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First Edition of Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Cookbook; Signed by Her
VANDERBILT, Amy; Drawings by Andy Warhol.
Amy Vanderbilt’s Complete Cookbook.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1961.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Andy Warhol. Boldly signed by Amy Vanderbilt on the half-title page. Drawings by Andy Warhol. Uncommon signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 132379
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William Augustus Henderson's The Housekeeper's Instructor; from the library of American journalist William Safire
HENDERSON, W. A. [William Safire].
The Housekeeper’s Instructor; Or, Universal Family-Cook: Being a Full and Clear Display in all its Branches… To Which is Added, The Complete Art of Carving.
London: Printed for Thomas Kelly, [1823].
Early printing of Henderson's bestselling English cookery book. Octavo, bound in three quarter contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated with engravings, lacking the frontispiece, one plate and with loss to another plate. Corrected and revised by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie. From the library of William Safire, although not marked. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 123841
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“Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon, or not at all": First Edition of The Way to Cook; Signed by Julia Child
CHILD, Julia.
The Way To Cook.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
First edition of this classic cookbook by Julia Child. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with photographs by Brian Leatart and Jim Scherer. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "Bon Appetit Julia Child." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, inscription to the front pastedown. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145916
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"The secret of good summer food is the freshness of ingredients": Elizabeth David's Summer Cooking; Signed by Her
DAVID, Elizabeth.
Summer Cooking.
London: Dorling Kindersley, 1985.
First edition of the re-issue of this classic work. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Elizabeth David on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Line drawings by Adrian Daintrey. Photograph of Elizabeth David by Cecil Beaton.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 105488
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"BON APPETIT!": FIRST EDITION OF FROM JULIA CHILD’S KITCHEN, SIGNED BY BOTH JULIA AND PAUL CHILD
CHILD, Julia.
From Julia Child’s Kitchen.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.
First edition of Child's fourth book. Octavo, original pictorial coated cloth boards. Boldly by the author on front free endpaper, "To Jackie Julia Child." Additionally signed by Paul Child on the front free endpaper. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Photographs and drawings by Paul Child.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146345
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First Edition of Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home: A Cookbook; Signed by both Julia Child and Jacques Pepin
CHILD, Julia and Jacques Pepin.
Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home: A Cookbook.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
First edition of this work by these two legendary chefs. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with 328 color photographs by Christopher Hirsheimer. Signed by both Julia Child and Jacques Pepin on the second free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147276
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"Good Appetite good cooking from an old friend": First Edition of James Beard's Theory & Practice of Good Cooking; Warmly Inscribed by Him
BEARD, James.
James Beard’s Theory and Practice of Good Cooking.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
First edition of this classic work, which compiles 300 recipes by the dean of American cooking. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Karl W. Stueklen. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Good Appetite good cooking For Esther from an old friend James Beard." Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139445
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First edition of Barbeque'n With Bobby; lengthily inscribed by Bobby Seale
SEALE, Bobby.
Barbeque’n With Bobby.
Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1988.
First edition the co-founder of the Black Panther Party's classic 'Down-Home' Barbeque cookbook. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "11-21-88 To Reginald Coleman Let's work to save the equatorial rain forest as it supplies most of humanity's oxygen on earth. Let's work to dismantle apartheid as its like a cancerous tumor in the hearts of humanity. Bobby Seale." In fine condition. A unique example, rare and desirable with such an impassioned inscription from the famed co-founder of the Black Panther Party.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 130201
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Cours Gastronomique, ou Les Diners de Manant-Ville; Finely Bound
CADET DE GASSICOURT, Charles-Louis.
Cours Gastronomique, ou Les Diners de Manant-Ville, Ouvrage Anecdotique, Philosophique et Literature.
Paris: Imprimerie de Brasseur Aine, 1809.
First edition of this work on French Gastronomy, containing its history throughout the country's various regions. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 96186
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First edition of Leadership and Motivation: Essays of Douglas McGregor; inscribed by fellow M.I.T. Management Professor Edgar H. Schein who edited the work
MCGREGOR, Douglas. Edited by Warren G. Bennis and Edgar H. Schein with the collaboration of Caroline McGregor.
Leadership and Motivation: Essays of Douglas McGregor.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1966.
First edition of this collection of essays on the "dilemmas of a managerial society" by former M.I.T. management professor Douglas McGregor. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by one of the editors, Edgar H. Schein on the half-title page, "We must become better at asking and do less telling in a culture that overvalues telling. Ed Schein author of Humble Inquiry." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited by Warren G. Bennis and Edgar H. Schein with the collaboration of Caroline McGregor
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 88145
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"Good Eating and Cooking": First Edition of Delights and Prejudices; Signed by James Beard
BEARD, James; Illustrated by Earl Thollander.
Delights and Prejudices.
New York: Atheneum, 1964.
First edition of this collection of writings from James Beard. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ruth Hessernick Good eating and cooking James Beard." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the spine tips. Jacket design by Earl Thollander.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 71977
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"The Founding treatise on pomology": Rare Societe des Bibliophiles Normands Limited Edition reissue of Le Paulmier's Traite Du Vin Et Du Sidre
LE PAULMIER, Julien.
Traite Du Vin Et Du Sidre.
Rouen: H. Lestringant, 1896.
Rare Societe des Bibliophiles Normands Limited Edition reissue of Le Paulmier's foundational work on pomology. Octavo, original wrappers, one of only 200 copies printed, this is number 65. Translated into the French by Jacques Cahaignes. Introduction by Emile Travers. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 110190
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First Edition of Bocuse's Regional French Cooking; Inscribed by Legendary Chef Paul Bocuse in the year of publication
BOCUSE, Paul.
Bocuse’s Regional French Cooking.
Paris: Flammarion, 1991.
First edition of this work by the legendary chef. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Pour Peter et Nancy avec mes compliments Paul Bocuse Las Vegas - 19-10-91." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143359
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Ann Peckham's The Complete English Cook; or, Prudent Housewife
PECKHAM, Ann.
The Complete English Cook; or, Prudent Housewife: Being a Collection of the Most General, Yet Least Expensive Receipts in Every Branch of Cookery and Good Housewifery.
Leeds: Printed for Thomas Wright, c. 1790.
Early edition of this 18th century collection of inexpensive and nourishing recipes for beginners. Duodecimo, original half cloth, illustrated with diagrams of table settings for different meals and times of year at the rear. In good condition with light toning to the front and rear free endpapers, rubbing to the front and rear panels. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell with red morocco spine and cover labels.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146430
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"Nothing promises pleasure more readily that the words 'freshly baked'": First edition of Baking With Julia; signed by Julia Child and Dorie Greenspan
CHILD, Julia and Dorie Greenspan.
Baking With Julia.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1996.
First edition of Child's baking cookbook, based on her PBS series Baking With Julia. Quarto, original boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs by Gentl & Hyers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Judy Julia Child" and signed by Dorie Greenspan below. Greenspan is the author of cookbooks. The New York Times called her a "culinary guru" in 2004. Jacket design by Vertigo Design, NYC. Jacket photographs by Gentl & Hyers. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147381
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First Edition of Well Done! Life, Love & Food; Inscribed by Jack Nicklaus, Barbara Nicklaus, and Nan O'Leary
NICKLAUS, Jack; Barbara Nicklaus [Nan O'Leary].
Well Done! Life, Love & Food: Recipes and Memories.
Wimmer Cookbooks, 2015.
First edition of this cookbook that intertwines over 300 family recipes with personal anecdotes and photographs of the Nicklaus family. Square octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated with color photographs throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the authors and Nan O'Leary on the front pastedown, "To Leslie and Steve - Cook with love! Barbara Nicklaus and Nan O'Leary Jack Nicklaus." In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 148263
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First Edition of Bocuse's Regional French Cooking; Inscribed by Legendary Chef Paul Bocuse
BOCUSE, Paul.
Bocuse’s Regional French Cooking.
Paris: Flammarion, 1991.
First edition of this work by the legendary chef. Quarto, original pictorial boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs by Dietmar Frege. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "A Tom avec mes compliments Paul Bocuse 12.02.2005." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142156
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John Farley's The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper's Complete Assistant
FARLEY, John.
The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper’s Complete Assistant; On a New Plan.
London: Printed for J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker, et al, 1792.
18th century edition of this classic culinary guide. Octavo, bound in three-quarter black calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, frontispiece portrait of Principle Cook at the London Tavern John Farley, illustrated with thirteen plates of course and table settings for different months of the year. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities, contemporary ownership signatures to the front free endpaper, flyleaf, title page, and preface, 18th century ship's paper adhered to the front flyleaf.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146429
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First edition of Robert Parker's Burgundy: A Comprehensive Guide to the Producers Appellations and Wines; Signed by Him in the year of publication
PARKER, Robert M.
Burgundy: A Comprehensive Guide to the Producers, Appellations, and Wines.
New York: Simon and Shuster, 1990.
First edition of Parker's most ambitious and comprehensive work on Burgundy. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with maps by Jeanyee Wong and drawings by Christopher Wormell. Signed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "10/4/90 To Tom Lovejoy- All the very best in wine and life Robert Parker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Koppel & Scher.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 143776
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First Edition of Paul Bocuse's French Home Cooking; Warmly Inscribed by Him
BOCUSE, Paul.
French Home Cooking.
London: Granada, 1982.
First edition of this work by the legendary chef. Small quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Paul Bocuse on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 139552