320 pages. 26 x 21 cm. In Charcuterie, the authors have created the only comprehensive book on the subject, filling an enormous gap in our understanding of cooking. They have included all the classic charcuterie recipes: duck confit, sausages, prosciutto, pancetta, pâte de campagne, knackwurst, and many more. Forward by Thomas Keller. Illustrated with black and white line drawings by Yevgeniy Solovyev. Pristine copy. Covered in protective mylar. Brown boards, yellow cloth covered spine. Fine, in fine dust wrapper
Signed limited edition - 397 of 450 copies. Signed by the author on the title page. This new edition, the first of a series of Elizabeth David classics, is illustrated with paintings by French artists. First appearing in 1951, when rationing was still in force in Britain, David's book was an escapist read for the food starved public. This beautifully written cookbook - a classic, that should be read, sitting on a lawn chair while plotting your next meal. The food writer, Molly O'Neill said it best when she wrote: "Cooking wasn't a science to David; it was an art. Recipes today are created to be followed literally and slavishly, the culinary equivalent to paint-by-numbers. The recipes that David wrote nearly half a century ago are broad strokes on a canvas - she leaves the details to the cook, and for this reason, her recipes are neither dated nor dowdy, they are alive." Line drawings by JOHN MINTON. Boards and copy are pristine, dust wrapper clean but priced clipped. Covered in protective mylar. Green color illustrated boards. Fine, in near fine dust wrapper
12 pages. 14.5 x 8 cm. A captivating look at the broad array of wines, liqueurs, and ales available at the end of the 19th century in Boston, MA. The shop owned by David W. Blanchard and John W. Farrar stocked 17 different Bourbon and Rye Whiskeys, 5 types of Rum, 8 different Gins, 12 varieties of Brandies, 7 types of Sherry Wines, 8 varieties of Port Wine, 14 varieties of Native Wines, 6 different Claret Wines, 3 types of Sauternes, and a wide array of Cordials, Bitters, Punches, Essences, Cocktails, and Foreign Ales and Porters. An illustrated map of downtown Boston is featured on the back cover with miniature drawings of the Boston & Maine Depot, the Boston & Lowell Depot, the Eastern Depot, the Fitchburg Depot, Warren Bridge, Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall, and the Blanchard, Farrar & Co. store situated on their appropriate streets. Covers toned and soiled, interior clean. Cream illustrated wraps. Very good
22 x 14 cm. Cover art features the profile of a pilgrim filled in with a plane landing on an airstrip. Menu's highlights: Consommé, Saltines, Mixed Sweet Pickles, Roast Tom Turkey, Oyster Dressing, Giblet Gravy, Chilled Cranberry Sauce, Snowflake Potatoes, Fruit Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Mixed Nuts, Cigarettes, Candy Bars, and Coffee. Full page lists Commanding Officers, Assistant Commissary Officers, Chief Commissary Stewards, and Chief Masters-at-Arms. Cover and interior clean. Back cover has residue from previously being pasted on to a surface. Brown illustrated paper. Very good
349 pages. 22 x 15 cm. M.F.K. Fisher worked diligently, and against time, in the months just before her death to assemble her never-before-published journals, short stories, and correspondence, weaving them into two volumes. Continuing where she left off in To Begin Again, this book presents a candid account of her complicated triangle between her first husband, Al, and their friend Dillwyn Parrish. Pristine copy. Covered in protective mylar. Gray boards, gray cloth spine. Fine, in fine dust wrapper
156 pages. 12 x 8 cm. Published by the America department store, Wanamakers, this silk covered day book is decorated in a Persian art-deco design with gilt edges and housed in a similar styled publisher-issued slipcase with matching silk plates. 4 lithographic plates (Barbier), colored in pochoir and by hand in grays and white, with an additional 3 black and white plates. Interior features monthly calendar, blank pages for notes, and a selection of poems including those by Voltaire, Brazier, & Gilbert. Text in French. Interior crisp and clean, covers lightly rubbed at edges. Slip case rubbed and soiled with 1/2 cm. loss to spine. Silk paper covered boards, illustrated in color with gilt edges. Very good, in good slip case
403 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. Presentation copy - inscribed to Joe McGrath, a friend and longtime secretary to Prescott Townsend, a well known Boston Brahmin, also featured in this book. The author explores the nature and expression of sexual identity at America's oldest university during the years of its greatest influence. The Crimson Letter follows the gay experience at Harvard in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing upon students, faculty, alumni, and hangers-on who struggled to find their place within the confines of Harvard Yard and in the society outside. Laid in: 16 pages of photo copies with the author's annotations, a photo copy of the first page designs inscribed to Joe McGrath, copy of the cover art, and a photo copied review of the book from the Boston Globe. Presentation on the front free end paper: "For Joe McGrath, My old friend from Tindal Place! With the best wishes of the author and many thanks for your help in remembering - Douglas Shand-Tucci, 03 - 05 - 03."Interior and boards pristine. Dust wrapper very lightly rubbed at corners. Covered in protective mylar. Black boards. Fine, in near fine dust wrapper