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Lot 410

11 Chocolate and Related Cooking Books

Estimate: $100 - $200

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1) Grocer's Companion and Merchant's Handbook. 1883. New England Grocer Office, Boston, MA, Publisher: Benjamin H Johnson. Cloth hardcover. Condition: Foxing and dirt throughout. Binding loose may be missing some of the index. H 8-5/8" 5-5/8" D 1". 2) The Cereals in America by Thomas F. Hunt. Hardcover. !911 copy. H 7-1/2" W 5-1/4" D 1-1/2". Condition: Inside cover stamp reads 'Purchased for H.M.S.O. for S.D. & War Office'. 3) Diccionario de Gastronomia by Carlos Delgado. alianza Editorial 1985. Paperback. Condition: some yellowing of pages book is otherwise clean. H 7-1/8" W 4-3/4" D 1/2". 4) Notes on Useful Plants of Mexico by J.N. Rose, printed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Botany. October 31, 1899, Vol. V, No. 4. Paperback. Condition: Some wear and loose at binding lower spine bout 2" otherwise good. H 9" W 5-3/4" D 3/8". 5) America's First Cuisines by Sophie D. Coe, New paperback.1994, ISBN 978-0-292-71159-4, University of Texas Press. Condition: New slight rub on top right edge of cover. H 9" W 6" D 3/4". 6) Choice Recipes by Miss Parloa and other noted teachers, Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. Dorchester, Mass.Canadian Edition 1906-7. Condition: Centerfold of two pages missing with images. H 6-1/2" W 4" D 1/8". 7) The Story of Chocolate and Cocoa by Hershey Chocolate Corp. 1938. Condition: Very good paperback pamphlet. H 6" W 3-1/4" D 1/6". 8) Un Banquete para los Dionses by Augustin Remesal, Signed. June 1993. published by Alianza Editorial. Paperback, Condition: used, very good condition, tight. Some yellowing of pages due to age and paper quality. H 7" W 4-3/8" D 3/4". 9) Baker's Favorite Chocolate Recipes, a handbook of chocolate cookery. 1958. Paperback, Condition: normal age wear for paperback on edges. Some water warp on pages in back. H 4" W 7" D 1/4". 10) The True History of Chocolate by Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe. 1996. ISBN: 0-500-01693-3. Hardback. Condition: Used with dust jacket. Some normal yellowing of pages. Stain on edge of pages, 1/4" x 1/4" but good condition. Binding tight and pages good. H 9-3/8" W 6-3/8" D 1-3/8". 11) Breaking the Maya Code by Michael D. Coe. 1992. LLC # 91-65312. Harcover. Condition: Very Good, tight clean binding, some slight edge dirt/scuff from being on a bookshelf. New condition. H 9-1/2W 6-3/8" D 1-5/8". Copy and paste link for high-res images: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/63z52ix7y0adeic/AADStM0c7zhb_TldLQq9VFasa?dl=0