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Cocktails: How to Mix Them
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRobert Vermiere
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1922.First printing of one of the classic 20th century cocktail books by one of London’s leading bartenders of the 1920s. Credited on the title page to Robert of The Embassy Club, Belgian Robert Vermeire (1891-1976) worked a number of London’s most prestigious establishments. Containing 16 pages of illustrated advertisements at the rear, the first of which being Vermiere offering his services to would be professional bartenders, hoteliers, and amateur mixers as a consultant by appointment at his London office at “moderate terms”, though right on the publication of this book he returned to Belgium and opened his own bar, Robert’s. The beverages in Cocktails: How to Mix Them, being not only cocktails, but also cobblers, coolers, crustas, egg nogs, fizzes, flips, frappes, highballs, juleps, pousse cafes, punches, rickeys, sangarees, slings, smashes, sours, toddies, and even a short section of useful medicinal prescriptions, have stood the test of time, with countless reprints and facsimiles. Vermeire provides nuanced insight into the ritzy drinking culture of the day, not only outlining ingredients and methods, but also touching on the origins of the drinks, stating the creator where known, and outlining what drinks were well known and well received where and by whom.
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The Edible Mollusks of Great Britain and Ireland with Recipes for Cooking Them
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartM. S. Lovell
London: Reeve & Co., 1867.The definitive work on the subject of edible snails, shellfish, oysters, mussels, etc. This copy with the Reeve & Co. 24 page 1867 catalogue of publications in Botany, Conchology, Entomology, Chemistry, Travels Antiquities, etc. at the rear.
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The Olive: Its Culture and Products in the South of France and Italy
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWilliam R. Boothby
Adelaide: W. C. Cox, Government Printer, 1878.Boothby, as Sheriff of South Australia, “After his tour of European prisons in 1876-77, he effected other reforms, among them the introduction of olive-growing in prisons for the sale of oil.” (ADB). “The extensive cultivation of the olive in South Australia has been frequently urged. The similarity of the soil and climate between this Province and Southern Europe is remarked by every traveller who has visited both places. .. It will be known that I have given a large amount of attention to the subject of olive culture; and, as Sheriff of the Colony, and with a view to provide means of useful employment to the short-sentenced prisoners, it has been my duty to superintend the olive plantations which have been formed near the Adelaide Gaol. This being the case, it was a matter of much gratification to me, when, availing myself of a holiday, in the years 1876 and 1877, to visit the olive countries of Europe, and make myself acquainted with the processes of olive cultivation and manufacture of oil.” FERGUSON F7285. Provenance: Ex-Royal Geographical Society of Australia, stamps; Bookplate of Charles Richmond John Glover, Mayor of Adelaide; Bookseller’s label of Gaston Renard.
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The Olive and Its Products
AU$550.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLewis A. Bernays
Brisbane: James C. Beal, Government Printer, 1872.A Treatise on the Habits, Cultivation, and Propagation of the Tree; and upon the Manufacture of Oil and Other Products Therefrom. Early publication on developing an olive industry in Queensland. Lewis Adolphus Bernays (1831-1908) was the first Clerk of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and as a foundation member of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society devoted to introducing exotic species for commercial purposes wrote a number of papers on economic botany. FERGUSON 6952.
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A Manual of Homoeopathic Cookery, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Such Persons as Are under Homoeopathic Treatment.
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartThe Wife of a Homoeopathic Physician
London: G. Borwon, 1846.A cookbook for the burgeoning devotees of homeopathy.
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Coffee: Its History, Cultivation, and Uses
AU$1,250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRobert Hewitt, Jr.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872.19th century history of coffee. Brief mention of Australia’s potential as a coffee growing region, as well a global listing of tariffs on coffee, including Australian colonies. This copy signed by the author, and with the world map, A Chart of the Globe Showing the Several Places Where Coffee is or May be Produced and Where it is also used together with The Telegraph Lines in operation or contemplated for completing the Circuit of the Globe, considered the first American map on coffee.
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Ampelographie Rhenane ou Description Caracteristique, Historique, Synonymique, Agronomique et Economique des Cepages les Plus Estimes
AU$4,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartM. J. L. Stoltz
Paris and Mulhouse: Dusacq and J. P. Risler, 1852.One of the foundational texts of European ampelography with 30 colour lithographs of grapes, grapevines and leaves. The standard work on Alsace and southern German grape varieties, wine, and viticultural history in the Rhine Valley.
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The Money Tree: Coffee in Papua New Guinea
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJames Sinclair
Bathurst: Crawford House Publishing, 1995.The deluxe edition, limited to 100 signed and numbered copies.
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A Survey of, and Report Upon, the Hotel Industry of New South Wales
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAsher Joel Advertising
Sydney: The Langlea Printery, 1958.Submitted to the United Licensed Victuallers Association.
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Bacchus Wonder-wercken
AU$1,400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartD. P. Pers
T’Amstelredam: Dirck Pietersz, 1628.Waer in Het Recht Gebruyck en Misbruyck des Wijns, door verscheyden vermaeckelijcke eerlijcke en leerlijcke historien wort afgebeeld, ende lasteringe der Dronckenschap met levende verwen afgemaelt. Hier is by-gevoeght De Suyp-stad, of Dronckerts Leven: waer in alle hare gebouwen, manieren, aert, wetten &c. en alles wat by den Dronckaerts gebeurt, boertlijcker wyse word af-geschildert… /[Bacchus Wonder-works: Which in The Lawful Use and Misuse of Wine, by various entertaining honest and instructive history is depicted, and the blasphemies of Drunkenness are painted with living pains. Here is by-joined The Suyp-town, or Dronckert’s Life: where in all her buildings, manners, aert, laws &c. and everything that happens by the Dronckaerts is painted off …] Dutch work on wine by the bookseller Dirch Pieters Wittepers, illustrated with title vignette and 4 engravings by Gillis van Scheyndel in the text. Another work on The Hague, ‘s Graven-Hage, by Jacob vander Does (1668) without the title page or engravings bound before it.
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Tobacco and Alcohol
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Fiske
New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1869.I. It Does Pay to Smoke. II. The Coming Man Will Drink Wine. A defense of drinking and smoking. The first book of American philosophy and historian John Fiske (1842-1901). This copy with the bookplate of Daniel Edwards Kennedy.
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All-in-Vue 84 Drink Recipes
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMatthew J. Feeney
New York: Matthew J. Feeney, No date.Cocktail and bar guide mainly compiled from The Professional Bartenders guide and distributed in various wrappers as promotional material for bars and booze businesses. Here with the wrappers for Brooklyn wine importer Matthew J. Feeney. Includes quick sight tabs for cocktails, fizzes, rickeys, highballs, punches, and more. Also facts about wine, canapes, garnishes, etc.
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Some Edible Mushrooms and How to Know Them
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartNina Lane Faubion
Portland: Binfords & Mort, 1938.Pocket mushroom hunting manual on edible varieties together with a chapter on poisonous amanitas.
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Davadi: Fruit, Wine and Religion
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartIgnatius (Ian) Bonaccorso
Brisbane: Ignatius (Ian) Bonaccorso, 2020.The story of the Catholic Father of the Fruit and Wine Industry of Stanthorpe, Queensland.
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Dictionnaire Portatif de Cuisine, d’Office, et de Distillation;
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnonymous
Paris: Chez Vincent, 1767.Portable dictionary of cooking, office, and distillation: containing the manner of preparing all kinds of meats, veal, game, fish, vegetables, fruits, etc.: the manner of making all kinds of jellies, pastes .. : and of composing all kinds of liqueurs .. : work equally useful to the most skilled office and kitchen chefs .. : medical observations have been added which make known the property of each food, relative to health, and which indicate the foods most suitable for each temparment.
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Wine, Women and Words
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBilly Rose; Salvador Dali
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1948.The first trade paperback edition of Billy Rose’s autobiography with illustrations by Salvador Dali. This copy with 9 Rose related clippings laid in.
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Food Supply and Preparation
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDepartment of Community Services
Brisbane: Department of Community Services, 1985.A booklet on Aboriginal food practices, primarily based on Walter Roth’s North Queensland Ethnography No. 3.
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Wine and Wine Countries; A Record and Manual for Wine Merchants and Wine Consumers
AU$600.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Tovey
London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1862.On wine and related beverages around the world, including a section on the burgeoning Australian winemaking trade. This copy with the bookplate of Australian winemaker Max Lake.
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Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration and Practical Pastries
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJoseph A. Lambeth
London: Virtue and Company, 1937. -
A Guide to Australian Cheese
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJosef Vondra
Melbourne: Thomas Nelson, 1978.The revised edition updated after the author toured Australia visiting major manufacturers and factories.