1. Barnard, Melanie.

Cincinnati à la Carte [20 Great Restaurants [in Cincinnati] share their best Recipes [Including a Recipe Index]. Edited by Laura Pulfer and Lilia F. Brady. Design by Kay Walker and Barbara Bendall.

Cincinnati (Ohio), Published by Cincinnati, 120 West Fifth Street, 1980. Octavo. 128 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover (Cover illustration by Jim Schaefer). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare !

2. Borzini, Giovanni / Scurti, Jole Ceruti.

La Coltivazione del Fungo Prataiuolo.

2a edizione. Bologna, Edizioni Agricole, 1969. 8°. 179 pages. Hardcover. Italian edition. Very good condition.

3. Chalker, Bryan.

Out of the Frying Pan into der Führer. The story of the Channel Island’ Kitchen Front of World War Two. With additional photographs by Felicity Haze.

Bristol, Redcliffe Press, 1989. 8°. 80 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition.

4. [Dufy, Raoul] Derys, Gaston.

Mon Docteur – Le Vin. Avec 19 Aquarelles de Raoul Dufy – Texte de Gaston Derys. [Préface du Maréchal Pétain] / Typographie de A. M. Cassandre.

Paris, Freres Draeger, 1936. Folio (26 cm wide x 32 cm high). 44 pages with 19 aquarelles. / 19 photolithographs of watercolors (18 in colors), plus 1 photolithograph of a drawing (wrappers). Original, illustrated Softcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

5. Frigidaire Division.

At Home with your Frigidaire.

Kingsbury, General Motors LTD, No Date (c.1960). 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 16 Pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some pencil illustrations on the last page.

6. Gwynn, Stephen.

Memories of Enjoyment.

Tralee, The Kerryman Limited, 1946. Octavo. 148 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare, original dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of fraying and some external wear to the jacket.

7. Hazlitt, W.Carew.

Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine. [Mentioning also Thomas Muffet’s “Health’s Improvement” from 1655 and a longer chapter: “The Early Englishman and his Food”] Essays also include: “Royal Fests and Savage Pomp” / “Cookery Books” [including a small bibliography of 38 important cookery publications from before 1850: The Book of Carving by W. de Worde / The Treasury of Commodious Conceits and Hidden Secrets by John Partridge / The Good Housewife’s Jewel by Thomas Dawson / etc. etc. / Also included is a chapter on “Early Receipts” – Select Extracts from an early receipt-book: “To make Dutch-Beef / To make a Ragout of Pigs-Ears / Meat-Pies and Puddings / Sweet Puddings / Cakes (To make Shrewsbury Cakes) / To make Whetstone Cakes / Conserves, Dried and Candied Fruits, Marmalades etc. Another essay is: “Diet of the Yeoman and the Poor” / “Meats and Drinks” / “The Kitchen” – “Etiquette of the Table”.

London, Elliot Stock, 1886. Wide Octavo. 271 pages including an Index. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Large paper edition (fine india paper) with extra – wide space next to the text for notes. Deckled Edges. Binding slightly rubbed with a tiny defect to upper spine. Very fine and only minor foxing to some pages. [The Book-Lover’s Library. Edited by Henry B. Wheatley]

8. Heiß, Erich.

Wildgemüse und Wildfrüchte. Eine wertvolle Ergänzung und Aufwertung unserer heutigen Nahrung ; Salate, Gemüse, Früchte, Gewürze, Heiltee, Haustee aus der freien Natur ; zahlreiche Ratschläge für eine gesunde Lebensführung nach neuen Erkenntnissen und eigenen Erfahrungen.

Erste Ausgabe. München, Herp, 1980. 21 cm. 335 Seiten. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

9. Jones, Glyn.

The Millers – A story of technological endeavour and industrial success, 1870-2001.

Lancaster, Carnegie Publishing, 2001. 24 cm. VII, 374 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

10. Joya, Mock.

Mock Joya’s Things Japanese.

Sixth Edition. Tokyo, Tokyo News Service Limited, 1971. 15.5 cm x 17.5 cm. XXI, 745 pages. Illustrated throughout with a few black-and-white vignettes. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.