Entertaining from Carnegie Hill Books

NY: Abbeville Press, 1988. First edition. Square quarto. 246 pp; color photographs throughout. Red cloth with dustjacket, Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; rear cover of jacket shows light scuffing. A fascinating book with menus and recipes contributed by well-known hosts and hostesses. It is illustrated with fine examples of American decorative arts from Winterthur's vast holdings, arranged in some… Read more about this item

NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. First edition. Square quarto. 144 pp; color photographs throughout. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, small tea stain! on bottom edges, else a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with small tear at base of spine. A very attractive book featuring the origins of tea drinking in countries around the world, as well as indigenous tea foods for… Read more about this item

NY: Random House, 1976. Second printing. Octavo. viii, 208 pp; 5 color & numerous b/w photographs. Cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, top & bottom of spine a bit sunned; unclipped jacket has narrow sunned strip on both sides of spine, short slit in center of front panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992. Second printing. Octavo. Unpaginated, color illustrations throughout. Hardcover with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with minor wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Bloomsbury, 2003. First printing. Octavo. 198 pp; bibliography. Cloth with gilt-lettered spine with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has tiny tear at head of jacket spine, else fine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Octopus Books, 1973. Octavo. 97 pp; 89 color & b/w illustrations. Illustrated cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG. This book traces the history of playing cards from the earliest cards in China, India, and Persia to the present day. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.