Published by Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1949
Seller: Friends of the Redwood Libraries, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dark green boards, title and editor in orange on front cover and spine. Exterior age and use wear, top of spine slightly frayed. Interior clean, tight and unmarked. DJ in several pieces saved inside of book.
Published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Large hardcover in green cloth with red titles, matching dust jacket, 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches, 258,[3] pages, chapter headings in color and monochromatic illustrations at beginning of chapters, 4 black and white food photographs at rear, pictorial endpapers; boards are clean and square, mild soiling to top edge of text block, previous owner's bookplate affixed to preliminary blank page with moisture waving from the adhesive, else internally clean and sound, dust jacket rubbed and edge worn with dust smudging and small tap reinforcements at head of spine and top corners, damp stain at tail of spine and bottom rear edge, small puncture line in spine, dust jacket now in protective mylar cover. Book designer Merle Armitage's labor of love to bring food of quality, character and variety produced in good hotels and restaurants to the home kitchen.
Published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1939
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Elise. Edward Weston (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. 4to. Title in red. Illustrated with drawings by Elise, printed in red and black. Black cloth, stamped in red. Dust jacket (price clipped; small chips). Endpapers by Carlos Dyer. Very good. 258 pages, plus a page listing other Armitage works. Illustrated with four b/w halftone photographs of four vegetables by Edward Weston. Laid in loose in this copy are four extra copies of the halftones by Weston. And an extra Weston description page.
Published by E. Weyhe, New York, 1938
Seller: Craig Olson Books, ABAA/ILAB, Belfast, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A fitting overview by friends and colleagues of Armitage's work up to 1938. Armitage's portrait by Edward Weston is reproduced at p. 108. A scarce volume. 128 pp. 8vo. Black paper wraps over heavy paper boards. Light wear and minor chipping at edges but quite tight and clean given its age and construction. No dust jacket as issued. [Purcell 47].
Published by Longmans, Green And Co. 1938, London- New York-Toronto:, 1938
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine Book. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Dust Jacket. 16 Reproductions Of Paintings By George Gershwin, Sixteen Portraits, Painting By Alfaro Siqueiros, Caricatures By Peggy Bacon And Miguel Covarrubias, Endpapers By Carlos Dyer, Hand Lettered Title Page By William Stutz (illustrator). First Edition. 252 Pp. First Edition, Limited Issue: Covers Printed With Black And Yellow Background [Trade Issue Was Red And Yellow Cloth, Later Issue Is All Red Cloth]; Title Page Black Printing Slightly Higher Than Later Printings, With Text "Painting By Siqueiros" On Title Page Touching The Illustration Above [ A Mis-Alignment Corrected In Most But Not All Copies Of The Trade Edition]; Lacking The Colophon Page At End, Which Is Represented Only By A Stub [A Defect Also Found In Some Copies In The Trade Binding]. Merle Armitage's Well-Designed And Edited Collection Of Tributes To George Gershwin From Luminaries Including His Brother Ira, Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Paul Whiteman, Walter Damrosch, Dubose Heyward, Irving Berlin, Arnold Schoenberg, Serge Koussevitzky, And Jerome Kern. Near Fine, Rubbing To Bottom Corners. Dj With Light Wear And Slight Browning To Spine And Edges, Small Losses At Corners Of Spine, 1" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel. Not Price-Clipped. The Book Title Is Not Uncommon, But Usually Found Only In The Yellow And Red Trade Issue Or The Later All-Red Binding (With Corrected Title Page Alignment), And Is Becoming Scarce In Well-Preserved Dust Jacket.
Published by Longmans, Green And Co. 1938, London- New York-Toronto:, 1938
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine Book. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 16 Reproductions Of Paintings By George Gershwin, Sixteen Portraits, Painting By Alfaro Siqueiros, Caricatures By Peggy Bacon And Miguel Covarrubias, Endpapers By Carlos Dyer, Hand Lettered Title Page By William Stutz (illustrator). First Edition. 252 Pp. First Edition, Trade Issue: Covers Printed With Red And Yellow Background [Limited Edition Is Black And Yellow, Later Issues Are All Red]; Title Page Black Printing Slightly Higher Than Later Printings, With Text "Painting By Siqueros" On Title Page Touching The Illustration Above [ Alignment Corrected In Most Copies Of The Trade Edition And Later Printings]; Lacking The Colophon Page At End, Which Is Represented Only By A Stub Which Does Not Appear To Have Been Trimmed [A Defect Also Found In Some Copies In The Limited Edition Binding]. Merle Armitage's Well-Designed And Edited Collection Of Tributes To George Gershwin From Luminaries Including His Brother Ira, Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Paul Whiteman, Walter Damrosch, Dubose Heyward, Irving Berlin, Arnold Schoenberg, Serge Koussevitzky, And Jerome Kern. Near Fine, Rubbing Along Bottom Edge. Dj With Moderate Wear, A Few Very Small Chips, Light Soiling To Front And Rear Panels With Browning To Spine Panel. Not Price-Clipped. The Book Is Not Uncommon, But Usually Found Only In The Later All-Red Binding (With Corrected Title Page Alignment).
Published by E. Weyhe, New York, 1938
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Plates, Including Portrait By Edward Weston; Endpapers By Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano (illustrator). 1st Edition. 128 Pp. Plain Card Wrappers. Contents Fine, Covers With Touch Of Wear, Slight Spine Creases, No Fading, No Stains Or Marks. Inscribed By Merle Armitage, Dated 1938, To Bernard Roufberg Of Beverly Hills, With Whom He Worked In Government Art Works Projects In The Mid-To-Later 1930'S; Roufberg Worked In Cwa, Pwap, Sera And For The Los Angeles Museum (Now Known As The Los Angeles County Museum Of Art). Inscribed by Author(s).