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THE NABISCO SHOWCASE
[East Hanover, NJ]: [National Biscuit Company], [circa 1965]. Ring_bound. 4to. Red ring binder with raised white lettering and logo on front cover. Plastic sleeves contain 167 individual product cards, three snapshots, and 4pp. of additional printed advertising material. Binder exterior worn, with light soil. Contents clean and bright with the.....
EATING ANIMALS
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey boards in green and white dust jacket. Minor edgewear. SIGNED on title page. Near fine overall. 341pp. Foer's case for moral treatment of animals in general and against factory farming in particular.
COOKING FOR MR LATTE: A Food Lover's Courtship, With Recipes
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (2003). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Off-pink boards in pictorial dust jacket. About near fine in like DJ. Warmly INSCRIBED by Hesser at half title, in the year of publication. Trivial hints of handling wear to jacket; trace soil to boards. Interior bright, clean throughout.....
A TASTE OF THE PAST
(Devon): David & Charles, (2004). First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Publisher's dark blue imitation cloth in pictorial dust jacket. A near fine copy in a very good dust DJ. Some creases/dents to top of jacket front panel. Light scratches. Bright, clean, and crisp throughout. 160pp. A collection of menus for British.....
REVOLUTION AT THE TABLE: The Transformation of the American Diet
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter red cloth over gray boards in pictorial dust jacket. About fine in a very good plus DJ. Light touches of toning and wear to jacket edges. Interior clean and bright throughout; appears largely unread. 275pp. Culinary history of America.....
THE CHINESE KITCHEN: Recipes, Techniques, Ingredients, History, and Memories from America's Leading Authority on Chinese Cooking
New York: William Morrow & Company, (1999). First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Quarter red cloth over black boards in photographic dust jacket. About fine in like DJ; perhaps a hint of rubbing to jacket. Clean, unmarred; appears almost as new .452pp. Handsomely printed and expansively detailed Chinese cookbook.
MEAT MARKET
Ithaca, NY: Brio Press, (2005). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED at title page. Publisher's boards in original advance printing jacket. Bright, clean and tight. Fine. Handsome, signed copy of this limited advance printing. An examination of animal agriculture and its social costs.
[MCCORMICK'S CANDY AND BAKERY MARKETING AND SALES ARCHIVE]
[London, Ontario]: [McCormick's Limited], [ca. 1953-1982]. Collection of 175 C prints, in various sizes: 1) One hundred and twenty-seven 3.5'' x 5'' photographs. Of these, sixteen are set into posterboard displays in groups of four, with the remaining 111 photos loose. The majority have only minor edgewear, with a small.....
GEORGE L. RICCOMI'S FORMAL OPENING OF THE NEW MUSIC BOX Thursday evening, October seventeenth, Nineteen hundred and thirty-five
San Francisco: The Music Box, 1935. First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. Stapled wrappers. Very good. Mild toning, edgewear. A couple of spots of soil. Old, faint, shallow crease through center of the pamphlet. [4]pp. "Souvenir Menu" from this iconic San Francisco theater. The Music Box was home, beginning in 1936.....
THE APPRENTICE: My Life in the Kitchen
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black boards in photographic dust jacket. Near fine in like DJ. INSCRIBED by Pepin to preliminary leaf. Trace surface dents to jacket; hints of foxing to jacket verso and upper edge of pages. Interior clean and unmarred; binding sound. 318pp. Nice copy.....
COOKING FROM THE HEART: The Hmong Kitchen in America
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, (2009). First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Orange boards in photographic dust jacket. Near fine in like DJ. Four pieces of tape holding jacket (in protective covering) to boards. Clean, sharp, and unmarred throughout. 276pp. Hmong-American cookbook with extensive anecdotes and cultural context.
HARRY WAUGH'S WINE DIARY: Volume Nine: 1978-1981
(London): Christie's Wine Publications, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Pictorial wraps. A very good copy. Mild scuffs to front and rear covers. Interior overall bright and clean with one mild touch of soil on final blank leaf. Good and sound. 204pp. Informative guide to the wines encountered by this.....
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