107 menus and a few postcards from mid 20th century cruise ships, mostly transatlantic and generally from the 1930s-1960s, though a few earlier and a few later. Royal Mail Lines,Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Cunard, United States Lines, Hamburg Amerika, others. A nice group, minor wear, scattered stains. Quantity..... More
Mexico: 1950. Hardcover. 8 1/2" x 6 1/2" spiral notebook, incomplete index (listing about half the recipes) inside front cover. Dated 1977 at last recipe, but most of the recipes and the notebook ca. 1950. 52 leaves written on one side, 1 or 2 recipes per leaf. "Blueberry Pie", cake..... More
Paris: Jean-François Bastien, 1787. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Later quarter red morocco over marbled boards, old stamps to titles, scattered foxing and minor paper flaws but a nice clean set overall. With Latin and French titles, a portrait, and 16 engraved plates. Printed in Latin with the French translation en face..... More
Helmstedt: Henningum Mullerum, 1673. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, a bit soiled but sound and attractive. Light browning internally, but a clean, crisp copy; lacking the front blanks. 2 volumes in 1. (16), 824, 104, 43pp. First edition of Clasen's work on the Sibylline oracles which also adds Sébastien..... More
Lisbon: Antonio Gomes, 1786. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments, light wear at edges and hinges. Scattered light foxing, endpapers browned, a few small tears at page edges, one touching some text but with no loss - a clean, bright and fresh copy overall..... More
Antwerp: Plantijnsche Druckerije van Balthasar Moretus (Plantin-Moretus), 1644. Third Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Contemporary blindstamped vellum, light soiling, some wear at spine ends, brass clasps, a sound and a lovely binding. Worming and a small stain in the inner margin of the first 40 or so leaves, more or less uniform..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1899. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Original green-gray cloth, slight edgewear, top edge gilt, corners slightly bumped. Spine a little dull but an attractive Alice C. Morse binding. Signed by Dunbar on the front endpaper - the first edition was 1896. BAL 4918. xx..... More
Pars: Éditions de Seuil, 1946. First Edition. Softcover. Original wraps and glassine, uniform browning to pages, light chipping to glassine, otherwise fine. Inscribed by Eliot to his French publisher Henri Sjöberg "en souvenir de Stockholm 1942" (Eliot had toured Sweden in 1942 for the British Council and delivered a pair..... More
Mexico: A. V. Arroyo, 1907. Unbound. Broadside corrido detailing the train wreck of the El Paso in 1907. Slightly worn plate, but a nice example overall. Size: 8" x 11.5". Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Inventory No: 047019. More
London: J. Knapton, 1726. Fifth Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary acid calf, rebacked but failed with detached boards, first and last pages detached with boards, scattered minor foxing and soiling, generally very clean internally. (24), 224pp with 1 of 3 plates, lacking one of the table settings plates and the..... More
Gotha: Heinrich Hansche, 1756. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Undated ca. 1756. Full contemporary calf, hinges splitting but binding more or less sound. Scattered foxing and minor stains, early pages soiled, a few old library marks including to the spine. Old manuscript note on the front pastedown, a few marginal..... More
New York: Nafis & Cornish, 1844. Third Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in recent black buckram, front blanks retained. Old signature to endpaper, occasional browning and foxing, light dampstain to final 10 pages, frontis trimmed to plate edge but with no loss of image,"Edward Stiff" inked in on title. The frontis is..... More
Paris: Prault, 1750. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). 3 volumes in contemporary sponged calf, hinges cracked, wear at edges, heavier to volume one. A made up set, volume one is the 1750 edition, two and three the 1758 (the 1758 was a reprint of the 1750). xlviii, 490pp; (2), 490pp;..... More
Paris: Savoye et al, 1765. Fourth Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary calf, wear at corners and a bit of loss and degradation to the leather at the base of the spine - binding slightly shaken, but sound. Scattered foxing, a number dog earred pages, and a few light dampstains..... More
London: For the Author, 1802. Second Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Rebound in full mustard cloth, scattered foxing, uniform mild browning. Large paper copy, 9 1/8" tall. xxiv, 314, (21). 12 plates of table settings, one loose and worn at the edges. Cagle 881, Bitting 328. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available..... More
London: W.M. Clark, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Contemporary half leather, edges well worn, hinges rubbed, scattered mostly light foxing and staining internally. Bound up from the original 21 parts with an added title and table - sometimes a frontis was also added, but it is lacking here. Each..... More
Paris: Loudmer, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Faint shelfwear - a lovely copy of Oberlé's sale catalog, an important reference and a joy to read. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Reference; Cooking, Wine & Dining. Inventory No: 045814. More
London: J. Ginger, 1803. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full gilt rules calf, hinges cracked but cords intact. Scattered slight foxing, otherwise clean internally. An attractively printed edition, Latin and English. xlviii, 189pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 044057... More
New York: Visionaire, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Red box version, 90 of 2800 copies with 13 inserts, the booklet and the dress pattern, the latter two unopened. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: 046732. More
Paris: J. Mettaier, 1585. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full 18th century calf, modest wear, a few small worm holes near the spine. Minor foxing and soiling, hand ruled throughout, engraved title - a very attractive vernacular edition of Seneca. Ex-libris of Mr. Le Baron d'Heiss. [7], 42, [2 blanks], 61, [1..... More
London: J. Peele, 1726. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). 2 volumes. Contemporary paneled calf, boards detached despite some previous repair work. Seminary library marks to the spines, circulation date due label to rear endpaper of vol 2, and embossed stamps to the titles and a few elsewhere. Occasional browning at..... More
Paris: Ambr. Didot, 1775. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Early half leather, worn at corners, slight worming to the spine, slightly shaken, one gathering loose. Scattered browning internally, generally clean and bright. 3 engraved plates and a table, the plates lightly foxed with dampstains. Also an eye doctor and urologist..... More
1948. 22 pieces from the 1940s to ca. 1980. Mostly promotional cookbooks from Excelsior, Royal, Glasbake, Potrero (nice group of drink recipes) etc. and a few pieces of ephemera. 32mo to 8vo in size, one page to 160pp in length. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking..... More
New York: Visionaire, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. 23 individual sheets, - some folding, one a folding booklet attached to card stock (counted as one) - in a folding illustrated portfolio. Blank outer wrapper not present. Light wear to portfolio, fine internally. Scarce. 303 of 1000. Contributors: ADELINE ANDRÉ BILL CUNNINGHAM BRUCE WEBER DAVID..... More
London: Norse & Vaillant, 1763. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). The first edition in English. All boards detached. three present, volume 1 (spine split and in need of resewing) lacking the final page of contents with the final present page detached, and the first few signatures and the first map..... More