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c. 1930's. Cards. 7 x 11.5 cm. Group shot of Restaurant/Hotel crew with steamed up chef glaring at the camera. The service industry just doesn't change. Names listed on verso: Mrs. Wescott, Mr. West, Bernice, Margaret, Billy, Mary, Skippy, Eleanor, Pye (chef), - back row: Annie, Rose, Evelyn, Alice, Hugh, Bill. Crisp and clean.

Burlington, VT: Penick & Ford, Ltd., Inc., 1930's. Loose-leaf. Color illustrated pamphlet. Very good. 16 x 8 cm. Tri-fold color illustrated brochure. Colorful advertisement brochure for Vermont Maid Syrup, Cane/Maple Sugar. Recipes include: Maple Baked Custard, Sweet Potatoes and Apples, and Vermont Maid Caramels. Clean, crisp copy.

Gloucestershire: Constable - In association with Christie's Wine Publication, 1983. Hardcover. Maroon boards. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. 160 pages. 22 x 25 cm. In 1875, two English brothers - Walter and Alfred Gilbey - Bought from an ancient French noble family the château, vineyard and estate of Loudenne, in the heart of the Médoc. They were the first English to venture into the world of French viticulture, and Loudenne remains the longest wholly English-owned vineyard in Bordeaux. A fascinating portrait of an ambitious family, with all its foibles, factions and intrigues - including unpublished diaries and family records. Laid in: two letters from Martin Bamford on Château Loudenne's stationary. Martin Bamford was the director of IDV - International Distillers and Vintners. Also laid in, "an appreciation" of Martin after his death. Owner's presentation on half title page: "For Dottie and Bob, Remembering Martin - Belle and Barney, 21 January 1984" Illustrated throughout. Interior clean… Read More

Paris: Paul-Martial pour la Pipérazine Midy, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Pink illustrated boards. Very good, in very good glassine cover. Giroux, André. 96 pages. Featuring hearty French recipes while advertising a digestif Pipérazine Midy. A case of "eat as much as you want, but then buy our product." Illustrated throughout, text in French. 1 cm. loss to head of spine, otherwise clean and crisp.

New York: Moore-McCormick Lines, 1952. Wraps. Illustrated paper wraps. Very good. 12 x 9 in. Christmas dinner menu and program for the members and guests of the New England Export Club, Inc. The Moore-McCormack Lines was a series of companies operating as shipping lines, operated by the Moore-McCormack Company, Incorporated founded in 1913 in New York, USA. It ceased trading on its buy-out in 1982. The founders were Albert V. Moore and Emmet J. McCormack, with Mr Molloy. From a small start with one ship, SS Montara, inaugurating a run from the USA to Brazil, the shipping line expanded to become a major US line operating around the world. From 1938 Moore-McCormack ran the "Good Neighbor Fleet" liners Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina between New York and the east coast of South America. Some items on the dinner menu include; Vegetable Soup, Roast Stuffed Turkey, String Beans, and Ice Cream. Color illustrated cover. Closed tear to cover.

New York: Moore-McCormick Lines, 1952. Wraps. Illustrated paper wraps. Very good. 12 x 9 in. Christmas dinner menu and program for the members and guests of the New England Export Club, Inc. The Moore-McCormack Lines was a series of companies operating as shipping lines, operated by the Moore-McCormack Company, Incorporated founded in 1913 in New York, USA. It ceased trading on its buy-out in 1982. The founders were Albert V. Moore and Emmet J. McCormack, with Mr Molloy. From a small start with one ship, SS Montara, inaugurating a run from the USA to Brazil, the shipping line expanded to become a major US line operating around the world. From 1938 Moore-McCormack ran the "Good Neighbor Fleet" liners Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina between New York and the east coast of South America. Some items on the dinner menu include; Vegetable Soup, Roast Stuffed Turkey, String Beans, and Ice Cream. Color illustrated cover. Closed tear to cover.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth covered boards. Good. 352 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Born on the campus of the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, and educated at a young age by her father, Professor Gessner Harrison, Mary demonstrated a proclivity for writing at an early age. After her marriage to Francis H. Smith, a Professor and Faculty Chairman at the University, Mary's writing began to flourish with her first work Art of Housekeeping (1878). Virgina Cookery-Book is a treasure trove of recipes, remedies and household help. Chapters include: Yeast Breads, Breakfast Cakes, Eggs, Oysters, Fish, Soups, Poultry and Meats, Catsups and Sauces, Vegetables, Entrees, Salads and Cold Vegetables, Pies and Puddings, Sweet Cakes, Ice Creams and Custards, Jellies and Preserves, Pickles, Cured Meats and Fish, Cordials and Cooling Drinks, Home-Made Wines, Candies, Fritters, and a chapter For the Sick. Pages toned, hinges cracked but holding. Boards rubbed at edges. [BROWN 4277]. Read More

New York: Random House, 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Tan boards, illustrated in gilt. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. 205 pages, 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Here is a charming and comprehensive collection of cakes, cookies, candies and confections from all the countries that celebrate Christmas. Interior and boards clean and crisp, dust wrapper lightly soiled. Former owner's book plate on verso of cover. Covered in protective mylar.

General Mills, Inc., 1934. Staplebound wraps. Color illustrated wraps. Near fine. PH. 52 pages. Beginning with an endorsement by Raymond Hertwig, Secretary of the Committee on Food of the American Medical Association, stating: "Bleached White Flour Wholesome," letters of recommendations by two doctors, and a forward by "Betty Crocker," this recipe book is filled with fascinating ways in which one can use white bread. Other endorsements include: Emily Post, Margaret Sullavan, Claudette Colbert, Oscar of the Waldorf, Sylvia Sidney, Mary Astor, and Bette Davis. Black and white, as well as color photos throughout. Slight rubbing to spine. Interior pristine.

New York: Sanctuary Books, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Purple illustrated boards, green cloth spine. Fine. Unpaginated. 18.5 x 18.5 cm. Author and illustrator Dorothy Linder Perillo asserts: "Considering how prejudiced kids can be about vegetables, I may seem hopelessly naive, but I think this selection of vegetable dishes will appeal to the little ones, as well as the big ones, among you. If this doesn't do it, perhaps The Great Zucchini and other nonsensical vegetable rhymes will break down their resistance. One way or another, I aim to change their minds." Pristine.