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Cooking and Food


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Little Acorn: The Story Behind the Joy of Cooking 1931-1966
Little Acorn: The Story Behind the Joy of Cooking 1931-1966
by Marion Rombauer Becker
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1966. Octavo, 20 x 20 cm. Unpaginated. Square paperback in stiff paper wrappers. Inscribed and signed by the author on first free endpaper verso. Illustrated throughout in sepia. Wrappers soiled and edgeworn. Textblock... (read more)

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The Bon Vivant's Companion or How to Mix Drinks
The Bon Vivant's Companion or How to Mix Drinks
by Jerry Thomas and Herbert Asbury
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Octavo, 15 x 22 cm. [liv], 169pp. Fourth printing. Original mustard cloth stamped in dark green. In an unclipped dust jacket. Black & white illustrations throughout. Binding rubbed and soiled. Corners bumped. Spine... (read more)

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The French Cook, Or the Art of Cookery In all Its Various Branches
The French Cook, Or the Art of Cookery In all Its Various Branches
by Louis Eustache Ude
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London: The Author, [early edition, ca. 1813 -15]. Octavo, 20.5 x 12.5 cm. lii 8 480pp. a2-a8 b8 c8 d2 8 tipped in plates B8-Z8 2A8-2H8. Pagination corresponds to the first 3 editions. Original boards backed in recent green cloth. Spine stamped in gilt... (read more)

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Notice sur les Instruments de Precision Appliques a l'Oenologie, 4th Edition
Notice sur les Instruments de Precision Appliques a l'Oenologie, 4th Edition
by J Dujardin
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Paris: Chez l'Auteur (1905). Octavo, 23 x 15 cm. xiii 543pp. New quarter morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt stamped spine with raised bands. Speckled edges. Illustrated throughout. Text in French. Two closed tears (7 & 2 cm.) affecting text... (read more)

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Nouvelle Instruction Pour les Confitures les Liqueurs et les Fruits
Nouvelle Instruction Pour les Confitures les Liqueurs et les Fruits
by Francois Massialot
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Paris: Claude Prudhomme, 1711. Small 8vo., 9 x 15.5mm. Full contemporary calf, spine stamed in gilt, morocco title label. Marbled endpapers. Woodcut head & tail pieces throughout the text. With one folding plate & 2 illustrations in text. Binding rubbed,... (read more)

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L'Art de la Cuisine Francaise au Dix-Neuvieme Siecle, Quatrieme et Cinquieme Parties
L'Art de la Cuisine Francaise au Dix-Neuvieme Siecle, Quatrieme et Cinquieme Parties
by Marie-Antoine Careme
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Paris: Chez L'Editeur 1835. 8vo. (6) 544pp. Complete with 12 folding plates. Later brown cloth decorated in blind. Engraved series title page printed series title page. Lacking the frontis of Careme. Text in French. Rear board detached but present front... (read more)

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Miss Parloa's New Cook Book: A Guide to Marketing and Cooking
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book: A Guide to Marketing and Cooking
by Maria Parloa
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Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1880. Octavo, 19 x 12 cm. 430 pp. Re-cased in publisher's green leather. Front board and spine stamped in gilt and black. Recent endpapers. Color frontispiece protected by a tissue guard. Illustrated throughout in black & white.... (read more)

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From Julia Child's Kitchen Signed 1st Edition
From Julia Child's Kitchen Signed 1st Edition
by Julia Child
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One of the first and most important--and most successful--cookbooks by America's beloved Julia Child. Using a very accessible approach to French cooking from an American point of view, here are recipes and techniques for the beginner as well as the more... (read more)

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