[Rarebooks] FS: 9 Special Cookbooks

[Clare Murphy]

1.  UNIVERSAL RECEIPT BOOK OR PRACTICAL LIBRARY. 5000 RECEIPTS, THE. 
ca. 1830. 3/4 contemporary leather with marbled boards, gilt bands 
and black leather title label at spine. 8vo. [546 pgs] Very good. 
Early nineteenth century "How To" book.  Contains information 
relating to: Metallurgy, Varnishes, Engraving, Wines, Cookery, 
Preserving, Medicine, Horticulture, Husbandry, 
Miscellaneous...Indexed.  35 page index. Leather worn at extremities. 
Missing title page.  Consistently foxed throughout contents.  Very 
Good solid volume of useful information.  $150.00 {91362}

2.  ASHTON, JOHN.  HISTORY OF BREAD. FROM PRE-HISTORIC TO MODERN 
TIMES, THE. London: Religious Tract Society, 1904. Illustrated by 
twenty seven b&w illustrations. First edition. Red cloth with black 
and gilt designs and lettering to the front board and spine. 12mo. 
[185 pgs] Very good. First Edition (Bitting p.17) Previous owner's 
name and monogram stamp at paste-down.  Repaired cloth tear at spine. 
Two pages with penciled notations.  Minor wear at extremities. 
Contents are otherwise clean and tight. Very attractive.  $175.00 
{93929}

3.  BLOT, PIERRE.  HAND-BOOK OF PRACTICAL COOKERY, FOR LADIES AND 
PROFESSIONAL COOKS. CONTAINING THE WHOLE SCIENCE AND ART OF PREPARING 
HUMAN FOOD. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1884. Illustrated by 
b&w illustrations throughout text. Brick cloth with gilt lettering 
and design at spine. 12mo. [478 pgs] Very good. Minor wear to 
extremities, rear board stained and rubbed.  Inner hinge starting at 
Preface page. A few laid in recipes, otherwise clean and sound. 
$75.00 {93717}

4.  DAVID, ELIZABETH.  BOOK OF MEDITERRANEAN FOOD (MEDITERRANEAN AND 
FRENCH COUNTRY FOOD, A. London: Cookery Book Club, 1968. Illustrated 
by John Minton. Later edition. Blue cloth with gilt lettering at 
spine; pictorial dust jacket. 8vo. [207 pgs] Near fine/Good. Owner's 
inscription at ffep.  Dust jacket has a few tears at head and tail of 
spine, since covered with mylar.  Contents are clean and tight. 
$75.00 {93941}

5.  DAVID, ELIZABETH.  ENGLISH BREAD AND YEAST COOKERY. London: Allen 
Lane, (1977). Illustrated by Wendy Jones, with illustrated end-papers 
by Lady Llanover, 1867. First edition. Brown cloth with gilt 
lettering at spine; pictorial dust jacket. 8vo. [591 pgs] Near 
fine/Near fine. Previous owner's signature at ffep. Minor shelf wear. 
Dust jacket has minor shelf wear, since covered with mylar. Contents 
clean and tight.  $75.00 {93953}

6.  DAVID, ELIZABETH.  FRENCH COUNTRY COOKING. New York: Horizon 
Press, (1952). Illustrated by John Minton. First American edition. 
Tan cloth with brown and gilt design and lettering at spine; 
pictorial dust jacket. 8vo. [247 pgs] Near fine/Good. Author's first 
book. Small scrape at spine, otherwise fine.  Dust jacket has a 1" 
piece torn away at head of spine (torn piece is present) with a few 
chips at edges, since covered with mylar.  One page has some 
offsetting from a paper that was  laid in, otherwise contents are 
bright and sound.  $95.00 {93940}

7.  PEPIN, JACQUES.  ART OF COOKING VOLUMES I AND II, THE. New York: 
Alfred A. Knopf, 1987/1988. Illustrated by over 2700 step-by-step 
color photographs. First edition. 2 volumes. White cloth with 
pictorial dust jackets. 4to. [342/356 pgs] Fine/Near fine. Volume I 
dust jacket is price clipped.  Minor shelf wear to both dust jackets. 
Top edge of Volume I lightly foxed. Both dj's covered in mylar. 
Contents are clean and tight.  $250.00 {93949}

8.  PRICE, MARY AND VINCENT.  TREASURE OF GREAT RECIPES. FAMOUS 
SPECIALTIES OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST RESTAURANTS ADAPTED FOR THE 
AMERICAN KITCHEN, A.: Ampersand Press, Inc, 1965. Illustrated by 
pictorial end papers, and color photo illustrations throughout 
contents. First edition. Bronze tone padded binding with red and gilt 
design and lettering ; all edges stained red/brown. 4to. [456+ pgs] 
Fine. Both silk markers intact.  Binding and contents are clean and 
sound. Mylar dust jacket. Stated first printing.  $195.00 {93937}

9.  RORER, MRS. (SARA TYSON).  MRS. RORER'S PHILADELPHIA COOK BOOK, A 
MANUAL OF HOME ECONOMIES. Philadelphia: Arnold & Co., 1886. First 
edition. Brick-colored cloth, highly decorated with pictures and 
designs in black, beige and gilt. Fine. Bright, clean and unmarked. A 
delicious copy of a scarce American cookbook.  $150.00 {72351}

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