New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961, 1970. Two volumes, both are first editions (stated), first printings. Volume I is Signed by Julia Child and Simone Beck on the half-title page; Volume II is signed by Julia Child on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in..... More
New York: Robert Speller and Sons, 1959. First edition, first printing. Signed and dated by Lessie Bowers on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original red cloth stamped in white. Near Fine with tanning to pages, in a Good unclipped dust jacket with toning, a snag to the top..... More
Hampton, VA: Press of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, 1921. First edition. [iv], 299, [1], xviii pp. Bound in publisher's ochre cloth stamped in black. A lovely Near Fine copy with slight wear at tips and pages lightly tanned, else truly excellent. A textbook designed to educate African American..... More
[Detroit]: Perpetual Soul Saving Mission for All Nations Inc., 1970. Second edition. [1], 39 pp. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Very Good with light staining and light creasing, toning to wraps, rubbing to spine. A soul food cookbook by a renowned Detroit social welfare activist and Pentecostal minister known as..... More
London: Printed for J. Murray and J. Harding, 1806. First edition. (Title page dated 1806; actually printed in late 1805 according to Peter Isaac in "Maria Eliza Rundell and Her Publisher.") [iv], xx, 290 pp. with illustrated frontispiece. Recent full morocco with gilt spine lettering on morocco labels, new endpapers..... More
New Orleans: Rogers Printing Co., 1939. First edition, first printing. Signed by Lena Richard below her frontis portrait in blue ink.139pp. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth titled in gilt; without a dust jacket, as one was almost certainly not issued. Very Good or better with some bubbling to cloth..... More
Washington, D.C. Corporate Press, 1958. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Sue Bailey Thurman and warmly inscribed to a former owner. Original publisher's stiff orange wraps printed in black, with black plastic comb binding. Good with soiling and wear to wraps, paint stains to front cover and plastic..... More
New York: Fox, Duffield & Company, 1904. First edition. xlii, 350pp. w/ frontispiece and photos. Bound in publisher's bluish-gray buckram with navy lettering. Very Good+, spine a little sunned, cloth rubbed along edges, former owern's name in pencil on front free endpaper, some reading smudges and small stains throughout, a...... More
Ithaca, NY: Glad Day Press / Moosewood Restaurant, 1974. 79pp. An early printing of this wildly popular cookbook. Publisher's original comb-bound stiff wraps. Very Good with some staining and signs of kitchen use, waviness to covers, wear, former owner's light marking to text. More