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Cassell's Dictionary of Cooking - RESERVED -
1888 - Cassell & Company, London - 107th Thousand [With ads dated July 1888]
A clean copy of this comprehensive 1,280 page work with numerous illustrations, containing about nine thousand recipes. Beginning with The Principles of Cookery, followed by the Dictionary which Includes such classic recipes as Strawberry Hydropathic Pudding, Ladies Wine Biscuits, and Pickled Bullock’s Tongue.
‘One of the most thorough and comprehensive works of the kind.’ - The Times.
Appendix in three parts: Kitchen Utensils, Seasonable Food, and Glossary of Terms Used in Cookery.
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1888 - Cassell & Company, London - 107th Thousand [With ads dated July 1888]
A clean copy of this comprehensive 1,280 page work with numerous illustrations, containing about nine thousand recipes. Beginning with The Principles of Cookery, followed by the Dictionary which Includes such classic recipes as Strawberry Hydropathic Pudding, Ladies Wine Biscuits, and Pickled Bullock’s Tongue. ‘One of the most thorough and comprehensive works of the kind.’ - The Times.
Appendix in three parts: Kitchen Utensils, Seasonable Food, and Glossary of Terms Used in Cookery.
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The Prophet -
Kahlil Gibran
1923 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York - First Edition
One of the best selling books of the 20th century. Since its first appearance in 1923 The Prophet has never been out of print and has gone through more than 160 printings, over 100 million copies have been sold. Translated into more than 40 languages, The Prophet still sells more than 5000 copies per week worldwide. Behind William Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu, Kahlil Gibran ranks as the third most widely read poet in history. Copies of the first edition are scarce.
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1923 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York - First Edition
One of the best selling books of the 20th century. Since its first appearance in 1923 The Prophet has never been out of print and has gone through more than 160 printings, over 100 million copies have been sold. Translated into more than 40 languages, The Prophet still sells more than 5000 copies per week worldwide. Behind William Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu, Kahlil Gibran ranks as the third most widely read poet in history. Copies of the first edition are scarce.
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The House-Keeper’s Pocket-Book, and Compleat Family Cook - Also - Every one their own Physician -
Sarah Harrison
1777 - for J. Rivington and Sons, London - Ninth Edition revised and corrected
Includes 20 pages of tables showing the rate of farthings to l.s.d.f. 6 pages of ‘Tables of Interest’ - Showing the cost of borrowing at 3, 3.5, 4, and 5 percent, over periods ranging from one day to 12 months. Index incorrectly bound before tables.
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1777 - for J. Rivington and Sons, London - Ninth Edition revised and corrected
Includes 20 pages of tables showing the rate of farthings to l.s.d.f. 6 pages of ‘Tables of Interest’ - Showing the cost of borrowing at 3, 3.5, 4, and 5 percent, over periods ranging from one day to 12 months. Index incorrectly bound before tables.
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The Household Cyclopedia of General Information, Containing Over Ten Thousand Receipts in all the Useful and Domestic Arts; Constituting a Complete and Practical Library Relating to: agriculture, angling, bees, bleaching, book-keeping, brewing, cotton, culture, crocheting, carving, cholera, cooking, calico prlnting, confectionary, cements, chemical receipts, cosmetics, diseases, dairy, dentistry, dialysis, decalcomanie, dyeing, distillation, enamelling,engraving, electro plating, electrotyping, fish culture, farriery, food, flower gardening, fireworks, gas metres, gilding, glass, health, horsemanship, inks, jeweller's paste, knitting, knots, lithography, mercantile calculations, medicine, miscellaneous receipts, metallurgy, mezzotints, oil colors, oils, paintings, perfumery, pastry, petroleum, pickling, poisons and antidotes, potichomania, proof reading, pottery, preserving, photography, pyrotechnics, rural and domestic economy, sugar raising, silvering, scouring, silk and silk worms, sorghum, tobacco culture, tanning, trees, telegraphing, varnishes, vegetable gardening, weights and measures, wines, etc. etc. -
Henry Hartshorne
1883 - T. Ellwood Zell, Philadelphia - Second Edition
With 262 illustrations (35 plates). In addition to recipes, this books covers practically everything you need to know at home, as can be clearly seen from the title. Bound in later green half-calf.
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1883 - T. Ellwood Zell, Philadelphia - Second Edition
With 262 illustrations (35 plates). In addition to recipes, this books covers practically everything you need to know at home, as can be clearly seen from the title. Bound in later green half-calf.
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The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám -
Omar Khayyam
1920 - George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London - First Thus : Illustrated by Willy Pogany
By the renowned philosopher poet Omar Khayyám, the Fitzgerald translation, with lovely illustrations by Willy Pogany.
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1920 - George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London - First Thus : Illustrated by Willy Pogany
By the renowned philosopher poet Omar Khayyám, the Fitzgerald translation, with lovely illustrations by Willy Pogany.
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - The Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald with Accompaniment of Drawings by Elihu Vedder -
Omar Khayyám. Elihu Vedder [illustrator]
1886 - Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston - First Small Folio
Illustrated with 56 Photo-lithograph plates, each printed on one side only and hinged with linen. A fine copy of a beautifully produced book, which is usually found with the ornate gilt boards rubbed.
[32 x 25 cm]
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1886 - Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston - First Small Folio
Illustrated with 56 Photo-lithograph plates, each printed on one side only and hinged with linen. A fine copy of a beautifully produced book, which is usually found with the ornate gilt boards rubbed.[32 x 25 cm]
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The Cook’s Oracle containing Receipts for Plain Cookery on the Most Economical Plan, For Private Families the result of actual experiments by the late William Kitchiner, M.D. -
William Kitchiner
1865 - Houlston and Wright, London - New Edition
A lovely example of Kitchiner’s most famous work. 691 recipes with wonderful notes, and digressions such as Meditation on a Pudding, Friendly Advice to Cooks and other Servants, Invitations to Dinner, all preceded by detailed chapters on the methods of cooking. Magnificent.
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1865 - Houlston and Wright, London - New Edition
A lovely example of Kitchiner’s most famous work. 691 recipes with wonderful notes, and digressions such as Meditation on a Pudding, Friendly Advice to Cooks and other Servants, Invitations to Dinner, all preceded by detailed chapters on the methods of cooking. Magnificent.
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Now We Are Six -
A.A. Milne
1927 - Methuen & Co, London - First Edition
“So wherever I am, there’s always Pooh, There’s always Pooh and Me.
“What would I do?” I said to Pooh, “If it wasn’t for you”, and Pooh said: “True,
It isn’t much fun for One, but Two Can stick together,” Says Pooh, says he.
“That’s how it is,” says Pooh.
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1927 - Methuen & Co, London - First Edition
“So wherever I am, there’s always Pooh, There’s always Pooh and Me. “What would I do?” I said to Pooh, “If it wasn’t for you”, and Pooh said: “True,
It isn’t much fun for One, but Two Can stick together,” Says Pooh, says he.
“That’s how it is,” says Pooh.
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