Cookery & Wine
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DAVID, Elizabeth. French Country Cooking.London : 1951
First edition, first impression, an unusually nice copy of the author's landmark second book, written while post-war rationing was still in force, with an attractive souvenir of one of her circuits gastronomiques: it includes, loosely inserted, David's own Michelin map of Lyon, annotated "1965 ED" on the front cover.
Elizabeth David (1913-1992)... Learn More£950.00Stock Code: 146903
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DAVIES, Frederick & Seymour. Drinks of All Kinds, Hot and Cold for All Seasons.London : [c.1929]
First Pitman edition of Davies's guide covering a variety of recipes, including cocktails, warm drinks and temperance drinks, in notably bright condition. The collection was first published in 1895 by John Hogg,and reissued in 1912. This Pitman edition expands the recipes for a contemporary audience, including new temperance drinks. This edition is... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 141913
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MOORE, June & Doris Langley. The Pleasure of Your Company.[London] : 1933
First edition, first impression, of this charming guide to receiving and entertaining guests, both at home and outdoors, as well as what to do when spending time in your own company. Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 148085
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MORECK, Curt. Fuhrer durch das "lasterhafte" Berlin.Leipzig : [1931]
First edition, first printing, of this rather uncommon guide to the notorious nightlife of Weimar Berlin. Moreck and his writings were proscribed by the Nazis from 1933. His works from immediately before this period are, as such understandably hard to find.
"Curt Moreck" was one of the many pseudonyms of prolific writer, translator and editor... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 147978
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DAVID, Elizabeth. French Provincial Cooking.London : 1960
First edition, first impression of the author's most influential work. David (1913-1992) taught herself Mediterranean-style cooking while living abroad during the early 1940s, and began writing a food column for Harper's Bazaar in 1949. Her first book was published to wide acclaim the following year, and she is now recognized for her profound influence... Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 138099
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ESCOFFIER, Auguste. A Guide to Modern Cookery.London : 1907
First edition, first impression of the landmark reference book for French cookery. Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 134587
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WHITE, Florence. A Fire in the Kitchen. The Autobiography of a Cook.London : 1938
First edition, first impression, in a remarkable example of the scarce jacket. A Fire in the Kitchen is the autobiography of the founder of the English Folk Cookery Association. White (1863-1940) founded the Association in 1928 and in 1932 published Good Things in England, her manifesto for the merit of traditional English cooking.
Her work coincided... Learn More£650.00Stock Code: 113651
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THOMAS, Jerry. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion,New York : 1862
First edition of the first ever guide to mixed drinks, this copy in a later state with the "How-To Mix Drinks, or The Bon-Vivant's Companion" title page and 2.50 price to the front board.
Showcasing "the first legitimate American culinary art the first uniquely American cultural product to catch the world's imagination" (Wondrich, p. 11), Thomas's... Learn More£6,000.00Stock Code: 135775
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DAVID, Elizabeth. French Provincial Cooking.London : 1960
First edition, first impression, of the author's most influential work. David (1913-1992) taught herself Mediterranean-style cooking while living abroad during the early 1940s, and began writing a food column for Harper's Bazaar in 1949. Her first book was published to wide acclaim the following year, and she is now recognized for her profound influence... Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 146509
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HARTLEY, Dorothy. Food in England.London : 1954
First edition, first impression. Food in England, "a treasury of information on the gathering, storing, and cooking of food from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries" is widely regarded as the definitive history of English food and cooking techniques (ODNB).
Dorothy Hartley (1893-1985) travelled the country writing a weekly column on English... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 146496
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DUPONT DE NEMOURS, Pierre Samuel. Examen et parallèle des différens projects de droits sur les boissons, par M. Dupont, député de Nemours à l'Assemblée Nationale.Paris : 1790
First edition. A supporter of constitutional monarchy, Dupont represented Nemours in the National Assembly. The present work is his report on the taxation of drink. A scarce item, with WorldCat listing copies in ten institutions: one in the UK, five in the US, three in France, and one in Switzerland. Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 127703
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BOURDAIN, Anthony. Kitchen Confidential.New York and London : 2000
First edition, first impression and uncommon thus, particularly in anything like collectable condition, presumably the consequence of a short initial print-run, followed by readings, loanings and re-readings. A modern culinary classic: "There are extraordinary passages here, written with clarity and a clear-eyed wit to put the professional food writing... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 145247
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HUME, Norman Anthony, as "Judge Jr." Here's How Again!New York : 1929
First edition, first printing, of Judge Jr's second Prohibition-era cocktail book, following Here's How! (1927), both conveniently made to fit into the smallest of pockets and thus rarely found with the dust jacket and in such good condition. Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 145736
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DUTTON, June, & Edith Vanocur. The Booze Book.San Francisco : 1967
First edition, first printing, of this fun little collection of cocktail recipes accompanied by 1960s pop-art illustrations by John Astrop and Eric Hill. Learn More£85.00Stock Code: 141174
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KAPLAN, R. J. How to Roll a Perfect Joint.San Francisco : 1966
First and presumably sole edition of this rare guide to marijuana smoking from 1960s San Francisco. No copies are listed on WorldCat. The Bindweed Press published poetry collections such as Vitnam Blues (1965), featuring contributions by Gary Snyder, Phil Whalen, Joan Baez, etc. Inside the front cover the following credits are given: "written by - R.... Learn More£400.00Stock Code: 139959
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LEYEL, Hilda Winifred Ivy, Mrs. C.F. Picnics for Motorists.London : 1936
First edition, extremely uncommon in the attractive Alex Jardine jacket. One of Leyel's cleverly targeted series of themed books on cooking and presentation, issued under the banner "The Lure of Cookery" - "most serviceable and attractive little books" Daily Telegraph - part of a 1930s renaissance of interest in English food.
"There are many... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 134171
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THATCHER, Margaret - CURRIE, Angela (ed.) A Salute to Cooking.London : 2009
First edition, first impression, presentation copy from Margaret Thatcher to her personal driver Malcolm Taylor, inscribed on the title page: "To Malcolm - Happy Christmas, Margaret Thatcher".
Taylor served as Thatcher's driver from 1998 to 2010. As with all her staff, he was treated with great kindness by the former Prime Minister; she hosted... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 145479
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HOGAN, Lou Rand. The Gay Cookbook.Los Angeles : 1965
First edition, first printing, of the first gay cookbook, well represented institutionally - albeit almost entirely in the US, the exceptions being New Zealand and Monash, with no copies recorded in British and Irish libraries but remarkably scarce on the open market.
Stephen Vider, Assistant Professor of History at Cornell, writes, "Published... Learn More£775.00Stock Code: 144661
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KENNEY-HERBERT, Arthur Robert as Wyvern. Sweet Dishes.Madras : 1884
Second edition, first published 1881. Drawn from a series of articles by "Wyvern", doyen of Anglo-Indian cuisine, on entremets sucrés published in the Madras Times offering to extend the "native cook's" limited repertoire of "presentable sweets" with a practicable selection of "jellies, creams, pastry, soufflés, pancakes and fritters, puddings, ices,... Learn More£295.00Stock Code: 143092
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YACOUBI, Ahmed. Alchemist's Cookbook.Tuscon : 1972
First edition, first paperback printing, signed by the author on the title page and in beautiful condition. This collection of 125 recipes "based on the ancient science of Moroccan cuisine" is uncommonly found signed. It collects recipes such as "soup to cure jealousy" and "how to be gentle to your brains" alongside "rainy day greens" and "fancy goats... Learn More£475.00Stock Code: 144397
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CONFECTIONARY. The Confectioner's Receipt Book and Pastrycook's and Housewife's Guide.London : 1889
New and Revised edition, first published in 1886, of this recipe book for various confectionaries and pastries, including rock, toffee, cakes, biscuits, jellies, and cordials.
Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 144548
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BAKER, Charles H. The Gentleman's Companion.New York : 1939
First edition, first printing; limited to 1,250 copies, both volumes numbered 98. The first volume is warmly inscribed by the author, "With mine good wishes, always, Charles H. Baker". Charles H. Baker was a writer for Esquire magazine, based in Florida, and was known as the "Town & Country Gourmet". He was regarded by the Hemingway set as the pinnacle... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 143724
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DUTREY, Marius. Calendrier Gastronomique.London : 1938
Limited edition, number 1 of 250 copies. The author's own copy, with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Marius Dutrey served as a French chef in some of the leading French and British hotels from 1918 to 1962. La Coupe d'Or Internationale d'Art Culinaire is still presented in his name. Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 129761
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DAVID, Elizabeth. French Provincial Cooking.London : 1960
First edition, first impression, of the author's most influential work. David (1913-1992) taught herself Mediterranean-style cooking while living abroad during the early 1940s, and began writing a food column for Harper's Bazaar in 1949. Her first book was published to wide acclaim the following year, and she is now recognized for her profound influence... Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 143032
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BANFIELD, Walter T. Show Bread.London : [1950]
First edition of this guide to preparing bread for shows, competitions, and exhibitions. Learn More£75.00Stock Code: 141153
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DAHL, Roald. Even More Revolting Recipes.London : 2001
First edition, first impression, signed by Quentin Blake on the title page. Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 144102
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WHITFIELD, William Campbell. Just Cocktails.[Asheville, NC] : 1939
First edition, first printing, of this striking cocktail recipe book, the recipes ordered into pretty, epicurean, favourite, and Gay Nineties cocktails. Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 143988
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MACNIEL, Stanley. Zodiac Cocktails.Radio City, NY : 1940
First edition, first printing. An attractively presented and wackily conceived collection of cocktails based around the signs of the Zodiac. Learn More£325.00Stock Code: 143798
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WILSON, Colin. A Book of Booze.London : 1974
First edition, first impression. Learn More£45.00Stock Code: 143792
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WINE & BEER. The Innkeeper and Public Brewer.London : [c.1855]
First edition of this comprehensive business guide for innkeepers and other liquor sellers. It features information on how to make various forms of alcohol, tips on purchasing them, how to adjust and compute the proof of liquor, how to obtain a liquor license and other important skills for running an inn. There is a notable section devoted to early... Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 143784
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HAMMOND, Percy, & George Wharton. Poker, Smoke and Other Things.Chicago : 1907
First edition, first printing of this book, an uncommon cocktail and recipe book on what should be served during a game of poker. The history and rules of poker are also briefly outlined. Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 143771
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ACTON, Eliza. Modern Cookery, in all its Branches:London : 1845
First edition, with the advertisements dated January 1845. Modern Cookery established Eliza Acton as the first of the modern cookery writers. This first edition is notably uncommon with just six copies traced institutionally worldwide, four of which are held in the UK.
This copy has the appealing signs of use, with a number of recipes checked... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 132125
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SCHMIDT, William. The Flowing Bowl.New York : 1892
First edition, first printing. A collection of cocktail recipes and other beverages as well as history on various beverages. One of the classic mixologies. Learn More£675.00Stock Code: 143729
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TERRINGTON, William. Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks.London and New York : 1869
First edition of this early guide to bartending, covering wine, cocktails, and other drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. The book underwent several editions, and, though the word cocktail is only used a few times, helped to further popularise the mixing of drinks. The work has also recently been cited as a further stage in gin's evolution from... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 143703
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COCKTAILS. New Bartender's Guide.Baltimore, MD : 1914
First edition, first printing. This copy includes the 1913 printing at rear of Harry Montague's "The Up to date Bartender's Guide", a ready reference guide and a choice selection of appropriate toasts. Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 143684
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BARTENDING. Jayne's Bartender's Guide.Philadelphia : 1934
First edition, first printing. Published soon after the repeal of Prohibition, recipes include the Charlie Chaplin Cocktail, the Pousse Cafe American and the Klondyke Cocktail. The final page of the book contains an afterward, warning that bartenders must uphold certain values to prevent the calamity of Prohibition ever happening again. A scarce work,... Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 143685
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BEEBE, Lucius. The Stork Club Bar Book.New York & Toronto : 1946
First edition, first printing, of "Luscious" Lucius Beebe's witty cocktail recipe book, celebrating a day in the life of Sherman Billingsley's Stork Club, a New York fixture from 1929 to 1965. Beebe is credited with coining the phrase "café society". Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 143490
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COCKTAILS - MASON, Dexter. The Art of Drinking.New York : 1930
First edition, first printing. A cocktail recipe book featuring all the classics and with each cocktail recipe a matching canapés recipe is given. Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 143489
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WILSON, Colin. A Book of Booze.London : 1974
First edition, first impression. "This book about wines, and to a lesser extent about spirits and beers, is a delightful new departure for Colin Wilson". (jacket front flap) Learn More£65.00Stock Code: 142810
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MIDDLE EAST. Army Catering Corps. Guide to Messing in the Middle East (Revised Edition).[Cairo] : 1943
Rare first edition, "not to be published", a revised version of Middle East Catering and Cooking (1942). This is a fascinating and detailed handbook for use by the British Army in some of the most testing campaign conditions of the Second World War; few copies would have survived the rigours of the Middle East Theatre.
The preface is by Lieutenant-General... Learn More£400.00Stock Code: 141583
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HEATH, Ambrose. Good Drinks.London : 1939
First edition, first impression, of Heath's drink-dedicated follow up to his popular "Good Food" series. Heath writes in the foreword: "This collection of divers drinks is offered for all those occasions when drinking is desirable... to the advancement of the brewer and the wine merchant, and the confusion of all dull dogs." Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 142050
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ABSINTHE. Catalogue Général - Distillerie Pontissalienne - Fabrique d'Absinthe Supérierue.Pontarlier, Doubs : c.1900
Attractive brochure with full catalogue of products and prices from a leading manufacturer in "la capitale de l'absinthe" at the turn of the century. Superb chromo. endpapers by A. Waton of St. Etienne, who were specialists in labels and catalogues; Michael Twyman noting that their work "transforms everyday items into objects of beauty." (A History... Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 141557
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LOWE, Paul E. Drinks As They Are Mixed.Chicago : 1904
First edition of this early vest-pocket bartender's guide, the text enlivened with punning cartoons. An encyclopaedic listing of contemporary recipes; a "Heart to Heart Talk With Bar Men", advising on the practice and politics of bar-keeping, including a list of the stock and equipment for a "first class bar"; and concluding with an anthology of Toasts... Learn More£875.00Stock Code: 141554
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EISENHOWER, Mamie Doud. Five-star Favorites.New York : 1974
First edition, limited issue, number 377 of 1000, of this fundraiser for the Eisenhower Medical Center, this copy inscribed on the front free endpaper; "For Dr. & Mrs. Harold Johnson from their friend Mamie Doud Eisenhower, 1978", together with loosely inserted greetings card signed by Mamie. Dr. Johnson was Ike's principle physician after his retirement... Learn More£650.00Stock Code: 140863
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BEETON, Mrs Isabella. The Englishwoman's Cookery-Book.London : 1863
First edition of the first of Beeton's "cookery" books; the affordable spin-offs from her Book of Household Management (1861). Although the Book of Household Management is largely remembered as Beeton's legacy it was primarily these cheaper "part-issues, spin-offs, and extracts" which most influenced English cooking habits (Beetham, p. 395). This copy... Learn More£3,250.00Stock Code: 133857
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PARLOA, Maria. Home Economics.New York : 1898
First edition, first printing. Parloa's eighth book covers a range of topics ranging from the maintenance of pantries to the digestive system. Parloa was a "pioneer in home economics education", sometimes described as a founder of the discipline, and was arguably America's first celebrity cook (ANB). Her first work, The Appledore Cook Book, was published... Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 120633
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OBERLÉ, Gérard. Une Bibliothèque BachiqueParis : [1993]
First edition, first impression. Oberlé's auction catalogue on the Killian Fritsch collection of texts on wine and oenology. Learn More£75.00Stock Code: 140316
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BUTE, John Crichton-Stuart, 4th marquess of. Moorish Recipes.Edinburgh : 1954
First edition, limited to 185 copies, this numbered 21 on the limitation slip mounted on the front pastedown, no copies of this limited edition traced institutionally. Perhaps the earliest English cookbook devoted solely to Arab cuisine, with detailed instructions for some 80 dishes.
"The first purpose of this book is to provide, for those Europeans... Learn More£1,850.00Stock Code: 139749
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FISHER, M. F. K. With Bold Knife and Fork.New York : 1969
First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author, "For Tania and James Stern, from M. F. K. Fisher, with love, St. Helena 1969". James Stern (1904-1993) was a British writer noted for his short stories, and for his wide circle of literary acquaintances. Malcolm Cowley remarked to him: "My God, you've known everybody, his wife, his boyfriend, and... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 139410
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VINTNER'S COMPANY. Freeman's Oath and Bye-Laws of the Vintner's Company.London : c.1829
Unrecorded early nineteenth-century piece documenting the oaths and corporation regulations of the London Vintners Company. The origins of the Worshipful Company of Vintners are rather obscure, there are twelfth-century references to London merchants fixing the price of wine, though the first concrete date associated with this particular Livery Company... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 136831
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POPP, Charles William. Modern Confectionery.Glasgow : 1909
First edition of this self-published guide "containing over Three Hundred up-to-date Formulas, all of which have been used with success in American and Great Britain. The Author was engaged for over 30 years as Confectionery Expert in some of the largest Confectionery Factories in the United States, and the whole of the Formulas given in this book are... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 137198
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WHITE, John. A Treatise on the Art of Baking,Edinburgh : 1828
First edition of this comprehensive and wide-ranging study of baking, tying in the history of agriculture, the growing and milling of wheat, the baking of bread, biscuits and pastries, and the current state of baking in Britain. The work is now uncommon, with 8 copies listed by Library Hub in British institutions.
Provenance: The Lawes Agricultural... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 129237
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EDLIN, Abraham. A Treatise on the Art of Bread-Making.London : 1805
First edition of this comprehensive study of bread-making, covering the cultivation of wheat, the corn trade, the preparation of the bread, substitutes for wheat, and the legislation surrounding the bread trade. The author declares in the preface his hope that "I anticipate the period when we shall see the art of bread-making, instead of forming a confused... Learn More£1,000.00Stock Code: 129236
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HESLOP, Luke. Observations on the Statute of the Thirty-first George II. ch. 29. concerning the Assize of Bread;London : 1799
First edition. The Revolutionary Wars had led to a sharp increase in the price of bread. The statute mentioned in the title had limited the price of bread, with the bakers remaining under the limit, but there was still great complaint among the poor that the price was too high. The present treatise considers the statute, its justness, and its potential... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 129230
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BREAD. Account of the Experiments tried by the Board of Agriculture in the Composition of Various Sorts of Bread.London : 1795
First edition of the full report of the Board of Agriculture, preceded by two shorter reports earlier the same year. The Revolutionary Wars led to a sharp rise in the price of wheat and bread. In response, the Board of Agriculture conducted a study of substitutes for wheat in bread making, with rye, rice, barley, buck-wheat, maize, oats, peas, beans... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 129229
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MARKHAM, Gervase. The English Hous-Wife,London : 1660
Later edition of this popular 17th-century guide to housewives. The work is in two parts: the first offers a guide to domestic medical recipes, including to whiten teeth, aid conception, ameliorate venereal diseases and cure drunkenness; the second part acts mostly as a cook book, alongside guides to brewing drinks and preparing cloth. The work was... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 129225
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SIMON, André L. Wines of the World.London : 1969
Signed limited edition, number 8 of 265 copies signed by the author on the limitation leaf and finely bound by Zaehnsdorf. André Louis Simon (1877-1970) "was the charismatic leader of the English wine trade for almost all of the first half of the 20th century, and the grand old man of literate connoisseurship for a further 20 years. In 66 years of... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 136171
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COCKTAILS - DE FLEURY, R. 1700 Cocktails From the Man Behind the Bar. [Together with] 1800 and all that. Drinks - Ancient & Modern.London : 1934 & 1937
First editions, first impressions, both of de Fleury's scarce but classic cocktail recipe books presented together with the very scarce dust jackets over the publisher's full leather bindings. At the time de Fleury's 1700 Cocktails was the most comprehensive to be included in one book. The author's note in his follow up volume 1800 and all that reads... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 134199
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CHAMPAGNE; Moët & Chandon. Reduced facsimile of the Souvenir Album of the Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908.London : 1909
First edition, deluxe issue, of this fascinating facsimile souvenir intended for presentation to the house of Moët & Chandon during the Franco-British Exhibition of Science, Arts and Industries, 1908, a lavish celebration of the Entente Cordiale signed in 1904. The original Souvenir Album was similarly bound in red, white and blue morocco, "in two... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 120115
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COCKTAILS - DE FLEURY, R. 1800-And All That.London : 1937
First edition, first impression, presentation copy inscribed by the author, "To John W. Carr. With all good wishes. R de Fleury. 1944", on the title page. This is a follow-up to De Fleury's successful 1700 Cocktails From the Man Behind the Bar. Rare: Library Hub only lists four copies in the UK (BL, Scotland, Wales, and Oxford), and a further eight... Learn More£950.00Stock Code: 135550
