Search Results: Authors starting with M from lizzyoung bookseller

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: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1950. Hardcover. Red cloth covered boards. . 163 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Written for the Wine Trade of the times. Chapters include: Successful Selling, Fermentation & Distillation, The Origin & Definition of Wine, Empire Wines, The Vineyards of Europe, North American Wines (U.S.A.), Spirits, Beer & Cyders, Storage - Care - Serving. Illlustrated throughout with maps. Spine sunned.

Chicago, IL: Jaques Manufacturing Co. , [1940-1942]. staplebound, backed with cloth tape. Ivory printed boards, backed with white cloth tape, good. 28 pages, 21 cm x 10 cm. This KC Baking Powder Grocer’s Want Book was published between 1940 and 1942, and was given out complimentary to grocers alongside their purchases of KC Baking Powder to stock their stores. The inside covers have charts on optimizing their profits, while still reselling this product at the advertised 25 cent price KC had touted for over 50 years. The inside of this copy has all blank lined notebook pages inside, with the tips on baking powder sales printed along the top of each page. Written on the outside of this booklet in several places are the words “Kerosene Ration 1942” referring to the kerosene and fuel oil rations of October 1942 to August 1945 during World War II. First four lined pages ripped out, writing all across front and back covers.

Zaragoza: Imprenta Y Fotograbado de Abadía y Capapé, 1907. Staplebound. White wraps, color illustrated. Good. 93 pages. Limited edition, handwritten #185 in colophon along with Author's signature. A compelling look at the various techniques used at the turn of the century. The author discusses cultivation, production, and land management - along with his personal theories on best practices. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. Pages toned with some puncture marks at various edges, not affecting text. Cover lightly soiled and chipped at edges. Text in Spanish.

Color illustrated wraps. Very good. 10 pages. 15 x 12 cm. c. 1950's. Fully illustrated stove catalog, featuring dimensions - with individual prices typed in. Barcelona business stamp on rear: Jose Amado Mingrat. Covers lightly rubbed.

Governors Island, 1949. First Edition. Staplebound. Blue illustrated wraps. Near fine. 59 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. A collection of coveted old family and Army recipes - all attributed to members and friends of the Guild. A long historical narrative of Governor's Island launches the cookbook - with recipes and table graces & prayers added. Illustrated by Clifford K. Berryman, Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist for the Washington Evening Star, and creator of the famous Teddy Bear (President Theodore Roosevelt). Presentation copy. Clean, crisp copy.

New York: Leo. Feist Inc. , 1916. Sheet_music. Color illustrated wraps. Very good. 3 pages. 35 x 27 cm. Featuring Marie Russell. Idyllic illustration of a couple picking apples on a farm. Pages lightly toned with closed tears.

New York: Random House, 1970. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards. Very good, in good dust wrapper. 320 pages. 17 x 24 cm. A genius book assembled by the iconic food expert Helen McCully - Food Editor of McCall's for years. Easy-to-follow instructions along with planned menus make this a perfect cookbook for the beginner but with such great recipes, any cook would love it. Interior and boards clean, dust wrapper rubbed and chipped. Covered in protective mylar.

Portsmouth, NH: Strawberry Banke Museum, 1994. Glossy pictorial cover. Pictorial wrap. Very good. 240 pages. 28 x 23 cm. Situated in the heart of the Puddle Dock neighborhood of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Walter and Bertha Abbott’s “Little Corner Store” was one of a handful of grocery stores whose regular customers were like family. During World War II such stores played a vital role by overseeing rationing, collecting scrap, interpreting government regulations, and educating customers to be patriotic consumers. Produce and Conserve, Share & Play Square tells the story of the Abbotts and their store in the larger context of Portsmouth and the nation. Some light creasing and rubbing. Spine toned.

Portsmouth, NH: Strawberry Banke Museum, 1994. Glossy pictorial cover. Pictorial wrap. Very good. 240 pages. 28 x 23 cm. Situated in the heart of the Puddle Dock neighborhood of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Walter and Bertha Abbotts Little Corner Store was one of a handful of grocery stores whose regular customers were like family. During World War II such stores played a vital role by overseeing rationing, collecting scrap, interpreting government regulations, and educating customers to be patriotic consumers. Produce and Conserve, Share & Play Square tells the story of the Abbotts and their store in the larger context of Portsmouth and the nation. Some light creasing and rubbing. Spine toned.

New York: Chartwell Books Inc., 1988. 159 pages. 29 x 20 cm. Of all the world's wines, Champagne is the one most widely associated with elegance, good living and celebration. Champagne is a lively and comprehensive guide to this extraordinary wine, its history and its complex production process. Illustrated throughout. Owner's inscription on front free end paper. Covered in protective mylar.

San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books, 1994. First American Edition. Spiral bound, Hardcover . Illustrated boards. Very good. 23 x 23 cm. 46 pages. Illustrated by Charlotte Ramel. "In this innovative book, young cooks can follow two jolly bakers as they collect the utensils and measure the ingredients to create a delicious cake. Children and adults will love the whimsical illustrations, and the clear, easy-to-clean acetate pages show exactly how the cake is made from start to finish. A cookbook and a storybook, The Bake-A-Cake Book is a delicious treat for beginning chefs."

1992. Color illustrated poster paper. Fine. 4 pages, printed on both sides. 75 x 55 cm. Four separate sheets - large format. This is the original publisher's color test for the Comic/Zine that accompanied Madonna's memorable SEX book. In this Zine, Madonna impersonates one the of the characters in Andy Warhol's iconic 1966 movie The Chelsea Girls - a first hand look of the Factory scene and the 1960's New York art world. Featured in this zany takeoff - Madonna as Ditta, accompanied by Chicklet, Stella, Bunny, Dex, and The Stranger. The characters in this photonovella are shown galavanting around the Chelsea hotel, experimenting in drugs, sex and just plain, over the top fun. The original Zine/Comic was bound to the back of the book.

Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. Hardcover. Purple boards. Fine, in fine dust wrapper. 258 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. In his entertaining style, wine collecting expert Peter Meltzer describes for basic types of cellars: The balanced cellar, The instant gratification cellar, The tasting cellar, and the investment cellar. Clean and crisp copy.

Mentel Bros. Pub. Co., 1913. Sheet_music. Color illustrated wraps. Good. 5 pages. 13 in. x 10.5. in. Closed tear at spine reinforced with tape in interior otherwise crisp and clean.

London: The Sylvan Press, 1948. Hardcover. Orange cloth covered boards with gilt illustration. Very good, in good dust wrapper. 139 pages. 18 x 13 cm. From Thomas Gray, an English poet, letter-writter, and classical scholar - this new edition has been out of print for two hundred years. Its appeal to the revelation of ancient culinary mysteries while adding the attraction of the fact that the British Museum copy is the one owned and copiously annotated by the author. Lightly foxed in the first couple of pages. Dust wrapper lightly soiled and rubbed at edges.

Berkeley: The Jargon Society Ten Speed Press, 1986. Spiral_bound. Color illustrated wraps, wire spiral bound. Very good. 134 pages. 23 x 19 cm. The late cookbook author Barbara Kafka says it all when she wrote: "WHITE TRASH COOKING is a marvelous and genuine book - not camp - because it sees clearly, without condescension. The food goes from awful with lots of 'oleo' to very good. The language sings throughout." Covers lightly soiled, interior lightly soiled.

San Francisco, CA: Del Monte Creamery, c. 1930. Folded. White printed card, Near fine. Unpaginated. [8 pp], 15.5 x 13 cm. folded. This fold out advertisement for Del Monte Creamery's milk and other dairy products includes eight recipes made with the products printed onto perforated cards that can be torn out from the larger pamphlet. On the back side of the advertisement is a list of all of the products the creamery sells. Black and white illustrations inform the reader of the health, quality, flavor, supervision, canning methods, and general operation of the factory. Crisp, clean copy.

Leipzig: Josef Weinberger, 1928. Sheet_music. Color illustrated wraps. Very good. 18 pages. 33 x 26 cm. Picturesque Viennese beer garden. Text in German. Rubbed on spine, back cover missing.

New York: STEIN AND DAY, 1972. Hardcover. Yellow boards, rust cloth spine. Very good, in very good dust wrapper. 258 pages. Elaine Morgan takes to task the Book of Genisis along with Darwin's The Descent of Man by questioning the evolution of the human race. Morgan's reasoned reinterpretation of evolution of the human species leaves few myths unquestioned: Did men become Mighty Hunters overnight - or ever? Where was Mrs. Naked Ape during the time her mate was learning to walk upright and throw stones? Does the human racce - more specifically, do men - come by aggression naturally? Interior and boards crisp and clean. Dust wrapper lightly rubbed. Covered in protective mylar.