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We just secured a last minute spot at The ABAA's New York International Antiquarian Book Fair - April 27 - April 30th

Held at the magnificent Par Avenue Armory - 643 Park Avenue, NY (Between 66/67th streets)

Preview: Thursday April 27, 5:00 - 8:00 pm

Fair Hours: Friday, April 28, 12:00 - 8:00 pm - Saturday, April 29, 12:00 - 8:00 pm 

Sunday, April 

30, 12:00 - 5:00 pm

We will be in booth A29

Below are some recently cataloged items. Click on the Photo to go directly to our website.

Single Girls Cookbook; Drawings by Frank Daniel. Brown, Helen Gurley. Bernard Geis Associates, 1969. Stated First Edition. 405 pages. 24 x 16 cm. From the former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan comes a saucy cookbook that shows its swagger with chapter titles... (#3581) Price: $75.00

TODAY...what salad...what dessert?; Jell-O brings DOZENS of answers. Le Roy, NY: The Jell-O Company Inc., 1928. Staplebound wraps. 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. 22 pages. Advertisement and recipe book for JELL-O. "There is only one JELL-O, Be... (#3580) Price: $15.00

The American Frugal Housewife; Dedicated to Those who Are Not Ashamed of Economy. To Which. Mrs. Child (Lydia Maria Child). New York: Samuel S. & William Wood, 1842. Twenty-eighth edition. Hardcover. 130 pages. 18.5 x 12 cm. Enlarged and Corrected by the Author. A popular household and cookery book, aimed... (#3579) Price: $50.00

[COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Tiger Game Book. Hot Springs High School - Tiger Booster Club. Truth or Consequences, NM: GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO., ND. Spiral_bound. 110 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. The Tiger Booster Club was organized with the idea of helping the students who participate... (#3578) Price: $40.00

OMNIVORE. Anthony, Piers. New York: BALLANTINE BOOKS, 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 1919 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Eighteen space explorers had died or disappeared on Nacre, a planet dominated by mushrooms, spore-clouds... (#3577) Price: $18.00

TOO MANY CHILES! ; From Sowing to Savoring - More than 75 recipes for preparing. DeWitt, Dave & Nancy Gerlach, Jeff Gerlach. Phoenix, AZ: Golden West Publishers, Inc., 2003. 3rd Printing. Ring_bound. 101 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Everything in one place - all you need to know to grow, cook, and... (#3576) Price: $15.00

JELL-O ICE CREAM POWDER; The JELL-O Girl. The Genesee Pure Food Co. Leroy, NY: The Genesee Pure Food Co., 1906. Staplebound. Unpaginated [12 pp.] 15 x 9 cm. Featuring five flavors: Strawberry, Vanilla, Chocolate, Lemon, and Unflavored. Promoting The White Mountain Freezer... (#3575) Price: $15.00

[TRAVEL] [HAWAII] HAWAII Romantic ... Beautiful; Frequent Sailings from SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES to. MATSON LINE - LASSCO LINE. San Francisco: MATSON LINE - LASSCO LINE, c. 1930. Staplebound. Unpaginated [24 pp]. When Captain William Matson sailed his three-masted schooner Emma Claudina from San Francisco to Hilo, Hawaii, he... (#3574) Price: $65.00

MAGIC YEAST RECIPES. Northwestern Yeast co. Chicago: Northwestern Yeast co., c. 1920. 13 pages. 8 x 15 cm. First and second page illustrates everything one needs to make a loaf of bread. Recipes include tea rolls... (#3573) Price: $30.00

[TRADE CATALOG] WHITE MOUNTAIN REFRIGERATORS 1910; The Chest with the Chill in it. Maine Manufacturing Company. Nashua, NH: Maine Manufacturing Company, 1910. Staplebound. 64 pages. 16 x 9 cm. Lavishly illustrated Icebox (or cold closet) Refrigeration Systems. Before electric refrigerators, home refrigeration relied on cabinets that... (#3572) Price: $210.00

[TRAVEL] [MASSACHUSETTS] Picturesque Cape Cod; A souvenir Book. c. 1920. Staplebound. Unpaginated [16 pp]. 21.5 x 18 cm. Color tinted photos of notable locations in and around Cape Cod. Featuring: Provincetown, North Truro, Steamer Ship leaving Boston, The... (#3571) Price: $50.00

[TRAVEL] [MAINE] VACATIONLAND THE YEAR ROUND; PINE TREE STATE. State of Maine Publicity Bureau. Portland, ME: c. 1920. Staplebound. 54 pages. k22.5 x 20 cm. Profusely illustrated throughout with period black and white photos. Featuring Portland, Damariscotta, Kennebunkport, Penobscot Bay, Casco Bay, Camden, Bangor... (#3570) Price: $75.00

[TRAVEL] [RHODE ISLAND] VISIT SMART SCENIC HISTORIC NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND. c. 1939. Cards. 11 x 8 cm. closed, 16 x 8 cm. open. Decorative die-cut promotional brochure featuring the Old Stone Mill building on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, RI. Touting... (#3569) Price: $60.00

[COLORADO] [PHOTO ALBUM] French Studies at University of Colorado, Boulder. Stilphen, Louise Hope. 1926. Hardcover. Unpaginated. [50pp]. 18 x 25 cm. A well organized and in-depth view of the life of a young aspiring opera singer, Louise Hope Stilphen (Dec. 2, 1904 -... (#3566) Price: $325.00

[FRENCH] [WINE] [ART] Lists Des Grands Vins - 33 Vols.; Complete Set with 6 Wine. Établissements Nicolas Maison Fondée en 1822. Paris: Nicolas, 1929 - 1973. 1st Printing. Collection of thirty-five lavishly produced wine catalogs issued by the famous wine merchant Établissements Nicolas Maison from 1929 to 1973. The catalogs are... (#3565) Price: $3,700.00

[SHEET MUSIC] Beer Barrel Polka (ROLL OUT THE BARREL); Featuring Barry Wood. Brown, Lew & Wladimir A. Timm, Jaromir Vejvoda. New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc., 1934. Loose_leaf. 5 pages. 30 x 23 cm. Light rubbing to cover. Interior crisp and clean. (#3562) Price: $10.00

[SHEET MUSIC] SHRIMP BOATS (A Comin' - There's Dancin' Tonight}; Recorded by JO STAFFORD. Howard, Paul Mason & Paul Weston (Words and Music). New York: Walt Disney Music Company, 1954. Loose_leaf. 3 pages. 30 x 23 cm. Light rubbing to cover. Interior crisp and clean. (#3561) Price: $10.00

[SHEET MUSIC] MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL; Introduced and Recorded by GLENN MILLER and his Orchestra. Gannon, Kim (lyrics) & Roberts, Lucky (music). New York: Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc., 1942. Loose_leaf. 5 pages. 30 x 23 cm. Light rubbing to cover. Interior pages lightly toned. (#3560) Price: $15.00

[HORSE BREEDING] Sale Letter to Jasper M. Clark; IMPORTERS & BREEDERS OF CHOICE Norman French. SPRINGER & WILLARD. Oskaloosa, IA: SPRINGER & WILLARD, 1891. Loose_leaf. 1 page. 28 x 21 cm. Typed, signed, letter on illustrated letterhead, dated Feb. 3 17, 1891 from Springer & Willard to Jasper... (#3556) Price: $25.00

[HORSE BREEDING] Sale Letter to Jasper M. Clark. MORGAN HORSE CO. 1891. Loose_leaf. 1 page. 21 x 14 cm. Typed, signed, letter on illustrated letterhead, dated Feb. 12, 1891 from the Morgan Horse Co. to Jasper M. Clark stating the prices... (#3555) Price: $25.00

[CATTLE BREEDING] [TRADE CATALOGUE] Closing Out Sale of Red Polled Cattle; Mount Prospect Farm and. MOUNT PROSPECT FARM - L.F. ROSS. Iowa City, Iowa: 1892. Staplebound. Unpaginated [10 pp.] 22 x 15 cm. Sale guide - 16 x 8 cm. (closed) 25 x 16 cm. (open). Illustrated Cattle Trade catalogue includes... (#3553) Price: $50.00

[CATTLE, HORSE, SHEEP BREEDING] Catalogue Of Imported and Home-Bred GALLOWAY CATTLE, SHIRE HORSES, SHROPSHIRE SHEEP. Paul, Hugh THE WAVERTREE FARM. Heron Lake, Minn. c. 1890. Loose_leaf. 24 x 16 cm folded, 48 x 32 cm. open. 10th annual catalog listing 78 individual Galloway Cattle - names, tags, birth date, breeder... (#3552) Price: $35.00

[CATTLE BREEDING] [SALE CATALOG] LESLIE & BURWELL; BREEDERS OF Aberdeen - Angus - Cattle. LESLIE & BURWELL. Cottage Grove, Wisconsin: LESLIE & BURWELL, 1892 - 1893. Loose_leaf. Letter, Postcard, Trade Catalog. Second Annual Private Sale Catalogue for 1892 - Cows,Heifers & Bulls. Includes name, tag, birth date... (#3551) Price: $50.00

Treasury of Outdoor Cooking. Beard, James. New York: a ridge press book/golden press, 1960. Hardcover. 282 pages. 30 x 21 cm. Everything you need to know about outdoor cooking - grilling, spit & skewer cooking, pit... (#3550) Price: $35.00

[MOTION PICTURE] [EPHEMERA] I'll Be Seeing You - SHIRLEY TEMPLE - a United Artist Release;. NEHI - ROYAL CROWN BOTTLING CO. Flat River, Missouri: NEHI - ROYAL CROWN BOTTLING CO., 1944. 20 x 30 cm. Hand held fan featuring Shirley Temple holding a bottle of Royal Crown Cola. Verso: It's no... (#3548) Price: $15.00

La Cucina delle Regioni d'Italia : Liguria. Grimaldi, Gianni. BOLOGNA: EDIZIONI MIDA, 1989. Hardcover. 209 pages. 25 x 17 cm. Text in Italian & English, and regional dialect. Illustrated throughout. Recipes for pizza, antipasti, sauces, soups, polenta, pasta, fish... (#3539) Price: $85.00

[TEXTILES] Sample Book - Fancy Needlework for Trimming Dresses. c. 1890. Sewn binding. 7 pages. 19 x 14 cm. Thirty-three distinct and skillfully hand stitched trim samples - each sewn onto a handmade cloth book. During the Victorian era... (#3540) Price: $125.00

Cooking With MICKEY around our world; The MOST requested recipes from Walt Disney World and. The Walt Disney Company. Anaheim, CA: The Walt Disney Company, 1987. Spiral_bound. 298 pages. 23 x 18 cm. Signed by cartoonist - Don Williams on the verso of the cover. You may be partial... (#3535) Price: $125.00

FRENCH COUNTRY COOKING; decorated by John Minton. David, Elizabeth. London: Macdonald, 1958. Second Edition. 207 pages. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. A beautifully written cookbook - a classic, that should be read, sitting on a lawn chair while plotting your... (#3537) Price: $130.00

Charcuterie & French Pork Cookery; Illustrated by M. J. Mott. Grigson, Jane. London: MICHAEL JOSEPH, 1967. Hardcover. 308 Pages. 22 x 14 cm. Grigson's first of many beautifully written cookbooks. Considered a detailed narration of head to tail cooking. Elizabeth David called... (#3542) Price: $65.00

ELEGANT ELK - DELICIOUS DEER. Barbour, Judy. Palacios, Texas: PAUL PETERS STUDIO, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 194 pages. 14.5 x 22.5 cm. Self published cookbook dedicated to "The Hunter's Wife". Judy Barbour notes she is a Professional... (#3549) Price: $25.00

LA CUISINE FRAÎCHEUR. Lameloise, Jacques. Paris: STOCK, 1988. Hardcover. From Burgundy, Chef Jacques Lameloise brings simplicity, beauty, and his exquisite taste to this beautiful cookbook. Like his father, and grandfather, Lameloise has carried on the... (#3568) Price: $35.00