Category: Cooking

1952 Wine Consumer Survey, prepared by the J. Walter Thompson Company.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: no place, J. Walter Thompson Co. : 1952

Seller ID: 2276

Condition: Very Good

[I], title; 1-40; S1- S34; [i-vi] questionnaire; typed or mimeograph on one side; 11" x 9"; construction paper cover printed on front; three-hole punch, brad bound. Moderate chipping to foredge of covers;middle brad missing. The survey was conducted to study beverage using habits of U. S. families and to determine what changes have taken place in the consumption, preference and use of wine since a previous survey in 1946 and since the industry program began in 1938. Investigators made personal interviews in 4099 homes using the questionnaire included at the end of this volume.
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The Recipe Book of M. H. S.

By: (STEESE, MAUD HEATON).

Price: $30.00

Publisher: N.Y., Edmond Byrne Hackett The Brick Row Book Shop : 1940

Seller ID: 9002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

150 pp., including 143-150 blank for notes; 8vo; purple cloth; paper cover and spine labels. In original publisher's plain glassine wrap, chipped at bottom edge. Based on the author's "The Queen of Hearts' Recipe Book", published in 1932, with changes and over 90 added recipes. From the forward: "Like my former book, this is not a complete cook-book, but only a compilation of recipes which I have accumulated from various sources. Some have been given to me by friends, or by cooks in my employ, some have been presented to me voluntarily by headwaiters in foreign countries, some have been handed...
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Commonsense Book of Wine.

By: Adams, Leon D.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY, McGraw-Hill : 1986

Seller ID: 554

ISBN-13: 9780070003316

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

8vo. 'The only book that demystifies wine without destroying its magic.' Fine , with protective mylar wrap
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THE CLASSIC COOKING OF SPAIN.

By: Aguilar, Jeannette.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: N. Y., Holt, Rinehart & Winston : 1966

Seller ID: 153

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dj, in Mylar Wrap

8vo. Fine condition in price clipped jacket with light fading to spine.

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Vino. The Wines and Winemakers of Italy.

By: Anderson, Burton.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston & Toronto, Little Brown : 1980

Seller ID: 7655

ISBN-13: 9780316039482

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

568 pp., incl. index; tall 8vo; burgundy cloth spine & green paper over boards; illustrations, maps, tables. Owner's signature top edge front endpaper.
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THE DELECTABLE PAST.

By: Aresty, Esther B.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY, Simon & Schuster : (1964)

Seller ID: 129

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dj, in Mylar Wrap

8vo. Violet cloth and boards. Fine Condition in Very Good jacket with two small closed tears near spine. Subtitled " The Joys of the Table - from Rome to the Renaissance, From Queen Elizabeth I to Mrs. Beeton, the Menus, the Manners - and the Most Delectable Recipes of the Past.."

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Vineyard Tales. Reflections on Wine. (Inscribed by the author).

By: ASHER, GERALD.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Chronicle Books (1996) : 1996

Seller ID: 8428

ISBN-13: 9780811812672

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Inscribed on front endpaper: "For James Robertson, with best wishes, Gerald Asher, January 15th, 1997." Roberstson was a noted publisher and fine printer at Yolla Bolly Press. 287 pp.; black cloth, without dust jacket as issued.
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Food of Love The Favourite Feasts of the World's Music-Makers

By: Ball, Adrian. ed.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Bath, Pitman [1971] : 1971

Seller ID: 943

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

122 pp.; black boards; slight foxing top edge, in pictorial color dust jacket; black & white portrait photos.;1 1/4'" closed tear to jacket at top front edge, else a clean bright copy. Menus contributed by celebrated composers, conductors, singers and instrumentalists. A menu with suggestions for wine & music on every other page, with portrait and short bio of the contributor on facing page.
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Beer: The Ancient and Honorable In Corkscrew, an offprint from House & Garden magazine.

By: Beard, James.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: No Place, Cone Nast : 1957

Seller ID: 1006

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fading at spine, else near fine.

[1]title; [8] pp.; stapled brown wrappers; b&w photo of Beard on final biographical page.

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Slow Quarterly Magazine of the International Slow Food Movement, no 23.

By: Carlo Petrini, Giovanni Ruffa, editors.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Carlo Petrini : 2001

Seller ID: 9488

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

127 pp.; 4to; illustrated wrappers with French flaps; photographs throughout, chiefly in color; ads. Minor soil to covers with a few brown specs front cover. Includes: Thinking Hands; The Cheesmaker; The Lofoten Islands; Gastronomic Reserves, etc.
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Cuisine et Vins de France. 11 issues bound in marbled boards, red cloth back, January to December, 1961; July/August is one issue.

By: Courtine, Robert J., editor.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Paris,

Seller ID: 1736

Condition: Brown dampstain at bottom edge extending from foot affecting most issues only at the very bottom of page gutters to a moderate extent, but particular damage to December and the back pastedown where the bottom edges are torn. Almost all of the damage remai

Feature articles, recipes [many with photo-illustrations], surveys, many advertisements for restaurants; illustrations and photographs throughout. Text in French. Inscribed "Pour la si gentille, Lucette Schaerli . . . etc., etc."; but we cannot ascertain the name of author.

A monthly review of all things related to food, wine, restaurants, etc. in France during the period, founded by Curnonsky et Madeleine Decure.
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The Wines of Chablis & the Yonne.

By: George, Rosemary.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Wine Appreciation Guild (1984) : 1984

Seller ID: 399

ISBN-13: 9780856671791

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

Square 8vo. 208 pgs., index. Blue boards. Complete history of the wine region of Chablis, includes maps charts, photographic reproductions in color and black & white. Light foxing top edge
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My Life With Wine.

By: Gould, Francis Louis.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: St. Helena, California, By the author : 1972

Seller ID: 4

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

8vo. 71 pgs. Green cloth. Illustrated with black & white photographs. From the age of six in 1890, the author recalls many famous vintages and several memorable meals.
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A History of the San Francisco Society of Bacchus.

By: Jacobs, Julius L.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: [San Francisco], By the author no date (c 1990) : 1990

Seller ID: 2495

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

81 pp.; sq 8vo; printed blue wrappers; black & white photos; menu reproductions. Gift inscription on front endpapaper by hotelier Henry de Rooze, who was a member of the Society of Bacchus. Very minor soil, surface rub lower left corner front endpaper.
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(Two titles) Sherry, together with The Wines of Europe.

By: Jeffs, Julian.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Faber 1970,1971 : 1970

Seller ID: 560

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

8vo; cloth in white dust jackets.
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Wine.

By: Johnson, Hugh.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: N.Y., Simon & Schuster : [1975]

Seller ID: 2286

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine condition in Fine jacket, with protective mylar wrap

4to; cloth in dust jacket.

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Vines in the Sun: a Journey Through the California Vinyards [inscribed by the author].

By: Jones, Idwal.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: N. Y., Morrow : 1949

Seller ID: 9580

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Inscribed: "For Lee & Jerry Hecker + Melton ("M9") Ferris, with warm regards, Idwal Jones." Lee Hecker was editor of Favorite Recipes of California Winemakers. 8vo.; gray cloth, without dust jacket. Faint dime size staing top edge front cover; some light stains at the bottom edge of rear endpaper and pastedown. A descriptive history of early wine days in California, including character sketches & anecdotes. [Gabler 25690]
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The Colorado Cook Book. A Benefit for The University of Colorado Libraries - Boulder.

By: Kuempel, Sheryl and Nancy Cateora, editors.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boulder, By the Editors : 1981

Seller ID: 3599

ISBN-13: 9780870811272

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

404 pp., incl. index; 8vo; spiral bound, illustrated card covers; chapter head pages with color landscape photographs by Jerry Downs. Sponsored by University of Colorado Women's Club - Boulder Friends of the Library.
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Our Mite for the Kitchen.

By: Ladies of the Episcopal Mite Society, Woodland, Cal.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Woodland, CA, Yolo County Museum Assoc. : 1983

Seller ID: 9636

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

From the edition of 1887 published by H. S. Crocker & Co. 85 pp., (7); 8vo; printed brown wrappers. Recipes & Advertisemetns throughout. Scarce in any edition.
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In Celebration of Wine & Life: The Fascinating Story of Wine and Civilization

By: Lamb, Richard; Mittelberger, Ernest

Price: $15.00

Publisher: South San Francisco, CA, U.S.A., Wine Appreciation Guild : 1980

Seller ID: 345

ISBN-13: 9780932664129

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

4to. Red boards in lightly soiled white dust jacket.
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Category: Cooking