COOKING from Downtown Brown Books, ABAA

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San Francisco: Taber Photo, 1887. Ephemera. Fine. One of Taber's best-known images of Chinatown in San Francisco, an image of the open storefront of a Chinese shop, with three clerks standing at the front of the store (another person is seated in the background and two others peer in a side window to watch the photographer). The front… Read more about this item

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The Women's Suffrage Cookery Book

by Dowson, Aubrey (compiled by)

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Used - Very good

Edition

First Edition

Published

1909

Binding

Hardcover

ISBN

9781162496658

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London: Women's Printing Society, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. One of the better-known British suffrage cookbooks, assembled by the Birmingham chapter of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) as a fundraiser. Suffragists from around the United Kingdom submitted recipes. The final section includes "Menus for Meals for Suffrage Workers" offered as "an attempt to cope… Read more about this item

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Melceü't-tabbahîn [The Chef's Refuge]

by Kamil, Mehmet

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Used

Edition

First Edition

Published

1844

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Istanbul: Saye-i Sahane-i Humayûn, 1844. First Edition. The first edition of the first Turkish cookbook, which was the foundation of Turkish cuisine through (at least) nine 19th century editions. Türabi Efendi's Turkish Cookery Book, which had two 19th century editions, was a translation that didn't credit Kamil's book. Kamil provides the first printed recipes for well-known Turkish dishes like… Read more about this item

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150 recetas de entremeses y cock-tails

by [Cocktails]

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Used - Very good

Edition

Later printing

Published

1944

Binding

Pamphlet

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Mexico: Libros y Revistas, 1944. Later printing. Pamphlet. Very good. Fifty-eight cocktails and ninety-two recipes for hors d'oeuvres, named and identified by number. The cocktails are mostly based on European spirits-gin, cognac, whisky-but in unusual combinations. The champagne cocktail (no. 101) combines champagne, 8 drops of nocino (licor de nueces verdes), Cointreau, lemon peel, a pinch of nutmeg,… Read more about this item

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[Diary of a Tour of the United States and Europe] Obei man'yu nisshi

by Otani, Kahyoe (also Romanized Kahei)

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Used - Very good

Edition

First Edition

Published

1900

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Hardcover

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Yokohama: (the author / Tokyo Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Yokohama Bunsha), 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A privately printed version of the diary kept by Otani Kahyoe, the president of the Japan Central Tea Traders' Association. "Mr. Otani visited America and Europe in 1899-1900, when he represented both the Tokyo and Yokohama Chambers of Commerce at the Philadelphia… Read more about this item

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The Raw and the Cooked

by Harrison, Jim

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Used - Near fine

Edition

Uncorrected Proof

Published

2001

Binding

Hardcover

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New York: Atlantic Monthly / Grove Press, 2001. Uncorrected Proof. Hardcover. Near fine. An advance copy, preceding the first edition, of this collection of essays on food, one of Harrison's great passions. 283 pages. An uncorrected proof, with at least minor differences from the first edition, including an Atlantic Monthly imprint on the title page, a different… Read more about this item

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The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand

by Harrison, Jim

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Used - Fine

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Fine

Edition

First Edition

Published

2001

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Hardcover

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New York: Grove Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A terrific association copy of this collection of essays on food, one of Harrison's great passions. The first edition was a relatively small 17,881 copies. 271 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This copy is… Read more about this item

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The Woman Suffrage Cook Book Conta[i]ning Thoroughly Tested and Reliable Recipes for Cooking, Directions for the Care of the Sick, and Practical Suggestions, Contributed Especially for this Work

by Burr, Hattie A. (editor)

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Used - Very good

Edition

First Edition

Published

1886

Binding

Hardcover

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Boston: Published in Aid of the Festival and Bazaar, December 13-19, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The first edition of the first American woman's suffrage movement cookbook, printed for sale during the woman suffrage bazaar held in Boston on six days in 1886. Harriet "Hattie" Burr, who was active in suffrage and other community causes,… Read more about this item

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Pourquoi les hommes usent-ils de stupéfiants? [Why do people stupefy themselves?]

by Tolstoy, Leo [Tolstoï, Leon]

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Used - Very good

Edition

First Edition

Published

1904

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Pamphlet

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Paris: Bureaux des Annales Antialcooliques, 1904. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. The first separate edition, in French translation by Michel Peter, of Tolstoy's polemical inquiry into why people use alcohol and drugs. The essay begins: "What is this demand for stupefying things-vodka, wine, beer, hashish, opium, tobacco, and others less universally used; ether, morphine, mukhumor? Why did… Read more about this item

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Con los sabores de mi tierra Cuba [Flavors of My Cuba]

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Used

Published

2014

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Ephemera

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Holguín, Cuba: Casa Editora Cuadernos Papiro, 2014. Ephemera. 11 sheets, 6-3/4 by 11-3/4 inches, in a 12-1/2 by 11 inches. Published in an edition of 100 copies. Each sheet offers a traditional Cuban recipe printed letterpress on handmade paper. The recipes are inserted into a shaped folder reminiscent of a basket with a thick string handle, a mounted… Read more about this item

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Memoria sobre el estado de la agricultura é industria de la república en el año de 1845, presentada al Gobierno Supremo por la dirección de estos ramos en el de 1846

by Alaman, Lúcas

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Used - Good

Edition

First Edition

Published

1846

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Trade paperback

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Méjico [Mexico City]: Imprenta de J. Lara, 1846. First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. This agricultural and industrial report covers many topics, including silk, paper, wax, ceramics, cacao, and other crops and natural resources. It also includes a relatively early mention of mezcal (mescal), which is described as an important product in many parts, especially in Jalisco and the… Read more about this item

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Eat & Drink

by Scholder, Fritz

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Used - Fine

Edition

First Edition

Published

1997

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Hardcover

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[Scottsdale, AZ?]: Apocrypha Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Fritz Scholder (1937-2005), an important American figurative painter, is best known for his expressionistic portraits of Native Americans (he was an enrolled member of the Luiseño tribe). But his artistic practice was not limited to the visual arts. For a brief period, following a collaborative project with Leonard Baskin… Read more about this item

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Cottage Economy: Containing information relative to the brewing of Beer, making of Bread, keeping of Cows, Pigs, Bees, Ewes, Goats, Poultry, and Rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a Labourer's Family..

by Cobbett, William; preface by G. K. Chesterton

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Used - Very good

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Very good

Published

1926

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Hardcover

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London: Peter Davies, 1926. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The second ediiton of this reprint of Cobbett's 1820s book on home economy with Chesterton's introduction. With a plate from the original redesigned by Eric Gill. xi, 220 pages. A very good to near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light chipping to the edges of… Read more about this item

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Spirits of the Valley

by Fisher, M. F. K.

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Used - Fine

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First Edition

Published

1985

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Hardcover

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New York: Targ Editions, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. An autobiographical essay about sixteen years Fisher spent living on 90 acres near Hemet, in southern California, beginning in 1940. Fisher is best known for her writings on cooking, like How to Cook a Wolf and Consider the Oyster. 21 pages. 7-3/4 by 11-1/2 inches. Published as no.… Read more about this item

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Brewing Materials: Wahl Handybook of the American Brewing Industry, Vol. II

by Wahl, Arnold Spencer

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Used - Very good

Edition

First Edition

Published

1944

Binding

Hardcover

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Chicago: Wahl Institute, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A reference book from one of the leading beer researchers and educators in the first half of the twentieth century. This volume covers barley, malt, malting, malting adjuncts, hops, and technical materials. 623 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good or better copy in thin leatherette boards.… Read more about this item

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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

by Gay, Roxane

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Used - Fine

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Fine

Edition

First Edition

Published

2017

Binding

Hardcover

ISBN

9780062362599

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New York: Harper, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An acclaimed memoir that "explores what it means to be overweight in a time when the bigger you are, the less you are seen." First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine, tight copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Gay on the title page.… Read more about this item

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OPA Top Legal Prices for the Richmond Area, Effective July 4, 1943 through August 1, 1943 [Poster]

by Office of Price Administration

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Used - Very good

Published

1943

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Ephemera

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[Washington, DC]: United States Office of Price Administration, 1943. Ephemera. Very good. During the Second World War, posters like this one hung in most of the grocery stores in the United States, but few of them have survived. A key homefront concern of the federal government was runaway inflation, which had posed a significant economic problem during World… Read more about this item

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Here's a War Job All America May Be Proud Of

by Cooper, Fred G.

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Used - Very good

Published

1944

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Ephemera

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Washington DC: United States Office of Price Administration, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944. Ephemera. Very good. A Second World War homefront poster encouraging Americans to participate in price-control efforts in order to keep inflation under control. The main graphic shows two women reaching for their baskets of groceries. The woman from 1918-the First World War-finds the basket out… Read more about this item

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Rationing Is Sharing with Our Fighters and Neighbors [Poster]

by [Office of Price Administration (OPA)]

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Used - Near fine

Published

1943

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Ephemera

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Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1943. Ephemera. Near fine. A Second World War homefront poster encouraging Americans to participate in the federal efforts to ration scarce foodstuffs and goods. The text is presented in fields of red, white, and blue. 22 by 28 inches. O.P.A. Poster 1943-O-518863. A near fine copy, folded as issued. Minor splits at… Read more about this item

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I'm Out to Lick Runway Prices. Let's All Follow the 7-Key Plan to Hold Prices Down [poster]

by Office of Economic Stabilization

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Used - Very good

Published

1944

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Ephemera

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