Search Results: COOKING / FOOD / DRINK from THE FAMILY ALBUM

A la Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris: 1855., 1855 136 p. Small 12 mo. 140 mm. Age stained, but quite legible. Disbound. A rare French manual on the manufacturing and use of Apple Brandy and related liquors. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FR-VOYAGE 3RD FL Language: eng. Soft cover. Good.

Aurand Press, Harrisburg: 1947., 1947 32 p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 21. Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good.

A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago: 1908., 1908 78p. + Portrait frontis. 8vo. Original cloth backed paper binding. Paper spine label worn. One of the earliest promoters of changing how one eats was Horace Fletcher (1849-1919) of Lawrence, MA. He evolved a system called Fletcherism, concerned chiefly with the slow mastication (chewing) of food. If you follow Fletcherism, you will chew each bite of food until it becomes a watery mass in your mout h before swallowing. This has two effects. First, if you chew a bite of food that long, you will be consuming your meal at a slower rate. Secondly, the reduction of this food to a watery mass means th at it will be less difficult to extract nutrients from the food. PHREN 2 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York: 1975., 1975 pp. xvii, 149 plus frontis and full page plates. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket with small tear. First American Edition. Scottish history intertwined with scotch distilling. WH ISKEY 4 **PRICE JUST REDUCED! 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Printed for R. Knaplock, J. Knapton, D. Midwinter, W. Taylor, W. and J. Innys, J. Osborn, and R. Robinson, London: 1724., 1724 Two volumes in one. (14), 386; (3), 116, (2) [Publisher's advertisements]. Includes additional title pages, with different imprints, dated 1709. General title (printed in red and black) soiled. Folio. 315 mm. Original full leather binding; lacks front board. Early manuscript ownerships: "Ebenezer Grant's Book, the Gift of his Uncle John Brown." Also the autograph ownership of Jacob Green. Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699) was a British theologian and scholar. Considered an outstanding preacher as well as a strong polemical writer defending Anglicanism, Stillingfleet was known as "the beauty of holiness" for his good looks in the pulpit, and was called by John Hough "the ablest man of his time". Here he makes a study of the "divine authority" of the Bible and hence of its truth and historical reliability in all matters; with an… Read More

J. B. Lippincott & Co. Philadelphia: 1874., 1874 318 p. 12mo. Worn original green publisher's cloth binding. Some signatures loose. Classic. PA 013A x2. Language: eng. 2nd Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown: 1939., 1939 pp. 37, 130, 271. Original printed wraps. Two important studies. The work on kitchens is especially significant and useful. Limited Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good.

Abbeville Press for the Pennsylvania German Society, Birdsboro: 1993., 1993 204p. Illustrated. Oblong 4to. DJ. First Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. F.. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Abbeville Press for the Pennsylvania German Society, Birdsboro, NY; London; Paris: (1993)., 1993 204p. Illustrated with numerous color photos by Jerry Orabona. Oblong 4to. Original binding. Original priced dust jacket. Also issued as Pennsylvania German Society, New Series. Volume 27. A wonderful exploration of Pennsylvania-Dutch cooking and food-ways. Near fine copy. First Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED PA GER SOC. 3rd fl. BOX 13 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London: 1916., 1916 pp. vii, 327. Inked ownership. All edges decorated orange. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, gold lettered. Some spotting on spine and boards. Hardbound. In addition to covering etiquette, manners, and household culture - there are: architectural ideas; interior decoration advice; housework ssuggestions; cooking hints; kitchen conveniences; and help with children, clothing, visiting, etc. First Edition. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ETIQUETTE2 BOX 1 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Dodd, Mead & Co., New York: 1963., 1963 280p. Plus full page plates. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn. WHISKEY 4 0.0. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London: 1848, 1848 Three volumes. Engraved armorial frontis. Small 8vo. 17 cm. Later English half leather binding by A. F. Denny, rubbed at extremities. Marbled edges. Engraved bookplate of Alexander Uffey. ** FROM THE HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY: Embossed stamp of the 'Harry S. Truman Library / Independence Missouri' and the 'Surplus / Duplicate' stamp of the Library of Congress. Warren was an English lawyer who gained fame for his arguments against the insanity defense. Starting in 1830, he contributed regular ly to Blackwood's Magazine. His great success was 'Ten Thousand a Year' which ran in Blackwood's October 1839 to August 1841. It was one of the most popular novels of the century. Defying public sentiment, critics complained of the banality of the moralizing and the extravagance of the humor. Most contem poary readers, on the other hand, found the sketches of farcical characters boldly drawn and the caricatures clearly… Read More

Publications International, Ltd., Lincolnwood, IL: (1996)., 1996 192p. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Square 4to. Original glossy pictorial binding. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. Nice copy. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! COOK 1 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Golden Press, New York: 1969., 1969 310p. Plus index and color frontis. Illustrated with numerous photographs. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. A great gift for wine lovers. Starting with a history of wine making and then going from country to country examining the history, varieties and techniques. Beautiful illustrations and photographs. Includes fifty international recipes for cooking with wine compiled by Madeleine Othenin-Girard. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WHISKEY 1. Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Fireside Book, New York & London: 1993. 280p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original printed wraps. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WHISKEY 2 Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good.

Bacchus Press Ltd., Baltimore: 1985., 1985 pp. 403. Illustrated. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. The most complete and comprehensive reference on wine books in the world. It contains information on virtually every wine book ever published in English (there are over 3,200 entries), biographical sketches of prominent wine writers and hundreds of wine facts that span thousands of years." Hardbound. Very Good. First Edition. WHISKEY 4 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Sotheby's Publications, London, (Harper & Row, New York): 1985., 1985 208p. Numerous photographs and maps. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Nice copy. Second Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WINE 1 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.