Houston, TX: Hutchins House Publishing, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 176 PP. Scarce surviving cookbook from the now closed Confederate House Restaurant in Houston, TX. Owners Gordon and Betty Edge hosted Presidents and famous personalities in Houston for half a century with these distinctly Southern..... More
Key West, FL: The Key West Woman's Club, 1948. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 6 1/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 298 [4] PP. Original spiral bound cookbook from the Key West Woman's Club. This is the RARE 1948 first edition in original comb-binding. Hundreds of classic south Florida recipes..... More
New York: Scribner, 1997. First Thus. Hardcover. 6 3/4 X 9 3/8 Inches. 1136 PP. First printing of this updated edition with the complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Front flap creased at top. Light wear to DJ edges and a few spots to gutters. An..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 1/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. 440 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $12.50 intact on front flap. Lengthy previous owner ownership poem on the FFEP. PO name and annotation on the verso of the titlepage..... More
New York: Drake Publishers, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/8 Inches. 228 PP. Original price of $9.95 intact on front flap. Original brown cloth binding clean and sharp. Dozens and dozens of recipes inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. PO..... More
London: Phaidon Press, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 3/4 X 11 3/4 Inches. "Rene Redzepi is without a doubt, the most influential, provocative and important chef in the world." Anthony Bourdain Redzepi's journal, snapshot book and recipe guide assembled over the course of a year of self-discovery after his NOMA..... More
New York: Bonanza Books, 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 286 PP. First printing with the called for Bonanza publishing letter line to the "A" on the copyright page. No price on jacket AS ISSUED. Complete with cookbook section at rear. Light wear to..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Carnation Company, 1959. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 7/8 X 8 7/8 Inches. 16 PP. Who knew making Chili Dogs could be so hard??? Very cool little cooking and hostess guide aimed at the teenage girl of the 1950's. Highlighted by some classic mid-century illustrations of teenage..... More
Chicago, IL: Evaporated Milk Association, 1955. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 7/8 X 8 7/8 Inches. 32 PP. First and only issue of this guide for using evaporated milk aimed at Girl Scouts. Dozens of recipes throughout. OCLC locates only "2" copies. Slight wear to edges and some pulling to..... More
New York: Girl Scouts of the United States of America, 1946. Sharon F. Melick. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 7/8 X 8 7/8 Inches. 123 [4] PP. First printing in the original light green wraps. Light scuffing and toning to covers. Hint of wear to edges. More
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 268 PP. BAM! Stated "First Edition" with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $25.00 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed (To Pete and Debbie)..... More
Middleton, WI: Pleasant Company, 1990. First Edition. Original wraps. 10 X 8 Inches. 62 PP. Original stapled binding. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Reply card still intact at rear. Light wear to edges and crease to bottom corner of rear panel. More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1977. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 8 Inches. 159 PP. Original $3.95 sticker price on front board. An extremely clean copy without DJ as it was issued. Might have to give "Dave's Deviled Potatoes" a whirl... "P" stamped to top edge, else a fine..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 X 9 Inches. 240 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $6.95 intact on front flap. Includes a brief history of food in New Orleans in addition to recipes from Antoine's, Arnaud's, Brennan's, Galatoire's and more....... More
New York: Knopf, 1975. Paul Child. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 7/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 687 [xxvi] PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $15.00 intact on front flap. Light toning to endpapers and board edges. DJ a bit toned at edges. A few..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 371 PP. "This book, in its own way a feminist manifesto, is dedicated to the millions of women who have spent millennia in kitchens creating unrecognised masterpieces". from the Dedication by the author Stated "First..... More
Chattanooga, TN: Hamilton County Democratic Women's Club, 1977. Early Edition. Original wraps. 6 1/2 X 9 1/8 Inches. Original comb binding intact! Signed and inscribed by one of the contributors on the front inside cover. Includes photo sections of Carter on the campaign and recipes from Rosalynn Carter and who's..... More
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8 3/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 168 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $19.99 intact on front flap. More
Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 440 [8] PP. First appearance of the Capitol Cook Book, which was largely based on the Official White House Cook Book published by Saalfield as well. Notoriously difficult to locate in any sort of collectible condition..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 319 PP. First printing with the original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. Part novel, part cook book, this entertaining work was one of the first of the 20th century to recognize the need to combine..... More
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 86 PP. True first UK printing of this scarce cake baking guide. It contains a collection of well-known recipes as well as some that are more obscure such as Beer Cake, Bosworth Jumbles, Hampshire Drops, Kringles..... More
London: Nicholas Kaye, 1961. Julian Brazelton. First Thus. Hardcover. 4 7/8 X 7 5/8 Inches. Scarce 1961 hardcover first printing of the combined Tante Marie Cookbooks (including French Kitchen and French Cakes and Patries). Translated into English by Charlotte Turgeon with the help of Ann Rogers. This combined edition of..... More
San Francisco: Bellerophon Books, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 8 1/2 X 11 Inches. 48 PP. Original price of $1.50 on front cover. Cover art by Gilbert Shelton. A counterculture cookbook for folks getting by on limited budgets. Written by William Brown and primarily illustrated by Greg Irons..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 3/8 X 10 1/2 Inches. 386 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $19.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed to "Bonnie" directly on the title-page. Book exhibits a bit of light toning to..... More
Gainesville, FL: Triad Publishing, 1983. Kate Barnes. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 3/4 X 10 7/8 Inches. 224 PP. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Signed with lengthy inscription "sitting by the cracking fire in the cookstove at Marjorie's (Kinnan Rawlings)" by National Park Service employee and Rawlings expert..... More