•  Bitting 166–67; Cagle, A Matter of Taste, 691 (for fourth ed.). Contemporary mottled sheep, recently rebacked in complementary fashion, preserving the original gilt-stamped leather spine label; sides and edges worn, with abrasions. Title-page with stray small ink markings; half-title and title-page with outer edges darkened. A few leaves with spots of light staining; two lower corners torn away, and a number of others dog-eared. Pages mostly clean — this is overall an attractive copy.

The subject of this work is the rivalry between Spain and France for political and religious supremacy in the Catholic realm of Europe, but the author also discusses national traits, as he sees them, such as manner of dressing, walking, eating, and talking.

•  Palau 97802.   Recent boards covered with marbled paper; leather spine label gilt with title. Some lower margins irregular due to natural paper flaws. All edges speckled red. A very good copy.  (25812)

•  Stapled in original printed cardstock, with decorative silk tassel. Darkening and dust-soiling, definitely more noticeable in person than the photos suggest on some monitors here; still a worthy souvenir.  (26059)

English brewers

•:  Removed from a volume and resewn. A clean copy.

BEER has its own gathering — click here.
And WINE has one also — click here.

There is a small separate section on Passover cookery; there is one on “invalid cookery”; and there are advertisements front and back that tickle in themselves.

•  Bitting 200.   Publisher's blue cloth, spine with gilt-stamped title; binding cocked, spine sunned, covers with spots of light discoloration. One upper outer page corner torn away, not touching text; index with one inked annotation. Pages age-toned with occasional small spots, mostly clean.  (26663)

•  Bitting, 220. Publisher's mauve cloth, gilt-stamped, spine with paper shelving label. Top edge gilt, others deckle. Light rubbing. Gutter tears to preliminary pages and pp. 1/2, all separating (except frontispiece); half-title and title leaf nearly loose. Lacks front free endpaper. Rear free endpaper loose and chipped. Slight separation of several leaves in middle of text block. Bookplate on front pastedown. Library pocket at rear pastedown. Some spots and soiling; pencil marks in many encil marks in a few margins and occasional marginal tears. Hinges opening just a bit. In mylar. (7667)

•  Printed paper leaf, folded once; two tiny spots on front cover, otherwise clean and crisp.  (26061)

•  Not in Brown, Culinary Americana.   Folded as issued. Slightly age-toned, otherwise clean.  (26095)

•  Not in Brown, Culinary Americana.   Publisher's printed paper wrappers, slightly age-toned, back upper outer corner minutely chipped. A clean, fresh copy — a fine one.  (26065)

•  Not in Brown, Culinary Americana.   Publisher's printed paper wrappers with hanging loop. Soiling/staining/spotting, and original staples mostly deteriorated with spine darkened around staple sites. Poor condition, but a charming “period” production.  (26087)

true first edition of the unofficial second series

Food is a recurring topic (“A Dissertation upon Roast Pig”)

The first series made its first appearance in book form in London, 1823. The authorized second series was not published until 1833, under the title The Last Essays of Elia; the pieces selected for the unauthorized American second series offered here are different from those contained in that volume, and mistakenly include three essays written by other hands.

•  Shoemaker 33813 & 33814; NCBEL, III, 1225; NSTC 2L2346.   Vol. I: Uncut copy. Publisher's quarter once-red cloth and paper sides, covers printed with “Elia” within a simple frame, spine with printed paper label; binding rubbed and lightly soiled, spine sunned to yellow. Repaired tear to one leaf, touching text without loss; remarkably clean and sound. Vol. II: Contemporary speckled sheep, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; rubbed, and head of spine chipped with old refurbishing. Ex–social club library: 19th-century bookplate and call number ticket on front pastedown, front free endpaper with inked numerals, title-page pressure-stamped. Author's name inked on title-page; front free endpaper and title-page reinforced at fore-edge (the latter from the back). Both volumes age-toned, with intermittent spots of staining; advertisements absent. The set now housed in a quarter blue morocco and blue cloth–covered clamshell case with marbled paper–covered sides and gilt-stamped spine.  (26434)

•  Folded as issued. Very good condition.  (26013)

•  Not in Brown, Culinary Americana (describes Rumford Cook Book and Complete Cook Book only).   Publisher's printed paper wrappers, with hanging loop; wrapper rubbed, with corners creased — and still charming. Pages with light spotting, one upper outer corner creased and darkened, one recipe with title bracketed in pencil — a copy apparently cooked from!  (26056)

Handwritten recipes include soups (from consommé to black bean to salmon bisque), fish (salmon croquettes to oyster omelet), chicken (chicken pudding!), sauces, breads, salads, cakes and pies, and miscellaneous concoctions like cement for china. Some food recipes are identified as to source (Mrs. Rorer, Mrs. Holmes, etc.).

Names appearing in the church notes, peeping out from under the clippings, are T.M. James, H.S. Mills, and Mrs. James Wilson Marshall — with Heath, Wilson, Smith, Ferguson, Hawley, and Ridgeway additionally appearing as surnames only.

•  Stationer's blank book, all pages ruled in blue with a red left-margin line. All leaves loose, covers present, spine perished and replaced with cloth tape. Some chipping of the inner and outer margins of some leaves. A delicate volume: A miracle that it has survived!

FREEZE THEIR OWN

•  Publisher's printed paper wrappers, slightly age-toned, back cover with light soiling, pamphlet creased once vertically.  (26057)

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•  Publisher's green pebbled cloth, front cover stamped in yellow; spine reinforced with cloth tape, tape now rubbed and splitting. Title-page with updated contact information on affixed label covering original printed publisher's information. A number of leaves with grey discoloration in upper margins; otherwise, a clean copy of a somewhat unusual item.  (26240)

•  Brown, Culinary Americana, 2819g.   Publisher's printed paper wrappers; upper outer corner slightly bumped, spine extremities showing minor rubbing. Pages age-toned, four with areas of offsetting from laid-in newspaper recipe clippings; clean. An attractive copy, bearing the stamp of the distributing Metropolitan agent (Schenectady, N.Y.) on the title-page.  (26052)

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Please note that this is not the similarly named 1934 hardcover cookbook.

•  Brown, Culinary Americana, 3958.   Publisher's printed paper wrappers; upper edge bumped, spine and edges sunned. Pages slightly age-toned, otherwise clean. Bon voyage!  (26051)