Budapest: Klauber Ignácz, [1899]. First edition of the first Hungarian book on cocktails. In publisher's printed paper. With numerous illustrations and advertisements. 96, IV, (12) p. An early compilation of recipes of cocktails, the first Hungarian cocktail book. It contains a section for the tools that are essential for a...... More
Claremont, N. H. Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1881. First edition. In publisher’s cloth. Gilt title on front panel. 164 p. Scarce American cook book. Included into the selection of the Library of Congress “Women's History and Food History: New Ways of Seeing American Life”. [Bitting, p. 64; Brown 551; Cook..... More
Bordeaux - Paris: Feret & Fils, Éditeurs - Libraires Associés, 1897. With 2 folding coloured maps and 22 views of chateaux. First edition. In original gilt cloth. 70, (2) p. and 2 folding coloured maps. A monograph about white wine producers in Podensac and Langon. Lists the most important owners..... More
Paris: F. Champenois, Imprimeur-Éditeur (Gravé par A. Simon), (1909). First edition.With a mounted photographic advertisement of the Tesseron distillery at Châteauneuf-sur-Charente. In publisher’s folder. 720 × 620 mm. In May 1909 a very precise definition of the outer boundaries of the cognac region and the appellation control (appellation d'origine contrôlée)..... More
[Hungary]: ca. 1930. Original, vintage bonbon box. Cardboard covered with printed paper. 150 × 90 × 45 mm. Bonbonnerie Floris was a famous chocolate maker of Budapest. The distinctive design of its boxes, red and gold paper with an all-over pattern, was created by Lajos Kozma, who made pioneer work..... More
La Bisbal: Impreta y lbreria de Manuel Oliva Serra, 1878. First Spanish edition. In publisher’s wrappers, printed in blue. 23, (1) p. Unrecorded, abridged Spanish translation of Vergnette-Lamotte’s famous work on wine (Le vin; Paris, 1867). Alfred de Vergnette de Lamotte (1806–1886) was a French landowner and wine..... More
Köln: Verlag von Leybold & Schönfeld, (1913). With several illustrated advertisements throughout. First edition. In publisher’s red cloth, with gilt title on front panel. 296 p. and a plate with the portraits of the authors. First edition of the first German bartender’s book that became the number one reference book..... More
À Lyon: Par Guillaume Roville, 1568. First edition, second issue (the first issue is dated 1567 on the title but otherwise identical to the second). Letterpress title within elaborate woodcut border, designed by Pierre Vase. Woodcut headpieces and initials throughout. Illustrated with 60 engraved plates after Nicolay’s drawings by Léon..... More
Bruxelles: B.-J. van Dooren, Imprimeur, Chaussée d’Etterbeék, 1852. First edition. In later half leather. 25. 100, (2) p. A study on wines sold in Belgium with a guide about serving them. Indicates the origins of different wines, the classification of Bordeaux, Medoc, Champagne, Burgundy wines, and also the..... More
Budapest: 1929. Front cover by Dezső Fáy, on rear the reproduction of Géza Faragó's famous Törley advertisement poster. First edition (on the cover and title page “second edition” printed, for the better selling). In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 28, (4) p. Contains recipes of standard cocktails, flips, cobblers, hot drinks, long..... More