number of years in… Read More

Alice B. Toklas - The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book; illustrations by Sir Francis Rose - London, Michael Joseph, 1954 - First Edition - Hardcover - 288pp - 23x15cmCondition Good: Cover worn and faded. Throughout the book some signs of use: this book really has been used but all pages are clean, no names or writing, binding good. Alice Babette Toklas (1877-1967) was the life partner of American writer Gertrude Stein. They lived together as part of the Parisian avant-garde from the day they met in 1907 until Stein's death. Between the wars, their Paris home was a salon for the leading writers and artists of the day, including Ernest Hemingway, Alfred North Whitehead, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Picasso, Thornton Wilder, Sherwood Anderson, Matisse, Gris, Braque and Ford Maddox Ford. This book contains a melange of reminiscences and recipes, celebrating the food and kitchen aspects of Toklas' life with Gertrude Stein and contains the Surrealist artist Brion Gysin's infamous recipe for hashish fudge (expurgated… Read More

Gainsborough, UK: H Mozley, 1803. Second-hand hardcover. Raffald, Elizabeth. The Experienced English Housekeeper...: a new edition in which are inserted some celebrated receipts by other modern authors. H Mozley: Gainsborough, 1803. 8vo (180x110mm) half calf marbled bds, frontis, vi,[2],364pp, 3 folding plates. RAFFALD, Elizabeth [Whitaker, (1733 - 1781)] The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the use of ladies, housekeepers, cooks &c. Written purely from practice; dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, whom the author lately served as housekeeper: consisting of several hundred original receipts, most of which never appeared in print.... A New Edition: in which are inserted some celebrated receipts by other modern authors. Market-place, Gainsborough: H Mozley, 1803.  Printed by H Mozley, Market-place, Gainsborough. Octavo (180x110mm) later half bound calf over marbled boards; spine in 7 compartments ruled in gilt, raised bands, black title and author labels in gilt; all edges red;… Read More

Bungay: L. & R. Childs, 1823. Book. Good. Full-Leather. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 495 pages. Including a system of modern cookery, in all its various branches, adapted for the use of private families: also a variety of original and valuable information relevant to Baking, Brewing, Carving, Cleaning, Collaring, Curing, Economy of bees, Economy of dairy, Economy of poultry, Family medicine, Gardening, Home-made wines, Pickling, Potting, Preserving, Rules of health..

1749 Liger Rustic House Bees Beekeeping Hunting Wine Cuisine Maison Rustique 2v

Louis Liger was a prominent 17th-century French writer known for his works on flora and fauna. He is chiefly remembered for his major work 'Nouvelle Maison Rustique,' or 'The New Rustic House.' Originally titled 'General Economics of Country Goods,' this work went through dozens of editions and reissues following its initial release in 1700. This work covers all aspects of rural life in an encyclopedic form including hunting, gardening, fishing, falconry, wine and beer making, cooking, and bee keeping.

This two-volume sixth edition is filled with 34 fascinating full-page and folding plates as well as 30 in-text woodcut engravings. The 5th-10th editions of 'Maison Rustique' were edited by Henri Besnier.

Item number: #5757
Price: $599
LIGER, Louis
La nouvelle maison rustique, ou, Économie generale de tous les biens de campagne : la maniere de les entretenir & de les multiplier
Paris : Chez Saugrain fils, 1749.… Read More

Paris: Au Bureau du Dictionnaire Général de Cuisine, 1839. First edition. Full marbled leather, gilt spine titles and decorations, marbled endpapers. Published Paris: Au Bureau du Dictionnaire Général de Cuisine, 1839. Large 8vo., 6 3/4" x 10", 635pp., comprising 3 sections - Dictionnaire de la Cuisine Française; Recueil des Menus; Pharmacie Domestique, ou Recueil des Recettes Medicales. Title page lacking, text complete, pages clean and bright with no markings or foxing. Light spill outline to top margin of of several sets of leaves, else very good internally. Binding tight, leather strong, rubbed at the tips. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

1869 1ed Harriet Beecher Stowe Woman's Home Economics Cooking Americana

"There is nothing which has a more abiding influence on the happiness of a family than the preservation of equable and cheerful temper and tones in the [mother]."
― Catharine Esther Beecher

"The American Woman's Home", originally published in 1869, was one of the late nineteenth century's most important handbooks of domestic advice. The result of a collaboration by two of the eras most important writers, this book represents their attempt to direct women's acquisition and use of a variety of new household consumer goods available in the post-Civil War economic boom. It is an update to Catharine Beecher's influential "Treatise on Domestic Economy" and incorporates domestic writings by Harriet Beecher Stowe first published in The Atlantic in the 1860s.

This first edition, in a beautiful green cloth binding, features a lovely frontispiece as well as 77 in-text illustrations throughout!
Item number: #13885
Price: $499
BEECHER,… Read More

Boston: Waite, Peirce & Company, no. 1 Cornhill; [G.C. Rand, Printer, no. 3 Cornhill], 1846. Sextidecimo (18 x 11.5 cm.), 390 pages. Publisher's advertisements. Stated "Sixth Stereotype Edition"; originally published by George W. Light in 1838. Alcott was the first president of the American Vegetarian Society and founded of the American Physiological Society in 1837, the world's first physiological society. Much of this work is dedicated to vegetables, grains, and fruits, with additional chapters on keeping accounts and journals, the general purposes of house-keeping, and an interesting exploration into "Cooking as It Is," and "Cooking as It Should Be." Text-block age-toned but sound; lacking free front endpaper. Publisher's blind- and gilt-stamped brown cloth, worn at edges, especially the head and foot of the spine. Still, not unattractive; Near very good. [OCLC locates nine copies of this printing; Bitting, page 6 (later printing); Cagle 14-17 (other printings); Lowenstein 398].