Second printing; blue leatherette, 8vo, 287 pages, illustrated. Dust jacket rubbed and edge worn with some crinkling along top rear edge, bit of chipping at extremities and closed tear to bottom front edge near spine, now in protective mylar cover. More than one thousand drink and snack recipes. Drink toasts, terms, facts, cartoons and humor; questions and answers on wines and liquors and articles by many leading liquor and wine experts of the day. View More...
Small 4to, 256 pages, pictorial endpapers; Principia 90th anniversary bookplate on verso of front free endpaper, clipped dust jacket heavily rubbed with chipping at extremities, faded spine, now in protective mylar cover. View More...
Pictorial paper covered boards in matching dust jacket, 12mo, 61 pages, two color decorations by Ruth McCrea. Some dark spots in front and rear endpapers, inked inscription in front endpaper; lightly worn dust jacket with some discoloration on rear and faded patches on front panel, now in protective mylar cover. Nothing says mid century like Peter Pauper Press. A fun collection of fairly simple recipes that would have been considered pretty fancy in the 1950s along with some great dinner party staples. View More...
Pictorial paper covered boards in matching dust jacket, 12mo, 61 pages, two color decorations by Ruth McCrea. Boards show a bit of wear at extremities, price clipped dust jacket with a few small edge tears and small chip out of rear at bottom spine corner. Nothing says mid century like Peter Pauper Press. A fun collection of quick, and sometimes unusual recipes, like the cornflake omelet found on page 13. View More...
Second printing; spiral-bound in blue card covers, 150,[1],V,[1] pages, occasional illustrations and photographs. Faint sticker residue on front cover, bit of soiling to page edges and to a few pages near rear of book. View More...
Once a month for 12 months you will receive one vintage cookbook, printed between 1800 and 1975. Each book is carefully selected, wrapped and packaged with care. Books are in good to very good condition with varying signs of use and wear associated with old books. Part of the fun is the vintage appeal! All are complete and intact with no major flaws, such as broken bindings, missing pages, or unpleasant odors. Where dust jackets are present, most are covered in protective mylar. Most of the books will be hardcover, but there will be occasional exceptions for a special vintage surprise. You wil... View More...
Once a month for 3 months you will receive one vintage cookbook, printed between 1800 and 1975. Each book is carefully selected, wrapped and packaged with care. Books are in good to very good condition with varying signs of use and wear associated with old books. Part of the fun is the vintage appeal! All are complete and intact with no major flaws, such as broken bindings, missing pages, or unpleasant odors. Where dust jackets are present, most are covered in protective mylar. Most of the books will be hardcover, but there will be occasional exceptions for a special vintage surprise. You will... View More...
Once a month for 6 months you will receive one vintage cookbook, printed between 1800 and 1975. Each book is carefully selected, wrapped and packaged with care. Books are in good to very good condition with varying signs of use and wear associated with old books. Part of the fun is the vintage appeal! All are complete and intact with no major flaws, such as broken bindings, missing pages, or unpleasant odors. Where dust jackets are present, most are covered in protective mylar. Most of the books will be hardcover, but there will be occasional exceptions for a special vintage surprise. You will... View More...
No statement of edition; full green cloth, 8vo, 225 pages. Faint scattered foxing to boards, internally clean and sound, clipped dust jacket with mild rubbing and edge wear, now in protective mylar cover. 900 North American regional recipes with tested ways to preserve fresh killed game for home cooking. View More...
Plastic comb binding, blue alligator-skin textured paper covers, 9" tall, 85 pp. Owner has written purchase date etc. in pencil, and another hand has written "1952" in ink on title page, under Afternoon Mother's Club: I would believe that date based on the ads which still have alphanumeric phone numbers. The Piedmont Presbyterian Church was built in 1915 in an architectural style not well-suited to Oregon's weather; nevertheless, it has remained largely intact, with the addition of elevators in 2016. The contributors of the recipes are printed after each. The book retains a distinct PNW flavor... View More...
Plastic comb binding, grey card covers, 9" tall, 166 pp. + index. Laid in is an envelope labeled by hand "Menus" which contains 22 menus from Albertina's from the mid-1980s. Albertina Kerr Center has been in Portland, Oregon for over a century, devoted to caring and supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health challenges, and other social barriers. At the time of this cookbook, they had a public restaurant, staffed almost entirely by volunteers. "The image created by Albertina's is that of serving a delicious three-course luncheon in a gracious private home... View More...
Second printing; full red cloth, 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches, 320 pages, decorative red border on title page. Faint bumps to bottom corners, lightly toned dust jacket with edge wear and a few tiny closed tears at head of spine, small stain on front cover, now in protective mylar cover. A collection of recipes from around Europe, most considered exotic at the time. From the author of "The Gentleman's Companion," and other works on food and drink. View More...
Full tan cloth, 8vo, 143 pages, with illustrations by Wendy Larrence. Previous owner's bookplate and inked inscription in front endpapers, tiny scorch mark in front endpaper, inside edges of dust jacket reinforced with old clear tape, now in protective mylar cover. Known to her readers as Jane Friendly, Benet was the food editor for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1953 until 1988. View More...
Full gray cloth, small 4to, 172 pages, illustrations by the author. Dust jacket rubbed, smudged and edge worn with some light soiling on rear, sunned spine, now in protective mylar cover. A fascinating collection of recipes from all over the world, gathered by the author in her extensive travels as the wife of a French diplomat. View More...
Oblong paperback, perfect binding; 148 pp. Second printing stated. Slight warp to front cover from bookplate affixed to verso; minor toning to pages. A cookbook in the old style, with minimal directions, but with a narrative history of each dish or contributor. Introduction by Lucius Beebe, illustrated by Harry O. Diamond. View More...
Second printing; full green cloth, large 8vo, 371 pages; previous owner's bookplate in front free endpaper; dust jacket edge worn with fading along top edge, now in protective mylar cover. Second printing of the first edition of this popular mid-century regional cookbook. View More...
Hardcover, seagreen cloth binding with blue and light blue cover design by The Decorative Designers, with their monogram to front cover, 8-1/2" tall, 188 pp. Waviness to cloth on front board due to moisture exposure at some point, else a good solid copy with wear and soil to be expected from a cookbook of this vintage. Chapter four is titled "Dinners Calling for Three, Four, or More Hours of Cooking," and proceeds to recipes without comment. This is followed by "One to Two Hour Dinners," and followed by "Quick-Meal Dinners," all of which chapter headings show how much more time the (usually) h... View More...
Two-ring binding, 4"-1/2" tall by 6" wide, and about 1" thick. Light wear from use but no real flaws. Recipe sections include: appetizers, soups, salads, fish, shellfish, hints & shortcuts. All recipes with seafood, and it seems that almost all of the hints & shortcuts are also fish-related: cleaning clams, barbecuing fish, sauce for poached salmon, some quick fish casseroles, etc. View More...
First edition stated, 8vo, 213 pages, black and white woodcut illustrations by William Thomas Woodward, maps in endpapers; bump to bottom front corner, small brown spot to bottom edge of first few pages, bookplate in preliminary blank page; tattered dust jacket with old tape repairs on inverse, now in protective mylar cover. Memoir of how the authors rebuilt their lives in a high old house on Lake Erie after Sidney Corbett became paralyzed. View More...
Full blue cloth, 8vo, 367 pages; light wear at extremities, bookplate in front endpaper, clipped dust jacket is rubbed and edge worn with damp stain at bottom edge from mid-rear to about one inch into front from spine, dust jacket now in protective mylar. A collection of prepare-ahead recipes that lets you entertain with flair and without fuss. View More...
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