London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847. Early Edition. Hardcover. The sixth edition, in which are added, directions for carving. 12mo. xlviii,608pp, followed by a 32 page publishers catalogue dated January, 1847. Original brown T-grain cloth embossed in blind on the boards, and in gilt on the spine with title... More about Modern Cookery, In All Its Branches; Reduced to a System of Easy Practice, for the Use of Private...

(London: Printed for the Society of Antiquaries by John Nichols, 1790). Hardcover. Published as part of 'A Collection of Ordinances and Regulations of the Royal Household, made in divers reigns, from Edward III to William and Mary, and also Receipts in Ancient Cookery'. 4to. This copy does not retain the... More about Ancient Cookery, From a Ms in the Library of the Royal Society, Arundel Collection No. 344

New=York: Printed by J. & J. Harper, 1829. First US edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Two frontispieces, (6), 9- 212,(2)pp followed by 2pp of ads. Contemporary red leather spine, with gilt title and rules; paper over boards. Two frontispieces after sketches by Robert Cruikshank, repeated as plates in the text. Binding a.... More about Apician Morsels; Or, Tales of the Table, Kitchen, and Larder: A New and Improved Code of Eatics;...

Madrid: José María Faquineto, 1892. 2 volumes. 4to. 1019; 1031, (2) pp. Contemporary full sprinkled leather; spines in six compartments with raised bands, green leather lettering labels, gilt. Illustrated with chromolithographs, including a chromolithograph title page in volume 1 in addition to the typeset title. Corner of one volume bumped... More about Diccionario General de Cocina; Ilustrado con cromos de lujo

London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1806. Hardcover. The Thirteenth Edition. 8vo. (iv), 397 pp. Frontispiece and three engraved plates, one of a stove and two of table settings. Nineteenth century full leather binding, spine with simple gilt rules.First published in 1769, this is the 13th edition. Signed by the author... More about The Experienced English Housekeeper, For the Use and Ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First Asbury edition. Hardcover. 8vo. li,(3),169,(1)pp. Yellow cloth printed in Aquatone by the Edward Stern Co. Top edge stained green. Illustrated. Index.  This is the first cocktail recipe book published in the United States, first appearing in 1862. The 1928 edition is the... More about The Bon Vivant's Companion, Or, How to Mix Drinks