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LE GLACIER CLASSIQUE ET ARTISTIQUE EN FRANCE ET EN ITALIE
by [COOKERY] LACAM, Pierre & CHARABOT, Antoine
- Condition
- Used - Toning to text, some leaves a bit soiled or loose with one repaired at gutter with tape and frayed a bit at edges. Binding sound
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1893
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,718.25
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Paris & Vincennes: Chez Les Auteurs, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Toning to text, some leaves a bit soiled or loose with one repaired at gutter with tape and frayed a bit at edges. Binding sound. Good to Very Good and quite scarce. Contemporary red morocco leather and marbled boards (5-1/4" x 8-1/2"); (iv), 374 pages with 28 illustrations… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,718.25
THE HOUSE SERVANT'S DIRECTORY, OR A MONITOR FOR PRIVATE FAMILIES: COMPRISING HINTS ON THE ARRANGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF SERVANTS' WORK, WITH GENERAL RULES FOR SETTING OUT TABLES AND SIDEBOARDS IN FIRST ORDER; THE ART OF WAITING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES; AND LIKEWISE HOW TO CONDUCT LARGE AND SMALL PARTIES WITH ORDER; WITH GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING ON TABLE ALL KINDS OF JOINTS, FISH, FOWL, &C. WITH FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLEANING PLATE, BRASS, STEEL, GLASS, MAHOGANY; AND LIKEWISE ALL KINDS OF PATENT AND COMMON LAMPS: OBSERVATIONS ON SERVANTS' BEHAVIOUR TO THEIR EMPLOYERS; AND UPWARDS OF 100 VARIOUS AND USEFUL RECEIPTS, CHIEFLY COMPILED FOR THE USE OF HOUSE SERVANTS; AND IDENTICALLY MADE TO SUIT THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES WITH FRIENDLY ADVICE TO COOKS AND HEADS OF FAMILIES; AND COMPLETE DIRECTIONS HOW TO BURN LEHIGH COAL
by ROBERTS, Robert
- Condition
- Used - A Fine example of this scarce title
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1828
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 60,138.75
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Boston & New York: Munroe and Francis; Charles S. Francis, 1828. Second Edition. Hardcover. A Fine example of this scarce title. Duodecimo (4-1/4" x 6-3/4") bound in contemporary calf, recently and neatly rebacked; 180 pages. A rare example of the FIRST COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED BOOK WRITTEN BY AN AFRICAN AMERICAN IN THE UNITED STATES and THE FIRST COOKBOOK WRITTEN… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 60,138.75
GASTRONOMIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
by BITTING, Katherine
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- (1981)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 128.94
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(London): Holland Press, (1981). Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Hardcover; xvi, 718 pages. Limited edition facsimile reprint of the original 1939 edition of this absolutely essential cookery bibliography. Limited to 500 copies, this copy not numbered. Illustrated with text engravings.
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SGD 128.94
FOOD AND DRINK THROUGH THE AGES 2500 B. C. to 1937 A. D.
by [COOKERY]
- Condition
- Used - Covers a little soiled. Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1937
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 60.21
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London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1937. First Edition. Softcover. Covers a little soiled. Very Good. Pictorial wraps (7" x 9-1/2"); more than 200 pages including Language, Subject, and Author indexes. Illustrated.
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SGD 60.21
GASTRONOMIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
by LOWENSTEIN, Eleanor
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 60.21
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Worcester, MA & New York: American Antiquarian Society & Corner Books, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Green cloth; xii, 132 pages including index. Preface To The Third Edition by Mark McCorison.
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SGD 60.21
THE NEW ART OF COOKERY, ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT PRACTICE; BEING A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ALL HOUSEKEEPERS, ON A PLAN ENTIRELY NEW; CONSISTING OF THIRTY-EIGHT CHAPTERS...
by BRIGGS, Richard
- Condition
- Used - Front free endpaper lacking; early owner name to top of title and the first page of text; light to moderate foxing; one gatherin
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1792
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 4,295.62
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Philadelphia: W. Spotswood, R. Campbell, and B. Johnson, 1792. First American Edition. Hardcover. Front free endpaper lacking; early owner name to top of title and the first page of text; light to moderate foxing; one gathering bound upside down; about five leaves trimmed closely, occasionally affecting a word or letter. Binding quite nice with partial splits on both covers… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 4,295.62
MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOK
by [COOKERY]
- Condition
- Used - Fairly clean and readable; spine lacking, boards loose but holding. Good
- Published
- 1839
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,632.34
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Reading [UK], 1839. Hardcover. Fairly clean and readable; spine lacking, boards loose but holding. Good. Calf-backed boards, 6-1/2" x 7-3/4". An English Manuscript Recipe book signed on the front pastedown "Mrs Garrard/Friar St./Reading/Berks 39" consisting of 100 pages, mostly not numbered and nearly all of which are filled in with manuscript recipes, with the first two pages being… Read more about this item Item Price
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SOLLER COOKBOOK
by [COOKERY] DAHLBERG, R'Lene (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 85.91
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[New York]: Pequod Press, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Printed white wraps with the text on brown paper. One of 100 numbered copies with handset type.
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SGD 85.91
