It Tastes Better. With Photographs by Simon Griffiths
Camberwell, Lantern/ Penguin, 2010. Presentation warmly inscribed and signed by the publisher on the contents page. More
Food and Wine
Hows and Whys of French Cooking. With a Chapter on Wine by George Rezek
Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1974 [first thus]/ 1970. A revised and expanded edition of 'Cooking a la Cordon Bleu'. More
Mayi. Some Bush Fruits of Dampierland
Broome, Magabala Books, 1987. More
Figs. The Genus Ficus
Boca Raton, CRC Press, 2011. Volume 8 in the Traditional Herbal Medicines for Modern Times series. More
My Food
St Leonards, Allen & Unwin, 1995. Signed in ink on the title page by both authors. From the front flap: 'Cheong's long-awaited collection of original recipes captures the essence of Australian cultural diversity in seven eclectic menus' (including one titled 'Adelaide Courtyard'). Foreword by Barbara Santich. More
The Waterdrinkers. A History of Temperance
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1968. More
The Man Who Invented Himself. A Life of Sir Thomas Lipton
Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing, 1998. More
El Confitero Moderno. Tratado Completo y Practico de Confiteria y Pasteleria, del Licorista y de toda clase de Refrescos pertenecientes a la Reposteria, con el Metodo de preparar toda clase de Conservas y Encurtidos
Barcelona, Libreria de Zoilo Mayol, 1859 (second edition, revised and enlarged)/ 1851. 'The Modern Confectioner. Complete and Practical Treatise of Confectionery and Pastry, the Liquorist and all kinds of Refreshments pertaining to Pastry, with the Method of preparing all kinds of Preserves and Pickles' (and if you can read the..... More
The Growth of 'Maple Leaf'...
Adelaide, Ellis Limited, [1924]. 'The Ellis Cafe organisation was formed about 1917 as bakers, pastry cooks, caterers, fruiterers and confectioners. The office and factory was at 120 Gouger Street, Adelaide, with a restaurant Covent Gardens at 50 (later 68) King William Street, the Arcadia Cafe in Bowman's Buildings, King William..... More
Infant Nutrition. A Textbook of Infant Feeding for Students and Practitioners of Medicine. Second Edition
St Louis, The C.V. Mosby Company, 1935 (second, revised, edition)/ 1930. 'A complete revision of the book ... certain chapters, as, for example, the one on the Vitamins, have been almost completely rewritten ... A chapter on Allergy has been added' (Preface to the Second Edition). More
Torch-bearers. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of South Australia, 1886-1948. (Including a Memorial to Elizabeth Webb Nicholls [cover subtitle])
Adelaide, Woman's Christian Temperance Union of South Australia, 1949. More
Wheat Rusts. An Atlas of Resistance Genes
East Melbourne, CSIRO, 1995. More
Wheat Rusts. An Atlas of Resistance Genes
East Melbourne, CSIRO, 1995. More
The Neglected Garden. The Politics and Ecology of Agriculture in Iran
London, I.B. Tauris, 1988. More
Boston & Albany R.R. Dining Car Service between Boston and Utica on the Boston and Chicago Special ...
[Boston], Boston and Albany Railroad, 1894 ('6-5-'94'). Dinner was one dollar, and one could dine handsomely on Mackerel, Ribs of Beef or Spring Lamb, Fried Soft Shell Crabs, and all the trimmings. However, this pales beside the choices available on the wine list, commencing with seven varieties of Champagne ....... More
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Coolibah. [Cover title. Aboriginal Art-themed menu featuring 'Steak Namatjira']
Melbourne, The Southern Cross Hotel, [1960s]. Quite apart from the hotel's boast of being 'Australia's Finest Hotel', this Coolibah Coffee Shop menu makes a special feature of their 'Steak Namatjira', 'a thin minute steak grilled to perfection and smothered in a tantalising Arnhem Land Sauce'. If that were not evidence..... More
Jolly Good Ale and Old. The History of Coopers Brewery 1862-1987
[Adelaide], Cooper and Son, 1987. With a few related brochures and newspaper clippings loosely inserted. More
Jolly Good Ale and Old. The History of Coopers Brewery, 1862-1987
[Adelaide], Cooper and Son, 1987. Signed by Bill and Max Cooper. More
Colloid Chemistry of the Proteins... Translated by P.C.L. Thorne... Part I
London, J. & A. Churchill, 1922. Provenance: Dr Lance Walters (Chief Brewer at the South Australian Brewing Co. from 1944 to the 1980s), with his early quirky bookplate ('XXX Libris'); the later inkstamp of the company's technical library is on the front flyleaf. More
The Personal Letterbooks of Professor A.J. Perkins, Government Viticulturist in South Australia, 1890-1901. Translated, edited and with an introduction by Jeff Daniels
Roseworthy, Roseworthy Agricultural College, [1982]. Number 24 of an unspecified limited edition. Copies in the standard binding, papered boards with a dustwrapper, state that the edition is 1000 copies, which presumably includes a modest quantity with this deluxe binding (which we have not seen before). More
Le gout du vin
Bordas, Dunod, 1983 (first edition). Text in French. More
Our Fertile North. 'Porter's Mob' through the NT
Melbourne, National Press, [1944]. An account of a 15-week tour of the North Australian battle zones, and in particular the activities of the Army Farm Services. With the Harold Sheard bookplate (slightly foxed) designed by his wife Rose Lowcay mounted on the verso of the front cover. More
A vintage albumen paper cabinet photograph of a travelling butcher with his horse-drawn cart
The photograph (image size 102 x 150 mm) is mounted as issued on a plain card. The photographer is not identified, but we suggest he was a travelling photographer working in South Australia, circa 1890s. The butcher is framed between two dead trees in a fairly harsh environment, with a...... More
The Physiological Feeding of Infants. A Handbook of the Principles and Practice of Infant Feeding. Fourth Edition
London, Henry Kimpton, 1923 (fourth, entirely rewritten and enlarged, edition)/ 1911. 'In the twelve years that have elapsed since [the last edition], I have found it necessary to modify many of my views ... I have assumed that the more accurately artificial feeding is modelled on the natural method the..... More