Cooking from Book Happy Booksellers

Peiping, China: Peiping Chronicle, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 106pp; Blue boards with gilt titling to front & spine, boards age-toned with slight wrinkling to front board & fading to spine titling, bookplate to FFEP, a few smudges & slight foxing to text, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG- condition. (Bookplate & laid in notes of Mabel Altona Wood… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Cloth in DJ; 146pp; DJ clean & bright, boards square, clean & bright, small red dot to bottom edge, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+/VG+ condition. Vintage cook book with over 100 authentic recipes from around the world, for one-course meals.

Beaverton, OR: The Touchstone Press, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" Softcover; 80pp; Covers clean & bright with slight edgewear, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Vintage cook book of Italian peasant recipes by Portland, Oregon newspaperman whose parents came from Guardia Lombardy, Italy. Illustrated with line drawings.

Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1965. Softcover. Very Good. 81pp; Small pen mark to front cover, else covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Scarce, vintage cook book for young brides by professional cook and operator of Maudie's Cafe, a renowned restaurant featuring home-style cooking in Payette, Idaho.

Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1965. Softcover. Very Good+. 81pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Scarce, vintage cook book for young brides by professional cook and operator of Maudie's Cafe, a renowned restaurant featuring home-style cooking in Payette, Idaho.

San Francisco, CA: H. S. Crocker Company, 1897. First Edition. Softcover. Good+. Flexible Cloth; 62pp; Green flexible cloth boards with gilt titling to front, light dampstaining to boards, hinges professionally repaired, pages slightly age-toned, minor wrinkling to some pages, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+ condition. Scarce, quaint, antique cook book by cooking teacher and demonstrator, "Miss Suzy Tracy." Ads… Ler mais sobre este item

Chicago, IL: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 256pp; Tan boards with black titling to front & spine, minor staining to boards, wear to joints, previous owner's name to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG- condition. Scarce, quaint, antique American cook book to serve as "a valuable aid to the young and inexperienced housewife… Ler mais sobre este item

Chicago, IL: P. F. Volland Company. Softcover. Near Fine. 5-1/2" x 11" Softcover; Covers clean & bright with gilt and color illustration to front, bound at top with pink cord with tassels, slight crease to back cover, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine condition. Scarce, vintage collection of dinner recipes and menus with instructions for formal and informal dinner… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris, France: Vilo International, 2000. Softcover. Very Good-. 244pp; A few pen marks to front cover, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Volume 1 only. History of tea culture and preparation. Illustrated with photos.

Warsaw, Poland: Rea, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good+. 1148pp; Covers clean & bright, all edges gilt, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Compendium of information about Polish cooking with 2400 traditional and modern recipes. Illustrated with color photos.

Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1971. Softcover. Very Good-. 89pp; Covers slightly rubbed with minor staining, corner crease to front, spine lightly creased, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG- condition. Scarce, vintage cook book for bachelors, written by the chef at Maudie Owens Cafe, Payette, Idaho, who had over 40 years of experience.

New York: Rinehart & Company Inc., 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 256pp; No DJ, orange cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, boards square & clean, spine faded, illustrated purple endpapers, previous owner's name to flyleaf, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Vintage collection of writings about imbibing alcoholic beverages. Illustrated.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Hardcover in DJ; 195pp; DJ price-clipped & age-toned with minor creasing & protected by mylar sleeve, previous owner's name to flyleaf, boards square, clean & slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG- condition. Vintage cookbook featuring 100 recipes from 50 small Paris bistros of the 1950s.

Seattle, WA: Golden Rule Publishing Co.. Hardcover. Good+. 240pp; Cream colored boards with illustration to front, minor staining to boards, previous owner's names to front endpaper, pages slightly age-toned with creases & darker tanning to a few pages, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Scarce, vintage cook book. Published circa 1930.

Chicago, IL: Consolidated Book Publishers, Inc., 1942. Softcover. Very Good-. Wraps; 64pp; Slight handling wear to covers, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG- condition. Vintage World War Two era pamphlet on entertaining during wartime. Illustrated with drawings by Catherine Snyder & Joyce Ballantyne & with photos.

New York: Macy-Masius, Inc., 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. DJ edgeworn, creased & protected by mylar sleeve, staining to boards, fore-edge of a few pages slightly ragged, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG-/VG- condition. Scarce, quaint, vintage cook book "For the Young Housekeeper in a Kitchenette Apartment," a recipe book for "city housewives, especially the younger… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First and Second Printings Before Publication. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Cloth in DJ; First and Second Printings Before Publication; 555pp + 54pp (index); DJ slightly wrinkled & edgeworn with original price ($12.50) intact, boards square, clean & bright, minor staining to edges, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG- condition. Stated: "Published October… Ler mais sobre este item

Great Falls, MT: Vagabond Publishing, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 331pp; Minor creasing & light smudge to back cover, front cover clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author inside front cover. Recipes from across the world including Scandinavia, France, Latin countries, England, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Greece, Hungary,… Ler mais sobre este item

Minneapolis, MN: Frederic H. Girnau Creations. Softcover. Very Good-. Wraps; 64pp; Slight handling wear to covers, pages age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Fish and seafood cook book by culinary expert, compliments of the Gluek Brewing Company in Minneapolis. Illustrated. Published circa 1950s.

Seattle, WA: African Imports, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good+. Spiral-Bound Softcover; 169pp; Spiral-Bound, plastic laminated front cover, covers clean & bright, wrinkling to a few pages, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Recipes for dishes from the African nations of Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire, Uganda, Ethiopia and more. Photography by John Wall. Layout by Sharon Adjiri.