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New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. Hardcover. Black illustrated boards. Near fine. 125 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Societies' drinking customs and habits reflect their fabrics, tensions, and dynamics. Using historiacal methods, observational techniques, and international statistics, this book separates myth from reality and discusses modern trends. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos.

Boston: Bailey, Arthur H., 1890-91. Wraps. Cream wraps. Very good. 2 pages. 28 x 22 cm. "The Finest Concentrated Clam Juice, Process and Product patented in the United States and Canada. Made from young Cultivated Clams on the New England Coast. The Original and Only Genuine CLAM JUICE on the Market." Sold in the US and Europe. Packed in Tins and used for Chowder, Broth, Fritters, Puree, Bouillon, and Bisque. Three pages of testimonials. Visibly creased.

Rome: ARS PUBLICATIONS, 1973. Second Edition. Hardcover. White illustrated boards. Very good, in good dust wrapper. 159 pages. 27 x 21 cm. The author digs past the bottles of wine on the merchants' shelves to explore their history and thier place in the competitive market. Illustrated throughout with color photos. Interior clean, boards with some small chips. Dust wrapper lightly lightly toned with a 2 cm. chip at rear. Covered in protective mylar.

Paris: Maquet, 1918. Sewn binding. Silk paper covered boards, illustrated in color with gilt edges. Very good, in good slip case. 156 pages. 12 x 8 cm. Published by the America department store, Wanamakers, this silk covered day book is decorated in a Persian art-deco design with gilt edges and housed in a similar styled publisher-issued slipcase with matching silk plates. 4 lithographic plates (Barbier), colored in pochoir and by hand in grays and white, with an additional 3 black and white plates. Interior features monthly calendar, blank pages for notes, and a selection of poems including those by Voltaire, Brazier, & Gilbert. Text in French. Interior crisp and clean, covers lightly rubbed at edges. Slip case rubbed and soiled with 1/2 cm. loss to spine.

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1999. Hardcover. Blue board, black spine. Near fine, in near fine dust wrapper. 466 pages. "In this shrewd cultural history of drink in America, Andrew Barr considers the significance of alcohol, historically and socially, symbolic and real, in evolution of a nation born of a rebel spirit and intoxicated by liberty - and sometimes by run or raw whiskey, which the colonists preferred to their royally taxed British tea. While Americans have both asserted alcohol they have also, in Barr's perceptive historical view, put it to more insidious use: in suppressing native American populations in the country's expansion west, for instance, or in controlling acculturation of immigrants." Clean, crisp copy.

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1999. Hardcover. Blue board, black spine. Near fine, in near fine dust wrapper. 466 pages. "In this shrewd cultural history of drink in America, Andrew Barr considers the significance of alcohol, historically and socially, symbolic and real, in evolution of a nation born of a rebel spirit and intoxicated by liberty - and sometimes by run or raw whiskey, which the colonists preferred to their royally taxed British tea. While Americans have both asserted alcohol they have also, in Barr's perceptive historical view, put it to more insidious use: in suppressing native American populations in the country's expansion west, for instance, or in controlling acculturation of immigrants." Clean, crisp copy.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. 460 pages. An avid entertainer, James Beard shares his favorite fish recipes dividing his subjects into sea-water fish, freshwater fish, shellfish and such assorted rare delicacies as Russian caviar, snails, turtles and terrapin. With every fish he briefly sketches its haunts and habits and goes on to give an expert's instructions for grilling, frying, baking, poaching or otherwise preparing it for the table. Previous owner's signature on front free end paper. Clean, crisp copy. Dust wrapper lightly toned with rubbed at the spine.

New York: Royal Books, 1972. Paperback. Color illustrated paperback. Very good. 286 pages. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Signed by Beard on the title page to his friend Gary Wood. Everything you need to know about cooking outdoors, from the best kind of meat for charcoal broiling to the last details of superb patio suppers. Pages lightly toned.

New York: a ridge press book/golden press, 1960. Hardcover. Red boards. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. 282 pages. 30 x 21 cm. Everything you need to know about outdoor cooking - grilling, spit & skewer cooking, pit roasting, or cooking with smoke. Includes beef, lamb, veal, pork, poultry, game, fowl, fish, seafood - plus a wonderful array of side dishes. Color photography throughout. Interior and boards crisp and clean. Dust wrapper rubbed at edges. Covered in protective mylar.

Boston: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1852. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Green embossed boards. Good. 369 pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. Catherine Beecher was the eldest daughter in one of the most remarkable families of the 19th century. Catherine wa sthe daughter of Lyman Beecher and the sister of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. This book was Beecher's major work and went through 15 editions. Treatise was the first American work to deal with all aspects of domestic life, helping to standardize domestic practices and reinforce domestic values. Beecher agrued that a woman's proper role was in the home where she could powerfully affect American society. Interior lightly foxed, hinges cracked but holding. Covers rubbed, especially at spine. 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. [BITTING 32] (earlier… Read More

New York: HARPER & BROTHERS, 1851. Third Edition. 306 pages. 19 x 12 cm. This book was a supplement to A Treatise on Domestic Economy. It includes a bird's-eye look into the ideal home of the late 1800's. Catherine E. Beecher was a pioneer in scientific kitchen planning, recommending specific work area for preparation and cleanup as well as all the ideas taken for granted in the modern kitchens of today. Anticipating a household with fewer servants, they concentrated on teaching contemporary homemakers how to cope with newly invented ranges, stoves, refrigerators, and other utensils and gadgets. Illustrated throughout. Hand written recipe pasted in as well as printed recipes. Foxing throughout, covers rubbed at edges with loss to spine. Hinges cracked but holding. 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.… Read More

New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1967. Red cloth covered boards, purple cloth spine. Very good, in very good dust wrapper. 189 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Alice in Womanland takes you on a funny and wild journey into 20th Century American Womanland. Clean copy. Dust wrapper lightly soiled. Ex-libris, library stamp on half title page. Covered in protective mylar.

York, Pennsylvania: GEORGE SHUMWAY, 1966. Hardcover. Orange cloth covered boards. Good. 213 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. William Penn's first wife, Guli, kept a hand-written book of family recipes which had been handed down from her mother and grandmother. In 1702 a manuscript copy of these recipes were brought to America for use in the Penn household. 144 recipes for meat, fish, fowl, beverages, baked goods, cheese, custards, puddings, preserves, jellies, and candy. Interior clean and crisp. Dust wrapper rubbed with some closed tears at edges. Ex-libris. Covered in protective mylar.

New York: Ted Snyder Co. , 1909. Sheet_music. Color illustrated wraps. 5 pages. 35 x 27 cm. Illustrated cherries with photo insert of Maude Raymond. Lightly foxed and toned with small closed tears.

Provincetown, MA: TOTAL WORLD SERVICES, 1975. Staplebound. Black and white photo wraps. Near fine. 60 pages. 22 x 16. Authors: Dugan, Jones, Gilson, Aiken, Pape, Egosarian, Buckholts, Friedman, Jackson, Althaus, Burgis, Goodman, Smith, Bones, Postel, Lee, Busa, Bernheimer, Boyle, Avis, Norton, Schneider, Bonetti, Skillings, Horning & Lehman, Gerzog, Sperber, Rushin, Corbin, Nations. Artists: Kogan, Marcus, Schneider, Egyedi, Patrick, Smith, Jernigan, Hipps, Jackson, Pepitone, Evaul, Longston. Interior crisp and clean, covers lightly toned.

Provincetown, MA: TOTAL WORLD SERVICES, 1976. Staplebound. Black and white photo wraps. Near fine. 6s pages. 22 x 16. Cover art by Walker Jones. Interior cover poem - Leroi Jones. Contributors include Mary Oliver, Hugo Rizzoli, Kay Yousif, Jim Loomis, Bobl Perelman, Chris Busa, and many more. Interior and wraps crisp and clean.

Bologna: Benedicto Hectoris, 1499. Hardcover. Green and blue marbled boards, green calf spine. Near fine. 4to; 20 x 10 cm. The Initial spaces with printed guide letters; large Lombard intials supplied in red, printed in marginalia. Printer's device and register on final leaf. Imprint from colophon, which reads in full: Impressum Bononiae a Benedicto Hectoris Diligenter & eme[n]date Anno Salutis Milesimo undequingentesimo. Illus[trissimo] lo[hannes] Ben[tivolio] Reipu[blicae] Bononiensis ha benas feliciter modera[n]te./ Superb Incunable satire by noted Renaissance scholar Filippo Beroaldo (1453-1505), a leading humanist, against drunkeness, prostitution and gaming. Dedicated by the author to Siegmun Gossinger, Canon of Breslau, who had been asked whom he found to be more objectionable, a drunkard, gambler or libertine. The author confronts the issue in the form of a witty dispute, arising over a will which a father disinherits the most remorseless of his three sons, of whom one is a drunkard, the other… Read More

London: SPRING BOOKS, 1965. Hardcover. Orange cloth covered boards. Very good, in good dust wrapper. 449 pages. The author notes that much of the materiel came from the late J.G. Fennell and largly augmented by J.F.D. Dedicated to the Brewers of the United Kingdom and all who value Honest Malt Liquor. "Since the dawn of our history Barley-wine has been the 'naturall drinke' for an 'englysshe man,' and has had no unimportant influence on English life and manners. It is, therefore, somewhat curious that up to the present, amond the thousands of books published anually, no comprehensive work on the antiquities of ale and beer has found place." Interior pages toned. Boards clean. Dust wrapper heavily rubbed and chipped at edges. Covered in protective mylar.

London: Field & Tuer, 1886. Hardcover. Cream paper covered boards, title in gilt. Very good. 449 pages. The author notes that much of the materiel came from the late J.G. Fennell and largly augmented by J.F.D. Dedicated to the Brewers of the United Kingdom and all who value Honest Malt Liquor. "Since the dawn of our history Barley-wine has been the 'naturall drinke' for an 'englysshe man,' and has had no unimportant influence on English life and manners. It is, therefore, somewhat curious that up to the present, among the thousands of books published annually, no comprehensive work on the antiquities of ale and beer has found place." Interior lightly foxed. Board lightly toned and soiled.

New York: The Fleischmann Distilling Corporation, c. 1950's. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. . J16 pages. 15.5 x 9.5 cm. This beautifully designed cocktail pamphlet featuring the art of Joseph Binder is a stunner. Promoting all the Fleischmann liquors: blended whiskey, dry gin, blended scotch whisky, vodka, Kentucky bourbon - it is chock full of cocktail & punch recipes. Joseph Binder (1889-1972) was born in Vienna and trained as a painter at the Kunstgewerbeschüle. Winning many international competitions in poster design throughout Europe, Binder was invited to lecture about graphic arts at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1933. After permanently moving to the United States he continued to win awards and was most notable for the iconic 1939 New York Worlds Fair poster. Interior pristine. Covers very lightly rubbed with 2 cm. closed tear to the rear cover.