A fresh batch of recently cataloged items

Including: Trade Cards, Cocktail Books, Cookbooks, Food History, and more.

Napa Wine; With notes and Introduction by Brian McGinty. Stevenson, Robert Louis. San Francisco: Westwinds Books, 1974. First Edition. 38 pages. 19.5 x 13. 5 cm. Limited edition of 950 copies - two-color frontispiece portrait of author. With an intriguing introductory by... (#2506) Price: $50.00

A Dictionary of Apple Cookery. Lapham, Leah Inman (Compiled by). Providence, Rhode Island: The Oxford Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 46 pages. 18.5 x 13.5 cm. Inscribed by author on front paste board. An apple cookbook disguised as a dictionary... (#2505) Price: $40.00

Iron Pots and Wooden Spoons; Africa's Gifts to New World Cooking. Harris, Jessica B. New York: Atheneum, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 195 pages. 21.5 x 16.5 cm. Cajun, Creole, and Caribbean dishes all have their roots in the cooking of West and Central Africa... (#2504) Price: $30.00

More Potatoes!; Pictures by Ben Shecter. Selsam, Millicent E. New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 64 pages. 22 x 15.5 cm. A Science I CAN READ Book. Entertaining story of how Sue and her school friends... (#2503) Price: $30.00

The Martha's Vineyard Cook Book; A Diverse Sampler from a Bountiful Island. King, Louise Tate & Jean Stewart Wexler. New York: Harper & Row, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 305 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Signed on half title page by Author Louise Tate King. A culinary tribute to one... (#2502) Price: $45.00

An Herb and Spice Cook Book; Drawings by Alice Golden. Claiborne, Craig. New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. 334 pages. 21 x 15 cm. From the man who introduced gastronomically sheltered Americans to the expansive world of food, Craig... (#2501) Price: $40.00

[COFFEE] Les cafés produits dans le monde - The coffees produced throughout the world; Translated. Jobin, Philippe. Le Havre, France: Jobin et. Co., 1982. Hardcover. 463 pages. 25.5 x 17 cm. Technical but informative, presented in list format with 36 color photographs. Bilingual, in both English and... (#2500) Price: $150.00

El Vino De Jerez En La Cocina Universal. Grosso De Macpherson, Lalo. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, S.A., 1982. Second Edition. Hardcover. 503 pages. 24.5 x 18 cm. Sherry Wine in Universal Cuisine. Color photo illustrations throughout. Text in Spanish. Interior clean, dust wrapper light... (#2499) Price: $40.00

[TRADE CARD] H. Kingham, COOK and CONFECTIONER; 134 High Street, Notting Hill, W. c. 1870's. Cards. 6 x 9 cm. Caterer's trade card. Rough Ice for Wines & Wedding Cakes Always Ready. Routs, Ball suppers & Breakfasts neatly & elegantly furnished on the... (#2497) Price: $50.00

[LEDGER] [MANUSCRIPT] Jacob Suydam His Book 1762; 10 pages laid in - family history. Suydam, Jacob. Township of Flushing Queens: 1762 - 1819. Hardcover. Unpaginated [304 pp]. 32.5 x 21 cm. Autograph manuscript, ink and pencil on paper. Accounts penned on both rectos & versos. This... (#2460) Price: $5,725.00

[TRADE CARD] G. Adams's Bread & Biscuit Manufactory; 5 St. James's, Street & 2 St. Bath, England: c. 1880's. Cards. Bath, known for the Bath Oliver dry biscuits obviously had some imitators in the late 19th century. G. Adams declared the shop was "The Only... (#2496) Price: $75.00

[PROSTITUTION] [POLITICS] Loiter-In flyer & Majority Report Newspapera; COYOTE & Majority Report. [JAMES, Margo St.]. 1976. A nice little archive featuring: Double-sided flyer requesting like minded ladies to "Help Your Sisters..." & to "Fight 'Sweep' Arrests." The Law, "Loitering for the purpose of engaging in... (#2470) Price: $375.00

[QUACKERY] [TRADE CARD] PERRY DAVIS' VEGETABLE PAIN KILLER. London: Perry Davis & Son, c. 1890. Cards. 11.5 x 7.5 cm. British/European Branch trade card. Legend has it, Perry Davis concocted his "all vegetable" patent medicine in 1839 after... (#2495) Price: $100.00

[COCKTAILS] [ILLUSTRATIONS] Ted Saucier's Bottoms Up; New and Revised Edition, First Printing, September 1962 -. Saucier, Ted. New York: Greystone Press, 1962. First Revised Edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. 26 x 18.5 cm. 12 Full Page Color Plate Illustrations. This saucy tippling tome is crammed with 780 recipes... (#2492) Price: $180.00

The New Process Cook Book; Catalogue & Cook Book. The Standard Lighting Co. Cleveland, The Standard Lighting Co., 1894. Hardcover. 249 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Late 1800's cookbook/trade catalogue putting forth the favorable qualities of the "vapor stove" made by The Standard... (#2491) Price: $40.00